How fast is the earth rotating in Wisconsin?

Answer 1

Answer #1:

At the equator, the Earth is spinning at about 1040 miles per hour. Your

velocity at other latitudes will be lower, but you can figure it out as

1040*Cos(latitude).

Madison, Wisconsin is at 43 degrees north. The cosine of 43 is .73, so your

velocity, while standing still, is 1040*.73=760 MPH. (I've rounded off all the

numbers a bit because Wisconsin is a big state, and the rounding doesn't make

much difference.)

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Answer #2:

Rotation speed is an angular speed. Different places on the sun rotate at

different speeds, since the sun is a gas ball. The Earth, however, being

relatively solid, rotates all as one piece, so every place on Earth has the

same speed . . . one rotation per day, or 15 degrees per hour, or 1/4 degree

per minute.