361  
CDUS43 KLOT 152133  
CLIRFD  
 
CLIMATE REPORT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
433 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026  
   
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..THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 15 2026
 
 
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.  
 
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020  
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1905 TO 2026  
 
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST  
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR  
NORMAL    
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TEMPERATURE (F)  
TODAY  
MAXIMUM 70 2:59 PM 87 2002 60 10 58  
MINIMUM 61 8:15 AM 16 1928 38 23 41  
AVERAGE 66 49 17 50  
 
PRECIPITATION (IN)  
TODAY 0.13 2.26 2012 0.12 0.01 T  
MONTH TO DATE 3.98 1.76 2.22 1.41  
SINCE MAR 1 7.04 4.16 2.88 4.23  
SINCE JAN 1 7.98 7.39 0.59 5.48  
 
SNOWFALL (IN)  
TODAY 0.0 2.5 1923 0.0 0.0 0.0  
1949  
MONTH TO DATE T 0.6 -0.6 T  
SINCE MAR 1 6.8 5.5 1.3 4.2  
SINCE JUL 1 30.8 36.8 -6.0 17.1  
SNOW DEPTH 0  
 
DEGREE DAYS  
HEATING  
TODAY 0 16 -16 15  
MONTH TO DATE 208 282 -74 302  
SINCE MAR 1 897 1142 -245 979  
SINCE JUL 1 5721 6070 -349 5574  
 
COOLING  
TODAY 1 0 1 0  
MONTH TO DATE 11 0 11 0  
SINCE MAR 1 11 2 9 0  
SINCE JAN 1 11 2 9 0    
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WIND (MPH)  
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200)  
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200)  
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.9  
 
SKY COVER  
AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0  
 
WEATHER CONDITIONS  
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY.  
THUNDERSTORM  
LIGHT RAIN  
FOG  
 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)  
HIGHEST 97 8:00 AM  
LOWEST 76 11:00 AM  
AVERAGE 87  
   
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THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW  
NORMAL RECORD YEAR  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 60 86 1977  
2002  
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 19 1949  
 
SUNRISE AND SUNSET  
APRIL 15 2026.........SUNRISE 6:16 AM CDT SUNSET 7:38 PM CDT  
APRIL 16 2026.........SUNRISE 6:14 AM CDT SUNSET 7:39 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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