Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
000 CXUS53 KLOT 011738 CLARFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1138 AM CST SUN JAN 01 2023 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2022... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1905 TO 2022 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 112 07/14/1936 LOW -31 01/31/2019 HIGHEST 100 06/21 99 06/11 LOWEST -18 01/26 -12 02/17 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.5 58.8 0.7 62.1 AVG. MINIMUM 38.9 40.0 -1.1 41.9 MEAN 49.2 49.4 -0.2 52.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 20 14.8 5.2 35 DAYS MAX <= 32 55 50.0 5.0 35 DAYS MIN <= 32 140 135.8 4.2 125 DAYS MIN <= 0 11 11.5 -0.5 13 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 56.48 1973 MINIMUM 22.87 1910 TOTALS 39.47 37.24 2.23 24.19 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.10 0.01 0.07 DAYS >= .01 116 120.7 -4.7 113 DAYS >= .10 59 69.0 -10.0 60 DAYS >= .50 22 23.6 -1.6 15 DAYS >= 1.00 8 8.8 -0.8 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 4.46 2.52 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 84.3 2008 TOTALS 24.7 37.1 -12.4 30.2 SINCE 7/1 5.6 11.9 -6.3 2.8 DAYS >= 1.0 10 11.1 -1.1 13 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 5 01/02 17 02/16 01/03 01/04 24 HR TOTAL 4.3 5.5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 6613 6497 116 5824 SINCE 7/1 2472 2486 -14 1989 COOLING TOTAL 978 838 140 1252 SINCE 1/1 978 839 139 1252 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 48/210 DATE 03/05 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 81/200 DATE 03/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 92 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 134 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 139 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 39 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 22 RAIN 42 LIGHT RAIN 115 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 5 HAIL 4 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 6 LIGHT SNOW 64 SLEET 6 FOG 146 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 13 HAZE 46 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$