Wabeno, Wisconsin Weather
Wabeno, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Wabeno, Forest County.
Full aviation weather for Wabeno is published on the Crandon Municipal Airport (KY55) page, 23 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. 3 airfields within reach of Wabeno 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 Wabeno: Langlade County Airport (KAIG) 47 km · Ford Airport (KIMT) 60 km
Conditions reported at KY55 describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wabeno specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Wabeno.
About Wabeno, Wisconsin
Wabeno rests in a landscape sculpted by ancient glaciers, where the dark green of pine and the russet of oak press in on rolling terrain. It lies 57.7 miles north-east of Wausau, WI (from Wausau, WI: bearing 55°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south of Laona. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of deciduous forests after a rain, and in the early morning, a mist often clings to the hollows, softening the edges of the world. The land itself seems to breathe, a quiet exhale of pine needles and damp soil, a continuous, unhurried presence that has endured through countless seasons. The sky above Wabeno, when it breaks through the canopy, is a vast expanse, often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a Wisconsin sunset, a spectacle that seems to bleed into the very soul of the place. This corner of Forest County, Wisconsin, carries the echoes of its logging past, a history etched not in grand monuments but in the very shape of the land and the tenacious spirit of its people. The Wolf River, a ribbon of cool water, snakes its way through the surrounding wildlands, a vital artery that once powered mills and transported timber, now offering a tranquil counterpoint to the dense woodlands. The local economy, once dominated by the roar of saws and the clang of axes, has shifted, with tourism and a resilient, close-knit community spirit now forming the bedrock of Wabeno's identity. The distinctive character of Wabeno is less about specific landmarks and more about this pervasive sense of enduring nature, a quiet resilience woven into the fabric of everyday life, where the rustle of leaves and the distant call of a loon are the dominant sounds.
Live animated radar for Wabeno 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 | Wabeno, Forest County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 45.438577°N, 88.660387°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 54566 |
| Area Code | 715 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wabeno, Wisconsin Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wabeno, 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 Wabeno includes coordinates 45.438577°N, 88.660387°W, situated in Forest County. ZIP code 54566. 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.
