515 CDUS43 KLOT 190636 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 136 AM CDT SUN MAR 19 2017 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 18 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 47 156 PM 81 2012 48 -1 48 MINIMUM 30 1152 PM -1 1941 28 2 30 AVERAGE 39 38 1 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.25 1930 0.07 -0.07 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.48 1.21 -0.73 2.02 SINCE MAR 1 0.48 1.21 -0.73 2.02 SINCE JAN 1 4.51 3.99 0.52 3.55 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.1 1971 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 5.1 3.4 1.7 1.8 SINCE MAR 1 5.1 3.4 1.7 1.8 SINCE JUL 1 22.1 34.4 -12.3 23.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 26 27 -1 26 MONTH TO DATE 544 549 -5 393 SINCE MAR 1 544 549 -5 393 SINCE JUL 1 4618 5551 -933 4579 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 78 1000 PM LOWEST 53 100 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 78 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 29 -9 1923 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 19 2017.........SUNRISE 701 AM CDT SUNSET 708 PM CDT MARCH 20 2017.........SUNRISE 659 AM CDT SUNSET 709 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$