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Sterling, Ohio

Community in Wayne County, Ohio

Air quality

The air at Sterling

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Canton and Massillon (OH), 24 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sterling

0.14 in in the last 24 hours, 0.56 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.14in
Last 3 days
0.56in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sterling, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSatSun

On the radar over Sterling, OhioReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Sterling, 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 now5 instruments

WoosterBJJ

At an airfield/6.7 mi away/1,125 ft/157 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank249of 1,590

measured daily2 instruments

Rittman 1.3 SOH-WN-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/981 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Norton 3NENRBO1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.7 mi away/974 ft/6 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Wooster, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.7 mi from Sterling, Ohio. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:13 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,400 ft, broken at 2,100 ft, overcast at 9,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wooster, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJJFIG. A THE SKY OVER WOOSTERSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 9,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWooster, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BJJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BJJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 52.0 F, 86 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Wooster: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.0, 86 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJJFIG. B THE AIR AT WOOSTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 52.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEWooster, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BJJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BJJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wooster, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 17; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BJJFIG. C THE WIND AT WOOSTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWooster, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BJJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BJJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Wooster, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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