Sterling, Nebraska Weather
Heat settles and the rain begins. Day 89 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Sterling weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 15Clear——79°50°—
- TuesdayJun 16Drizzle—0.02″80°61°+1°
- WednesdayJun 17Overcast——89°65°+9°
- ThursdayJun 18Overcast——75°59°-14°
- FridayJun 19Overcast——83°58°+8°
- SaturdayJun 20Thunderstorm50%0.10″77°63°-6°
- SundayJun 21Thunderstorm60%0.22″76°68°-1°
AQI 48 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI up 14 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). PM2.5 at 8.9 µg/m³ (AQI 49) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 38 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 6 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 38
- UV peak
- 0.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 6
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 8.9 µg/m³ (AQI 49) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.93
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
Cut your thistles before St. John, you will have two instead of one.
- Moonrise
- 7:09 AM
- Moonset
- 10:16 PM
- In sign
- ♋︎ Cancer
Heat settles and the rain begins
Sterling at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 4°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 19 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 16–20
- Planting window: Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.
16-Day Forecast — Sterling
- Mon79°50°0%
- Tue80°61°8%
- Wed89°65°4%
- Thu75°59°9%
- Fri83°58°9%
- Sat77°63°50%
- Sun76°68°60%
- Mon66°61°27%
- Tue64°60°20%
- Wed79°61°22%
- Thu95°67°22%
- Fri75°58°24%
- Sat77°64°42%
- Sun83°65°27%
- Mon82°66°45%
- Tue84°62°39%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 16, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.
SPC Convective Outlook
Storm Prediction Center — Sterling
SPC has placed Sterling in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms today.
- TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
- DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.
Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.
ZIP codes in Sterling
- 68443