426 CDUS43 KLOT 081151 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 649 AM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 7 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 72 1241 AM 89 1934 69 3 83 1926 MINIMUM 47 1155 PM 28 1989 46 1 60 1976 AVERAGE 60 57 3 72 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.08 1997 0.11 -0.10 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.79 -0.30 1.84 SINCE MAR 1 7.40 6.46 0.94 6.26 SINCE JAN 1 8.93 9.24 -0.31 8.18 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1960 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 2.8 5.7 -2.9 7.6 SINCE JUL 1 24.0 36.7 -12.7 35.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 5 9 -4 0 MONTH TO DATE 73 66 7 24 SINCE MAR 1 1223 1404 -181 1374 SINCE JUL 1 5409 6406 -997 6820 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 7 MONTH TO DATE 0 5 -5 9 SINCE MAR 1 7 13 -6 9 SINCE JAN 1 7 13 -6 9 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (20) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (30) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 400 AM LOWEST 34 300 PM AVERAGE 56 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 69 89 1963 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 30 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 8 2016...........SUNRISE 543 AM CDT SUNSET 804 PM CDT MAY 9 2016...........SUNRISE 541 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$