Sarona, Wisconsin Weather
Sarona, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sarona, Washburn County.
Full aviation weather for Sarona is published on the Shell Lake Municipal Airport (KSSQ) page, 9 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. 6 airfields within reach of Sarona 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 Sarona: Cumberland Municipal Airport (KUBE) 26 km · Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field (KRPD) 32 km · Sawyer County Airport (KHYR) 45 km · Burnett County Airport (KRZN) 46 km · Chetek Municipal Southworth Airport (KY23) 47 km
Conditions reported at KSSQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sarona specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sarona.
About Sarona, Wisconsin
Sarona lies in a country of gentle rises and falls, where the land, softened by centuries of glacial retreat, rolls toward the horizon. It lies 51.0 miles north-north-west of Chippewa, WI (from Chippewa, WI: bearing 331°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-south-east of Spooner. Patches of dense woodland, the deep green of pine and the varied hues of deciduous trees, punctuate the open fields, their edges blurring into the sky at the distant tree line. The air here carries the clean scent of pine needles and damp earth, especially potent after a rain shower, and the quietude is profound, broken only by the rustle of leaves and the occasional call of a bird. Sunlight, when it breaks through the scattered clouds, falls in broad, luminous swathes across the fields, illuminating the subtle textures of the soil and the hardy grasses that sway in the breeze. This corner of Washburn County carries the quiet hum of an economy tied to the land and its bounty. Dairy farms, their barns weathered and stoic, dot the landscape, their pastures a rich, unbroken green. Lumber mills, though fewer now than in generations past, still hum with the steady work of turning timber into usable materials, their activity a testament to the enduring forests. The history of Sarona is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring patterns of agriculture and resourcefulness, a legacy of settlers who found sustenance and a life here. The slow, steady rhythm of days unfolds, marked by the changing seasons and the quiet diligence of its people, a continuity that feels as natural as the slow drift of clouds overhead.
Live animated radar for Sarona 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 | Sarona, Washburn County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 45.711062°N, 91.806561°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54870 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sarona, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sarona, 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 Sarona includes coordinates 45.711062°N, 91.806561°W, situated in Washburn County. ZIP code 54870. 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.
