Summit Lake, Wisconsin Weather
Summit Lake, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Summit Lake, Langlade County.
Full aviation weather for Summit Lake is published on the Langlade County Airport (KAIG) page, 26 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 Summit 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 Summit Lake: Crandon Municipal Airport (KY55) 26 km · Rhinelander Oneida County Airport (KRHI) 35 km · Merrill Municipal Airport (KRRL) 45 km · Tomahawk Regional Airport (KTKV) 49 km
Conditions reported at KAIG describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Summit Lake specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Summit Lake.
About Summit Lake, Wisconsin
Summit Lake rests in a hollow of rolling hills, a quiet interruption in the vast, whispering forests of Langlade County. It lies 35.9 miles north-east of Wausau, WI (from Wausau, WI: bearing 36°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south of Pelican Lake. The land here is a soft, mossy green in the spring and a riot of ochre and crimson in the autumn, the pines standing sentinel against the sky for much of the year. Water, the lifeblood of this place, spills and gathers in a network of streams and small lakes, the largest of which, the lake itself, mirrors the deep blue of the Wisconsin sky on clear days. The air often carries the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and the sharp, clean fragrance of pine needles, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in on the edges of human habitation. The history of Summit Lake is deeply entwined with the logging that once defined this corner of the Northwoods, the echoes of which can still be found in the weathered barns and the occasional abandoned logging road swallowed by encroaching undergrowth. While the great timber harvests have long since passed, the local economy still leans on the bounty of the land, with a strong tradition of small-scale farming and a growing reliance on tourism drawn by the abundant natural beauty. The lake itself, with its clear, cool waters, attracts anglers and boaters, its shores dotted with modest cabins and the occasional year-round home where the pace of life moves with the slow, deliberate rhythm of the changing seasons. In Summit Lake, the past is not a distant memory but a living presence, felt in the quiet strength of the landscape and the enduring spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for Summit 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 | Summit Lake, Langlade County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 45.37774°N, 89.194839°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54485 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Summit Lake, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Summit 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 Summit Lake includes coordinates 45.377740°N, 89.194839°W, situated in Langlade County. ZIP code 54485. 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.
