KSQI — Whiteside County Airport - Joseph H Bittorf Field METAR & TAF
IATA SQI · Rock Falls · US
Current report
SPECI KSQI 300952Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR BKN011 BKN029 OVC060 16/15 A2990 RMK AO2 RAEMM P0018 $
The latest observation at Whiteside County Airport - Joseph H Bittorf Field was issued at 30 Sep 09:52Z. The air is calm. Visibility is about 6.4 km. The sky shows broken cloud at 1,100 ft, broken cloud at 2,900 ft, overcast at 6,000 ft. Temperature is 16 °C with a dew point of 15 °C, a narrow spread that favours mist or fog forming. The altimeter setting is 1013 hPa (29.90 inHg). These conditions classify the field as MVFR. Marginal visual conditions — legal for VFR but tightening.
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Runways & wind components
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Meteogram · 96 h
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Weather trends & statistics
Every archived observation for KSQI, aggregated. 674 reports stored so far.
Nearest reporting airports
- KVYS Illinois Valley Regional Airport Walter A Duncan Field 62 km VFR
- KRFD Chicago Rockford International Airport 70 km VFR
- KMLI Quad City International Airport 78 km VFR
- KEFT Monroe Municipal Airport 98 km VFR
- KJVL Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport 111 km VFR
- KDBQ Dubuque Regional Airport 113 km VFR
About KSQI weather reports
Whiteside County Airport - Joseph H Bittorf Field issues a routine METAR observation about every half hour, plus a SPECI whenever conditions change sharply. The TAF above forecasts the next 24 to 30 hours within roughly five nautical miles of the field. Both are decoded on this page: the raw code stays visible for anyone who wants it, and everything below it is the same information in plain language, colour and diagram form.
Use the runway diagram to see how the current wind splits into headwind and crosswind on each runway end, the meteogram to plan the next week, and the trend charts to understand what this airport is normally like — how often it goes IFR, which direction the wind usually comes from, and when in the day it tends to turn.