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Sterling-Rock Falls Arpt wind

Sterling-Rock Falls Arpt is a land weather station near Rock Falls. The readings come from Aviation weather (METAR), and Telltale keeps every one of them so the history on this page is the station's own record.

Latest observation

The latest reading at Sterling-Rock Falls Arpt is a wind of 6 kn, observed at 2026-11-03 23:28 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 17:28 local time, America/Chicago). The air temperature was 19°C. Sea-level pressure was 1007 hPa.

The last 24 hours

Over the 24 hours to that reading, Sterling-Rock Falls Arpt averaged 7 kn across 34 observations, with a strongest gust of 19 kn and a strongest mean wind of 10 kn. The prevailing direction, weighted by wind speed, was SSE (152°).

About this station

Type
land weather station
Source
Aviation weather (METAR)
Position
41.743, -89.665
Exposure
unknown

Telltale has not classified how exposed Sterling-Rock Falls Arpt is, so compare it with nearby stations before relying on its absolute numbers.

Reading these numbers

The mean wind is averaged over the station's reporting period, and a gust is the strongest short burst inside it, so a gust is always at least the mean. Speeds are in knots, directions are where the wind blows from, and times are given in UTC with the station's local time beside them. A station measures its own spot; a forecast model describes a grid cell, so the two can differ by a few knots even when the forecast is good. Sterling-Rock Falls Arpt is one of the stations Telltale compares with the forecast models before it shapes the live wind map; understand the weather models or how coastal wind behaves.

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