CDUS43 KLOT 150644 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 144 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 14 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1905 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 82 3:13 PM 85 2003 59 23 63 MINIMUM 58 4:47 AM 21 1907 38 20 44 1957 AVERAGE 70 48 22 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.52 0.92 1965 0.13 0.39 T MONTH TO DATE 3.85 1.64 2.21 1.41 SINCE MAR 1 6.91 4.04 2.87 4.23 SINCE JAN 1 7.85 7.27 0.58 5.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.9 1980 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 0.6 -0.6 T SINCE MAR 1 6.8 5.5 1.3 4.2 SINCE JUL 1 30.8 36.8 -6.0 17.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 17 -17 11 MONTH TO DATE 208 266 -58 287 SINCE MAR 1 897 1126 -229 964 SINCE JUL 1 5721 6054 -333 5559 COOLING YESTERDAY 5 0 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 0 10 0 SINCE MAR 1 10 2 8 0 SINCE JAN 1 10 2 8 0 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 42 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.6 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 10:00 PM LOWEST 65 5:00 PM AVERAGE 81 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 87 2002 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 16 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 15 2026.........SUNRISE 6:16 AM CDT SUNSET 7:38 PM CDT APRIL 16 2026.........SUNRISE 6:14 AM CDT SUNSET 7:39 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$