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CDUS43 KLOT 070632  
CLIRFD  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
132 AM CDT WED OCT 7 2009  
 
   
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..THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 6 2009  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2009  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
YESTERDAY  
MAXIMUM 60 350 PM 90 1963 67 -7 74  
MINIMUM 47 1159 PM 23 1952 44 3 55  
AVERAGE 54 55 -1 65  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.27 1.04 1949 0.09 0.18 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 1.63 0.55 1.08 0.06  
SINCE SEP 1 3.32 4.02 -0.70 6.42  
SINCE JAN 1 37.37 29.92 7.45 37.20  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1964 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
YESTERDAY 11 10 1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 78 57 21 68  
SINCE SEP 1 143 193 -50 128  
SINCE JUL 1 200 212 -12 128  
 
COOLING  
YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 0  
SINCE SEP 1 39 80 -41 89  
SINCE JAN 1 433 767 -334 742    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 41 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.9  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 600 AM  
LOWEST 55 500 PM  
AVERAGE 74  
   
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THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 66 88 2007  
1916  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 26 2001  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 7 2009.......SUNRISE 700 AM CDT SUNSET 627 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 8 2009.......SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 626 PM CDT  
 
 
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.  
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.  
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.  
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.  
 
 
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