Tennyson, Wisconsin Weather
Tennyson, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Tennyson, Grant County.
Full aviation weather for Tennyson is published on the Lancaster Municipal Airport (K73C) page, 10 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 Tennyson 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 Tennyson: Platteville Municipal Airport (KPVB) 20 km · Cassville Municipal Airport (KC74) 23 km · Dubuque Regional Airport (KDBQ) 32 km · Hird Airport (K9W7) 35 km · Iowa County Airport (KMRJ) 43 km
Conditions reported at K73C describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tennyson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tennyson.
About Tennyson, Wisconsin
Tennyson lies at the edge of Grant County's rolling landscape, where broad fields of corn and soybeans unfurl like rumpled blankets beneath a sky that can shift from the deepest indigo to the palest wash of dawn. It lies 13.1 miles north of Dubuque, IA (from Dubuque, IA: bearing 355°T), and is situated 6.4 miles north-west of Dickeyville. The terrain here is a study in gentle ascents and descents, the land carved by unseen forces into broad valleys and rounded hills, giving a sense of expansive quietude. A subtle fragrance of turned earth and distant hay hangs in the air, particularly potent when the sun begins its slow descent, painting the western horizon with hues of apricot and rose. The houses of Tennyson are scattered with a certain unhurried grace, each seeming to possess its own patch of sky, its own silent conversation with the passing clouds. The history of Tennyson is rooted in the fertile soil, a testament to the agricultural bounty of this region, where generations have worked the land, their lives marked by the turning of seasons and the predictable cycles of planting and harvest. The local economy, like many in Grant County, has long been tethered to the rhythms of farming, with dairy herds still a familiar sight dotting the pastures, their bells a faint, pastoral music on the breeze. Though the days of large-scale mining that once shaped parts of Wisconsin have long since faded, the echoes of that industrial past can still be felt in the sturdy, pragmatic character of the people. Today, Tennyson thrives on a quiet industriousness, a place where neighbors know each other's names and the pace of life allows for genuine connection, a stark contrast to the clamor of distant cities.
Live animated radar for Tennyson 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.
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| Location | Tennyson, Grant County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 42.689995°N, 90.685127°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 53820 |
| Area Code | 920 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tennyson, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tennyson, 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 Tennyson includes coordinates 42.689995°N, 90.685127°W, situated in Grant County. ZIP code 53820. Telephone area code: 920. 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.
