Sterling, IL Weather

Whiteside County12:55 PM CDT41.79°N, 89.70°WElevation 659 ft

Current conditions

Clear
72°
Clear
Feels like 71°
High 75°·Low 50°
WindSSE 6 mph
Humidity43%
Dew point48°
Pressure30.32 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover16%
UV index4 Moderate
Sunrise7:21 AM
Sunset6:07 PM

Observed at Sterling Rockfalls · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Sunny. High near 75, with temperatures falling to around 73 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

  • Saturday

    Partly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 11 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 70°
  2. 1 PM Sunny 73°
  3. 2 PM Sunny 74°
  4. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 75°
  5. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 74°
  6. 5 PM Sunny 73°
  7. 6 PM Mostly Clear 69°
  8. 7 PM Mostly Clear 64°
  9. 8 PM Mostly Clear 61°
  10. 9 PM Mostly Clear 59°
  11. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 57°
  12. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 56°
  13. Sat12 AM Mostly Clear 55°
  14. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 54°
  15. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 54°
  16. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 53°
  17. 4 AM Mostly Clear 52°
  18. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 51°
  19. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 51°
  20. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 50°
  21. 8 AM Partly Sunny 52°
  22. 9 AM Partly Sunny 56°
  23. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 61°
  24. 11 AM Partly Sunny 65°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Clear Clear48°
  2. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny50°75°
  3. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny50°74°
  4. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny50°75°
  5. MonOct 26 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy47°71°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy48°67°
  7. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny22%49°71°
  8. ThuOct 29 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers22%68°
  9. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy36°49°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy35°59°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:21 AM
Sunset 6:07 PM
Daylight 10 h 45 min (−2 min 37 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 93% lit
Moonrise 4:35 PM Moonset 4:28 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

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