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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL                                  
620 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015


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...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20 2015...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1905 TO 2015


WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         51    504 AM  89    1987  63    -12       80       
  MINIMUM         41   1159 PM  25    1956  40      1       47       
  AVERAGE         46                        51     -5       64      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.14          2.46 1929   0.11   0.03     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    2.89                      2.22   0.67     1.71    
  SINCE MAR 1      4.19                      4.54  -0.35     2.74    
  SINCE JAN 1      6.11                      7.32  -1.21     6.48    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0           T    1959   0.0    0.0      0.0     
  MONTH TO DATE    T                         0.8   -0.8      0.3     
  SINCE MAR 1      7.6                       5.6    2.0      9.4     
  SINCE JUL 1     35.5                      36.6   -1.1     56.9     
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       19                        14      5        1       
  MONTH TO DATE  236                       354   -118      354       
  SINCE MAR 1   1172                      1216    -44     1446       
  SINCE JUL 1   6618                      6218    400     7338       
                                                                     
 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       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    28   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    36   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (280)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    15.1                                         

                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8                                              

                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  HEAVY RAIN                                                         
  LIGHT RAIN                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               

                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    89           100 AM                                     
 LOWEST     53           500 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       

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THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   63        86      1985                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   40        24      1988                    

                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
APRIL 21 2015.........SUNRISE   607 AM CDT   SUNSET   744 PM CDT   
APRIL 22 2015.........SUNRISE   605 AM CDT   SUNSET   745 PM CDT   

                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          




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