276 CDUS43 KLOT 010640 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1240 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2016 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 2016... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1905 TO 2016 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 52 308 PM 64 2000 40 12 17 MINIMUM 27 1159 PM -3 1980 22 5 -16 AVERAGE 40 31 9 1 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 0.21 2012 0.06 0.02 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.65 1.41 -0.76 0.85 SINCE DEC 1 6.18 4.76 1.42 2.85 SINCE JAN 1 1.53 2.78 -1.25 1.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.7 2008 0.2 -0.2 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 3.5 7.7 -4.2 14.7 SINCE DEC 1 12.4 29.2 -16.8 24.3 SINCE JUL 1 21.2 31.0 -9.8 27.9 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 25 34 -9 64 MONTH TO DATE 1015 1127 -112 1474 SINCE DEC 1 3155 3701 -546 3899 SINCE JUL 1 4186 5036 -850 5446 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LT FREEZING RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW SLEET FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 600 AM LOWEST 48 100 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 66 1992 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -11 1962 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2016.........SUNRISE 631 AM CST SUNSET 547 PM CST MARCH 2 2016.........SUNRISE 629 AM CST SUNSET 548 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$