021  
CDUS43 KLOT 172141  
CLIRFD  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
434 PM CDT SAT OCT 17 2009  
 
   
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..THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17 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 51 1201 PM 87 1950 62 -11 54  
1947  
1938  
MINIMUM 31 627 AM 24 1992 40 -9 36  
1952  
AVERAGE 41 51 -10 45  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.00 2.01 1998 0.08 -0.08 T  
MONTH TO DATE 2.31 1.45 0.86 0.80  
SINCE SEP 1 4.00 4.92 -0.92 7.16  
SINCE JAN 1 38.05 30.82 7.23 37.94  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 T 1921 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 24 15 9 20  
MONTH TO DATE 332 196 136 155  
SINCE SEP 1 397 332 65 215  
SINCE JUL 1 454 351 103 215  
 
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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5  
 
 
SKY COVER  
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5  
 
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.  
 
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 89 200 AM  
LOWEST 50 100 PM  
AVERAGE 70  
   
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THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 86 1953  
1950  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 19 1952  
 
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 17 2009.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 611 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 18 2009.......SUNRISE 713 AM CDT SUNSET 609 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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