464 CDUS43 KLOT 250644 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 143 AM CDT FRI MAR 25 2016 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 24 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 36 1257 PM 80 1939 51 -15 37 MINIMUM 29 720 PM 1 1974 30 -1 19 AVERAGE 33 40 -7 28 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.98 2.15 2009 0.08 0.90 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 3.07 1.69 1.38 0.95 SINCE MAR 1 3.07 1.69 1.38 0.95 SINCE JAN 1 4.60 4.47 0.13 2.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.6 3.6 1979 0.1 0.5 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 2.4 4.1 -1.7 7.6 SINCE MAR 1 2.4 4.1 -1.7 7.6 SINCE JUL 1 23.6 35.1 -11.5 35.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 32 25 7 37 MONTH TO DATE 544 703 -159 749 SINCE MAR 1 544 703 -159 749 SINCE JUL 1 4730 5705 -975 6195 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 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (30) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 34 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (350) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 16.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW SLEET FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 1000 AM LOWEST 78 600 PM AVERAGE 87 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 51 79 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 5 1960 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 25 2016.........SUNRISE 650 AM CDT SUNSET 715 PM CDT MARCH 26 2016.........SUNRISE 648 AM CDT SUNSET 716 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$