Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Sunday
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms may pose a risk for damaging wind gusts over the Carolinas, southeast Virginia, and the Tennessee Valley Sunday afternoon then the northern Plains from late afternoon into Sunday night. Monsoonal thunderstorms may cause locally considerable flash, urban, and small stream flooding in the Southwest U.S. the next few days. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Rockford IL Issued by: National Weather Service Chicago, IL Last Update: 3:46 am CDT Jul 19, 2026 |  |
Today: Areas of smoke. Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming east northeast around 5 mph in the morning. Tonight: Patchy smoke before 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 62. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 85. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. | |
| Rockford IL 42.28°N 89.06°W | |
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