640 CDUS43 KLOT 090635 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 135 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2016 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 70 324 PM 89 1963 69 1 76 MINIMUM 40 500 AM 30 1947 46 -6 62 AVERAGE 55 58 -3 69 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.58 1995 0.11 -0.11 0.08 MONTH TO DATE 0.49 0.90 -0.41 1.92 SINCE MAR 1 7.40 6.57 0.83 6.34 SINCE JAN 1 8.93 9.35 -0.42 8.26 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 10 8 2 0 MONTH TO DATE 83 74 9 24 SINCE MAR 1 1233 1412 -179 1374 SINCE JUL 1 5419 6414 -995 6820 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 4 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 13 SINCE MAR 1 7 14 -7 13 SINCE JAN 1 7 14 -7 13 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 19 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.1 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 76 600 AM LOWEST 25 100 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 96 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 27 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 9 2016...........SUNRISE 541 AM CDT SUNSET 805 PM CDT MAY 10 2016...........SUNRISE 540 AM CDT SUNSET 806 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$