Sparta, Wisconsin Weather
Sparta, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Sparta, Monroe County.
Full aviation weather for Sparta is published on the Sparta Fort McCoy Airport (KCMY) page, 6 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 Sparta 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 Sparta: Bloyer Field (KY72) 27 km · Viroqua Municipal Airport (KY51) 41 km · Volk Field (KVOK) 45 km · Elroy Municipal Airport (K60C) 52 km · Mauston New Lisbon Union Airport (K82C) 55 km
Conditions reported at KCMY describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sparta specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sparta.
About Sparta, Wisconsin
Sparta, Wisconsin, unfolds across a landscape of rolling hills, their flanks softened by the passage of seasons and cloaked in a quilt of agricultural fields and mature woodlands. It lies 23.4 miles east-north-east of La Crosse, WI (from La Crosse, WI: bearing 65°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south-west of Fort McCoy. The land here possesses a quiet resilience, the kind that feels ancient and deeply rooted, evident in the way the creeks carve their patient paths through the loess soil. Even on a windless day, a gentle breath of air, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant pine, seems to stir the leaves in a perpetual, almost imperceptible dance. The sky above Sparta often stretches wide and pale in the morning, deepening to a bruised, luminous purple as evening descends, casting long, elongated shadows from the scattered farmsteads that dot the countryside. This is a place where the echoes of industry still linger, though now softened by time and a focus on different pursuits. Once, the iron horse thundered through, a vital artery connecting this valley to the wider world, and remnants of its passage can still be traced in the abandoned rail beds that now serve as quiet trails. The local economy, while diversifying, still finds its pulse in the land, with dairy farms and agricultural enterprises shaping the character of the community and the very contours of the terrain. Sparta’s identity, too, is subtly colored by its history of hardy settlers, a spirit that seems to imbue the very air with a sense of grounded determination, a quiet pride in the enduring beauty of their home.
Live animated radar for Sparta 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 | Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43.944133°N, 90.812912°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54656 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sparta, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sparta, 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 Sparta includes coordinates 43.944133°N, 90.812912°W, situated in Monroe County. ZIP code 54656. 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.
