Rockland, Wisconsin Weather
Rockland, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Rockland, La Crosse County.
Full aviation weather for Rockland is published on the Sparta Fort McCoy Airport (KCMY) page, 16 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 5 airfields within reach of Rockland have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Rockland: Bloyer Field (KY72) 36 km · Viroqua Municipal Airport (KY51) 36 km · Volk Field (KVOK) 54 km · Elroy Municipal Airport (K60C) 58 km
Conditions reported at KCMY describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rockland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rockland.
About Rockland, Wisconsin
Rockland rests in a hollow carved by the slow, persistent work of water and ice, a landscape of gentle slopes that rise to meet the vast, open sky of western Wisconsin. It lies 17.5 miles east-north-east of La Crosse, WI (from La Crosse, WI: bearing 65°T), and is situated 5.9 miles west-south-west of Sparta. The fields, a patchwork quilt of greens and golds in the summer sun, roll away from the cluster of buildings, their edges softened by the humid air that often carries the scent of damp earth and ripening corn. The Kickapoo River, a ribbon of restless brown water, threads its way through the valley, its banks a tangle of willow and cottonwood, a constant murmur beneath the larger quiet of the countryside. Even on a bright afternoon, a certain stillness pervades Rockland, a sense that time moves with the slow, deliberate pulse of the seasons. The history of Rockland is written in the undulations of its land and the resilience of its people, a story woven from the threads of early European settlement and the enduring spirit of agriculture. For generations, this valley has yielded its bounty, primarily dairy and corn, supporting families and fostering a quiet, hardworking economy that has weathered the shifts of the wider world. While no grand pronouncements or towering monuments mark its past, the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the homes and the well-tended barns speak to a practical heritage. The very air here seems to hold a memory of the seasons of planting and harvest, a subtle understanding of the earth's cycles that continues to shape life in Rockland.
Live animated radar for Rockland and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Rockland, La Crosse County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43.906355°N, 90.9193°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54653 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rockland, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rockland, Wisconsin, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Rockland includes coordinates 43.906355°N, 90.919300°W, situated in La Crosse County. ZIP code 54653. Telephone area code: 715. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
