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Milwaukee, WI  (MLWW3)  43° 00´ 18" N,   87° 53´ 04" W

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Conditions at 6:24 am CST on 12/13/2025 (DOY 347 12:24 GMT)
(Updated every 15 minutes)
Wind Speed:   11.1 kts   (5.7 m/s)
Max Wind Speed:   16.3 kts   (8.4 m/s)
Wind Direction:   302° (WNW)
Air Temperature:   5.7 °F   (-14.6 °C)
Wind Chill:   -10.8 °F   (-23.8 °C)
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[Photo of Milwaukee, WI Met Station]
Note: There is no longer a Webcam at this site.
This image was taken during recent maintenance.

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Milwaukee Inner Harbor, courtesy of UWM School of Freshwater Sciences

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----- Previous 18 Hours (at top of hour)  [English] [Metric] -----
YEARDOY CST Wind
Spd
kts 		Wind
Gust
kts 		Peak
Wind
kts 		Wind
Dir
deg 		Air
Tmp
F 		Wind
Chill
F
20253470600 14.4 18.1 18.9 311 5.9 -12.7
20253470500 18.1 21.4 22.4 320 6.6 -13.6
20253470400 17.7 23.9 23.9 321 9.1 -10.1
20253470300 18.9 23.1 27.0 313 12.4 -6.4
20253470200 12.1 17.7 26.6 329 16.0 1.6
20253470100 15.7 19.8 23.7 316 19.2 3.9
20253470000 12.4 18.1 22.9 291 24.8 12.7
20253462300 9.5 14.6 19.1 263 25.3 14.9
20253462200 6.6 8.4 14.4 271 24.8 16.4
20253462100 6.6 8.7 12.8 271 25.0 16.6
20253462000 10.7 14.6 16.5 274 25.5 14.5
20253461900 11.3 15.0 18.5 270 25.5 14.2
20253461800 9.7 12.2 16.9 272 25.2 14.6
20253461700 8.7 11.3 14.8 260 25.2 15.2
20253461600 6.8 9.1 12.2 254 25.7 17.3
20253461500 9.1 12.8 13.4 262 25.7 15.6
20253461400 11.1 13.8 14.2 254 25.9 14.7
20253461300 7.6 10.3 15.9 276 26.4 17.6
Note: Peak wind is max wind gust during entire hour
Note: Wind chill is set to -99 if air temp > 40 F or wind speed < 3 mph

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The NDBC station ID for this station is: MLWW3
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