Stone Lake, Wisconsin Weather
Stone Lake, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Stone Lake, Sawyer County.
Full aviation weather for Stone Lake is published on the Sawyer County Airport (KHYR) page, 21 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 Stone Lake 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 Stone Lake: Shell Lake Municipal Airport (KSSQ) 32 km · Cable Union Airport (K3CU) 45 km · Rice Lake Regional Airport - Carl's Field (KRPD) 50 km · Cumberland Municipal Airport (KUBE) 51 km · Eau Claire Lakes Airport (K5G4) 56 km
Conditions reported at KHYR describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Stone Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Stone Lake.
About Stone Lake, Wisconsin
Stone Lake lies in the heart of Wisconsin's Sawyer County, a place where the land itself seems to breathe in the crisp, pine-scented air. It lies 55.1 miles north-north-west of Chippewa, WI (from Chippewa, WI: bearing 347°T), and is situated 18.0 miles west of Sawyer. The terrain rolls with a quiet grace, a tapestry of hardwoods and conifers that stretch towards the horizon, interrupted only by the shimmering expanse of the lake itself. Its waters, a deep, clear blue, reflect the vast, ever-changing sky, a mirror to the moods of the northwoods. Along its shores, wild rice beds sway gently, a testament to the natural bounty that has always defined this corner of the world. The very character of Stone Lake is one of gentle resilience, a quiet strength found in the enduring forests and the patient flow of its waterways, where the dawn often arrives with a soft, pearlescent glow. The history of Stone Lake is deeply entwined with the Ojibwe people, whose ancestral lands these are, and later with the lumber barons who harvested the towering pines that once dominated the landscape. The economy, once driven by the relentless extraction of timber, has since found a new rhythm, leaning into the enduring allure of the northwoods for recreation and tourism. Summer brings a vibrant hum as visitors flock to the lake for fishing, boating, and the simple pleasure of escaping the hurried pace of larger cities. The local businesses, from bait shops to supper clubs, carry the imprint of generations, each with its own story to tell, much like the weathered barns and old farmhouses that dot the surrounding countryside. Stone Lake, in its quiet persistence, offers a glimpse into a life lived closer to the earth, where the changing seasons still dictate the pulse of existence.
Live animated radar for Stone Lake 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 | Stone Lake, Sawyer County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 45.845508°N, 91.540447°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54876 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stone Lake, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stone Lake, 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 Stone Lake includes coordinates 45.845508°N, 91.540447°W, situated in Sawyer County. ZIP code 54876. 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.
