742  
CDUS43 KLOT 182134  
CLIRFD  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
434 PM CDT SAT OCT 18 2025  
   
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..THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18 2025  
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1905 TO 2025  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 76 1:47 PM 86 1950 61 15 69  
1953  
MINIMUM 62 6:17 AM 19 1952 41 21 38  
AVERAGE 69 51 18 54  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.13 1.85 1985 0.09 0.04 0.00  
MONTH TO DATE 0.49 1.55 -1.06 T  
SINCE SEP 1 1.54 5.17 -3.63 2.05  
SINCE JAN 1 23.11 31.96 -8.85 31.53  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 0.1 1972 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  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 0 14 -14 11  
MONTH TO DATE 79 195 -116 158  
SINCE SEP 1 138 302 -164 195  
SINCE JUL 1 157 313 -156 204  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 4 0 4 0  
MONTH TO DATE 50 8 42 2  
SINCE SEP 1 161 97 64 108  
SINCE JAN 1 1018 836 182 943    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.3  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
RAIN  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 97 3:00 AM  
LOWEST 46 2:00 PM  
AVERAGE 72  
   
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THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 61 84 1924  
1953  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 41 18 1992  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
OCTOBER 18 2025.......SUNRISE 7:13 AM CDT SUNSET 6:09 PM CDT  
OCTOBER 19 2025.......SUNRISE 7:14 AM CDT SUNSET 6:08 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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