Flooding Threat Continues in Portions of Texas; Poor Air Quality in the Great Lakes through the Mid-Atlantic
Widespread life-threatening flash and urban flooding continues in south-central Texas, with considerable flooding impacts possible across central Texas. Wildfire smoke is impacting air quality across much of the Great Lakes region into southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Monsoonal thunderstorms may produce isolated to scattered flash flooding across the Southwest into the Great Basin. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Rockford IL Issued by: National Weather Service Chicago, IL Last Update: 1:20 am CDT Jul 18, 2026 |  |
| Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 97. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Saturday Night: Patchy smoke after 10pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 64. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Sunday: Patchy smoke. Sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning. Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. East southeast wind around 5 mph. Monday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Monday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. | |
| Rockford IL 42.28°N 89.06°W | |
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