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BARABOO RIVER

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BARABOO RIVER NEAR BARABOO, WI

TOWN OF GREENFIELD, WI43.4817°N, -89.6364°W Updated 21 hr ago

FLOW RATE

294cfs

AIR TEMP

77°F

WIND

2mph SW

FISH INDEX

88SCORE / 100

EPIC · 5 OF 5

1D 7D 30D 1YR

Flow Rate Historical Avg

MEDIAN FLOW RATE · 7 DAY

294cfs 45.4% vs avg

Optimal band: 255–345 cfs

PERIOD HIGH

311cfs

PERIOD LOW

294cfs

RUNNABLE

100%

last 7 day in band

Precipitation History

Precipitation · YTD

Normal

Near-normal year

2026 to date

17.5in

≈ normal

17.46 in of precipitation so far this year — about average for this point in the season (normal 16.18 in).

YTD Total

17.5in

This year so far

Normal to Date

16.2in

30-yr average

Typical Range

11.4–20.3in

10th–90th pct YTD

Departure

+8%

vs 30-yr normal

By Month

This year

Typical range

Normal

Jan: 1.77" · normal 1.46" (0.8–2.5)

Jan

Feb: 0.75" · normal 1.44" (0.6–2.1)

Feb

Mar: 3.57" · normal 2.33" (0.8–4.1)

Mar

Apr: 5.80" · normal 3.80" (2.7–5.4)

Apr

May: 2.21" · normal 3.87" (2.3–5.8)

May

Jun: 3.37" (so far)· normal 4.14" (2.1–6.9)

Jun

Jul: normal 3.17" (1.8–4.3)

Jul

Aug: normal 3.40" (1.6–5.2)

Aug

Sep: normal 2.93" (1.3–4.4)

Sep

Oct: normal 2.73" (1.2–4.5)

Oct

Nov: normal 2.17" (1.0–3.5)

Nov

Dec: normal 1.78" (0.7–3.2)

Dec

Baseline 1991–2020 · Source: Open-Meteo08:11 PM

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Weather Conditions

WEATHER CONDITIONS

TODAY

78°

53°

WED

78°

59°

THU

69°

58°

FRI

72°

54°

SAT

77°

54°

SUN

83°

66°

MON

89°

74°

TIME

TUE

NOW

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

SUN

TEMP

hourly forecast

68°

mild

68°

67°

66°

60°

59°

60°

61°

64°

65°

66°

67°

70°

72°

74°

76°

78°

68°

71°

70°

69°

68°

65°

64°

63°

62°

61°

59°

58°

62°

64°

66°

68°

69°

67°

65°

67°

63°

60°

58°

57°

55°

54°

57°

59°

63°

66°

68°

70°

72°

71°

70°

68°

65°

64°

60°

58°

57°

56°

55°

54°

55°

58°

62°

66°

69°

73°

75°

77°

76°

75°

74°

75°

74°

71°

70°

69°

68°

66°

67°

69°

71°

74°

76°

78°

80°

82°

83°

WIND

mph · gust · dir

10mph SSE

G 15 mph

G15

SSE

G15

SSE

G22

SSE

G25

SSE

G13

G16

ESE

G13

G17

G13

G20

SSW

G16

SSW

G15

SSW

G15

G14

WSW

G13

WSW

G12

WSW

G12

G13

G22

WSW

G13

WSW

SSW

G16

WSW

G16

G15

WNW

G14

WNW

G13

WNW

G11

NNW

NNE

NNW

NNE

ENE

G10

ENE

G12

G11

G12

G10

G11

G12

G14

G15

G16

G15

ESE

G11

G13

ESE

G11

ESE

G14

G15

G17

ESE

G17

ESE

G17

ESE

G19

ESE

G23

ESE

G25

ESE

G27

ESE

G26

ESE

G28

ESE

G28

ESE

G26

ESE

G27

G26

G24

G23

G22

SSE

G22

SSE

G20

SSE

G20

SSE

G19

SSE

G19

SSE

G20

SSE

PRECIP

chance %

15%

39%

58%

35%

27%

45%

58%

56%

46%

43%

35%

19%

15%

16%

11%

23%

34%

31%

12%

14%

12%

15%

20%

25%

18%

CLOUDS

cover %

74%

mostly

74%

100%

79%

100%

29%

33%

20%

12%

17%

100%

60%

100%

86%

70%

20%

100%

30%

32%

46%

70%

89%

100%

11%

100%

91%

100%

30%

12%

13%

28%

31%

64%

85%

100%

99%

85%

12%

100%

15%

12%

11%

16%

18%

13%

15%

13%

12%

10%

12%

44%

11%

47%

65%

100%

99%

100%

65%

100%

87%

70%

61%

69%

84%

96%

97%

95%

PRESSURE

hPa · trend

990

TemperatureWind / GustsPrecipitationCloud coverPressure

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FISH INDEX

Temperature

Warm

Wind

Calm

Pressure

Falling — Active

Moon Phase

Good

DAYLIGHT

SUNRISE

05:18 AM

SUNSET

08:43 PM

15H 25M OF DAYLIGHT0H 0M REMAINING

MOON PHASE

First Quarter

63% illuminated

Station Location

43.4817, -89.6364

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DATA · USGS · NOAA · NWSUPDATED 2026-06-23 21:38 UTC

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