West Baraboo, Wisconsin — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for West Baraboo, Sauk County.
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West Baraboo rests in a land where the Baraboo River, a ribbon of persistent water, has patiently shaped the terrain. It lies 9.1 miles east-north-east of Sauk, WI (from Sauk, WI: bearing 59°T), and is situated 1.3 miles west of Baraboo. Rolling hills, softened by time and the steady hand of agriculture, rise and fall around the town, their slopes often painted with the muted greens and golds of corn and soybean fields. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of drying hay and the distant hum of tractors, a quiet testament to the land's enduring fertility. The sky above West Baraboo is a generous expanse, often a brilliant, unbroken blue on clear days, or streaked with dramatic cloud formations that promise rain or signal the coming of cooler weather. The history of West Baraboo is deeply entwined with the agricultural roots of Sauk County, a place where farming has long been the bedrock of the local economy. Dairy farms, their silos standing like sentinels against the horizon, dot the surrounding countryside, a continuation of generations of work. The town itself, though small, possesses a quiet industriousness, with local businesses serving the needs of its residents and the wider agricultural community. A notable landmark, the International Crane Foundation, draws visitors from afar, a place where the majestic calls of migrating cranes echo across the wetlands, a living connection to the wilder aspects of this landscape. This dedication to both the practicalities of rural life and the preservation of natural beauty gives West Baraboo its distinctive character.
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| Location | West Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43.474428°N, 89.770402°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 53913 |
| Area Code | 920 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Baraboo, Wisconsin, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 West Baraboo includes coordinates 43.474428°N, 89.770402°W, situated in Sauk County. ZIP code 53913. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.