337 CDUS43 KLOT 070637 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1237 AM CST TUE MAR 7 2017 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 6 2017... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1905 TO 2017 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 66 1151 PM 70 2000 42 24 53 1983 MINIMUM 50 821 AM -7 1960 24 26 29 AVERAGE 58 33 25 41 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.15 1973 0.07 -0.05 T MONTH TO DATE 0.13 0.39 -0.26 0.13 SINCE MAR 1 0.13 0.39 -0.26 0.13 SINCE JAN 1 4.16 3.17 0.99 1.66 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.5 1975 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.2 1.2 0.0 1.8 SINCE MAR 1 1.2 1.2 0.0 1.8 SINCE JUL 1 18.2 32.2 -14.0 23.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 7 32 -25 24 MONTH TO DATE 153 198 -45 207 SINCE MAR 1 153 198 -45 207 SINCE JUL 1 4227 5200 -973 4393 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 38 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 48 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 22.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 900 AM LOWEST 71 400 AM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... 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 2017.........SUNRISE 621 AM CST SUNSET 554 PM CST MARCH 8 2017.........SUNRISE 620 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. $$