WXJ86: NOAA Weather Radio, LaCrescent
WXJ86 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.550 MHz (WX1 on most receivers) from LaCrescent, Minnesota, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in La Crosse, WI programs it. It covers 10 counties in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The transmitter and its neighbors
WXJ86 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.
- On the air
- Degraded
- Off the air
The transmitter
- Call sign
- WXJ86
- Frequency
- 162.550 MHz (WX1)
- Power
- 1,000 W
- Status
- On the air
- Station
- LaCrescent
- State
- Minnesota
- NWS office
- La Crosse, WI
- Location
- 43.8047, -91.3683
Counties covered
Program a SAME receiver with the code of your county. Coverage is NWS’s note of the part of a county the signal reaches.
| County | State | SAME code | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allamakee | Iowa | 019005 | Whole county |
| Houston | Minnesota | 027055 | Whole county |
| Winona | Minnesota | 027169 | Whole county |
| Buffalo | Wisconsin | 055011 | Whole county |
| Crawford | Wisconsin | 055023 | Whole county |
| Jackson | Wisconsin | 055053 | Whole county |
| La Crosse | Wisconsin | 055063 | Whole county |
| Monroe | Wisconsin | 055081 | Whole county |
| Trempealeau | Wisconsin | 055121 | Whole county |
| Vernon | Wisconsin | 055123 | Whole county |
Nearby transmitters
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Sources
Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.