587 CDUS43 KLOT 220632 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 132 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 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 49 451 PM 84 2012 49 0 57 MINIMUM 27 635 AM 6 1965 29 -2 31 AVERAGE 38 39 -1 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.20 1932 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 2.03 1.45 0.58 0.40 SINCE MAR 1 2.03 1.45 0.58 0.40 SINCE JAN 1 3.56 4.23 -0.67 2.32 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 11.0 1932 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.8 3.8 -2.0 2.5 SINCE MAR 1 1.8 3.8 -2.0 2.5 SINCE JUL 1 23.0 34.8 -11.8 30.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 26 1 21 MONTH TO DATE 471 628 -157 645 SINCE MAR 1 471 628 -157 645 SINCE JUL 1 4657 5630 -973 6091 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 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (160) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (260) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 700 AM LOWEST 38 1200 PM AVERAGE 62 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 79 2012 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 30 4 1912 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 22 2016.........SUNRISE 655 AM CDT SUNSET 711 PM CDT MARCH 23 2016.........SUNRISE 654 AM CDT SUNSET 713 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$