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CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
430 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009  
 
   
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..THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 8 2009  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
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)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 75 1001 AM 88 1916 66 9 67  
MINIMUM 43 415 AM 24 1987 43 0 47  
AVERAGE 59 54 5 57  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.20 0.52 2004 0.09 0.11 0.02  
MONTH TO DATE 1.83 0.73 1.10 0.53  
SINCE SEP 1 3.52 4.20 -0.68 6.89  
SINCE JAN 1 37.57 30.10 7.47 37.67  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY MM T 1915 0.0 MM 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  
TODAY 6 11 -5 8  
MONTH TO DATE 98 79 19 81  
SINCE SEP 1 163 215 -52 141  
SINCE JUL 1 220 234 -14 141  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 0  
SINCE SEP 1 39 81 -42 89  
SINCE JAN 1 433 768 -335 742    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (140)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SE (140)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.6  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 93 900 AM  
LOWEST 76 200 AM  
AVERAGE 85  
   
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THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 84 1920  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 23 1915  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 8 2009.......SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 626 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 9 2009.......SUNRISE 702 AM CDT SUNSET 624 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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