461 CDUS43 KLOT 050635 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 134 AM CDT FRI MAY 5 2017 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 4 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 64 427 PM 92 1952 68 -4 60 MINIMUM 39 432 AM 27 1935 45 -6 40 AVERAGE 52 56 -4 50 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.50 1990 0.11 -0.11 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 0.19 0.45 -0.26 0.48 SINCE MAR 1 10.11 6.12 3.99 7.39 SINCE JAN 1 14.14 8.90 5.24 8.92 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1935 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 5.1 5.7 -0.6 2.8 SINCE JUL 1 22.1 36.7 -14.6 24.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 9 4 15 MONTH TO DATE 68 39 29 55 SINCE MAR 1 1224 1377 -153 1205 SINCE JUL 1 5298 6379 -1081 5391 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 2 -2 0 SINCE MAR 1 8 10 -2 7 SINCE JAN 1 8 10 -2 7 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (40) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 27 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 500 AM LOWEST 34 300 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 93 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 29 1944 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 5 2017...........SUNRISE 546 AM CDT SUNSET 800 PM CDT MAY 6 2017...........SUNRISE 545 AM CDT SUNSET 801 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$