Whittlesey, WI Weather Forecast and Current Conditions
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1894 - A heavy chicken house, sixteen by sixteen feet in area, was picked up by a tornado and wedged between two trees. The hens were found the next day sitting on their eggs in the chicken house, with no windows broken, as though nothing had happened.
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Whittlesey 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Sunday Sep 21
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then patchy fog and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 57 overnight. South wind around 2 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday Sep 22
Day: Patchy fog and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 70, with temperatures falling to around 68 in the afternoon. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Mostly cloudy. Low around 54, with temperatures rising to around 57 overnight. North wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Sep 23
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Northeast wind around 3 mph.
Wednesday Sep 24
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Northeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Northeast wind around 3 mph.
Thursday Sep 25
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. North wind around 3 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49. Northwest wind around 2 mph.
Friday Sep 26
Day: Sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. East wind around 3 mph.
Saturday Sep 27
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Southwest wind 2 to 6 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. Southwest wind around 5 mph.
Sunday Sep 28
Day: Sunny, with a high near 71. West wind 2 to 6 mph.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 6:48 AM
Sunset 7:02 PM
Last Light 7:32 PM
Moonset 6:58 PM
Contiguous United States Extremes
Sun's High Temperature
105 at Rio Grande Village, TX
Sun's Low Temperature
22 at East Haven, VT
Weather Folklore
Open crocus, warm weather; Closed crocus, cold weather.
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About Whittlesey, Wisconsin
Whittlesey is a census-designated place in the town of Chelsea, Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 105 as of the 2010 census.
The community of Whittlesey was started in the 1870s when the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company built its line up through the forests, heading for Ashland. The railroad placed a station seven miles north of Medford where the line touched the Little Black River. It named the station Whittlesey, probably for Asaph Whittlesey, an early state legislator from Ashland, or possibly for geologist Charles Whittlesey who surveyed the area.
Several sawmills operated in Whittlesey starting in the 1880s. One built a 240-foot dam across the river, producing a 12-foot head of water. Another sawmill operated a mile and a half west of town, hauling its sawn product on carts over a pole line (a track of hardwood poles) to ship from the station at Whittlesey. A brickyard also operated there.
A Village of Whittlesey was platted in 1892, initiated by G.W. and Emma Norton. A 1913 map shows a "depot", post office, and blacksmith shop facing the railroad, with the school on the southeast side of town. But as the timber was exhausted, the nearby sawmills closed and declined. The highway bypassed most of the town to the east. The rail line closed in 1988.
As of 2023 Whittlesey is a quiet cluster of homes scattered among the trees a short drive north of Medford, with the Pine Line bike trail passing through on the old railroad right-of-way.
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