245 CDUS43 KLOT 170634 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 134 AM CDT TUE MAR 17 2015 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 2015... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1905 TO 2015 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 74 349 PM 80 2012 47 27 27 MINIMUM 40 625 AM 6 1923 28 12 16 AVERAGE 57 37 20 22 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.98 1942 0.07 -0.07 T MONTH TO DATE 0.40 1.06 -0.66 0.58 SINCE MAR 1 0.40 1.06 -0.66 0.58 SINCE JAN 1 2.32 3.84 -1.52 4.32 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 4.6 1960 0.2 -0.2 T MONTH TO DATE 2.5 3.1 -0.6 8.1 SINCE MAR 1 2.5 3.1 -0.6 8.1 SINCE JUL 1 30.4 34.1 -3.7 55.6 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 8 28 -20 43 MONTH TO DATE 529 495 34 645 SINCE MAR 1 529 495 34 645 SINCE JUL 1 5975 5497 478 6537 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (10) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 38 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (20) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 70 500 AM LOWEST 35 300 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 82 2012 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 28 -3 1941 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2015.........SUNRISE 705 AM CDT SUNSET 705 PM CDT MARCH 18 2015.........SUNRISE 704 AM CDT SUNSET 706 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$