Storm Station
Sterling City, Texas
78°
Rain· Feels like 78°·Light air 4 mph S
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. South southeast wind around 5 mph.
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-Air quality
65%Humidity
44%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Sterling City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Sterling City 4WSWXSCT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/2,345 ft/51 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,100of 2,453

San AngeloS2200

At a soil climate station/34.5 mi away/1,970 ft/324 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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measured daily2 instruments

Sterling CitySTCT2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/2,287 ft/7 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Sterling City 0.7 NETX-SE-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/2,323 ft/29 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sterling City 4WSW, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.3 mi from Sterling City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sterling City 4WSW: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XSCT2FIG. B THE AIR AT STERLING CITY 4WSWTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.8 FTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 67.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLESterling City 4WSW, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP XSCT2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-XSCT2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sterling City 4WSW, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XSCT2FIG. C THE WIND AT STERLING CITY 4WSWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESterling City 4WSW, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP XSCT2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-XSCT2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2,345 ft above sea level, 8 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.47 inHg and the temperature at 50.6 F; it reports 72.0 F, 21.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sterling City 4WSW stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,345 feet above sea level with 8 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.47 inches of mercury, and temperature, 50.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT XSCT2FIG. D WHERE STERLING CITY 4WSW STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESTERLING CITY 4WSW8 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,345 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE27.47 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE50.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED72.0 FTITLESterling City 4WSW, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP XSCT2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-XSCT2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Sterling City 4WSW, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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