843  
CDUS43 KLOT 162154  
CLIRFD  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
441 PM CDT FRI OCT 16 2009  
 
   
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..THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16 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 48 1217 PM 87 1938 62 -14 59  
MINIMUM 37 648 AM 27 1991 40 -3 38  
1944  
AVERAGE 43 51 -8 49  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 0.91 1914 0.08 -0.08 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 2.31 1.37 0.94 0.80  
SINCE SEP 1 4.00 4.84 -0.84 7.16  
SINCE JAN 1 38.05 30.74 7.31 37.94  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 T 1943 0.0 0.0 0.0  
MONTH TO DATE T 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE SEP 1 T 0.0 0.0 0.0  
SINCE JUL 1 T 0.0 0.0 0.0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 22 14 8 16  
MONTH TO DATE 308 181 127 135  
SINCE SEP 1 373 317 56 195  
SINCE JUL 1 430 336 94 195  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 0 0 0 0  
MONTH TO DATE 0 7 -7 10  
SINCE SEP 1 39 81 -42 99  
SINCE JAN 1 433 768 -335 752    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED M HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
FOG  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 92 200 AM  
LOWEST 53 100 PM  
AVERAGE 73  
   
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THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 87 1950  
1947  
1938  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 24 1992  
1952  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 16 2009.......SUNRISE 710 AM CDT SUNSET 613 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 17 2009.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 611 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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