162 CDUS43 KLOT 070646 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1246 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 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 53 438 PM 70 2000 42 11 30 1983 MINIMUM 29 653 AM -7 1960 24 5 -5 AVERAGE 41 33 8 13 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.15 1973 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.13 0.39 -0.26 0.40 SINCE MAR 1 0.13 0.39 -0.26 0.40 SINCE JAN 1 1.66 3.17 -1.51 2.32 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.5 1975 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.8 1.2 0.6 2.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.8 1.2 0.6 2.5 SINCE JUL 1 23.0 32.2 -9.2 30.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 24 32 -8 52 MONTH TO DATE 207 198 9 292 SINCE MAR 1 207 198 9 292 SINCE JUL 1 4393 5200 -807 5738 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 26 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 500 AM LOWEST 54 500 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 78 2000 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 24 -4 1920 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 7 2016.........SUNRISE 621 AM CST SUNSET 554 PM CST MARCH 8 2016.........SUNRISE 619 AM CST SUNSET 555 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$