Sterling City, Texas Weather
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Sterling City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJul 4Overcast——96°75°—
- SundayJul 5Showers—0.11″96°74°0°
- MondayJul 6Thunderstorm40%0.35″97°70°+1°
- TuesdayJul 7Overcast13%—98°73°+1°
- WednesdayJul 8Overcast10%—101°77°+3°
- ThursdayJul 9Mostly Clear——100°77°-1°
- FridayJul 10Clear——100°75°0°
AQI 32 (Good), driven by Ozone. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline).
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 4.6 µg/m³, PM10 at 6.5 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.71
- Wind
- breezy
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
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).
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
- Moonrise
- 11:29 PM
- Moonset
- 11:00 AM
- In sign
- ♓︎ Pisces
Cicadas claim the scorching afternoon
Sterling City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 5°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: February 26 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jul 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
ZIP code: 76951
16-Day Forecast — Sterling City
- Sat96°75°1%
- Sun96°74°9%
- Mon97°70°40%
- Tue98°73°13%
- Wed101°77°10%
- Thu100°77°1%
- Fri100°75°7%
- Sat100°75°9%
- Sun100°77°9%
- Mon102°78°7%
- Tue103°78°2%
- Wed107°80°5%
- Thu101°84°8%
- Fri93°74°14%
- Sat90°70°21%
- Sun93°69°23%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of July 4, 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 City
SPC includes Sterling City in the general thunderstorm area tomorrow — no severe risk, but storms are possible.
- TODAYNONENo severe risk
- TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
- 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 City
- 76951