Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
Issued by NWS Chicago, IL
804 CXUS53 KLOT 011819 CLMRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 119 PM CDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1905 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 85 03/29/1986 LOW -11 03/03/2014 03/04/2002 03/01/1962 HIGHEST 75 03/03 70 03/31 03/04 LOWEST 22 03/23 11 03/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 53.4 46.5 6.9 45.5 AVG. MINIMUM 32.3 28.1 4.2 27.9 MEAN 42.8 37.3 5.5 36.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 4.0 -4.0 2 DAYS MIN <= 32 17 21.9 -4.9 23 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.4 -0.4 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 6.20 1944 MINIMUM 0.27 1910 TOTALS 4.58 2.40 2.18 3.30 DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.08 0.07 0.11 DAYS >= .01 10 10.8 -0.8 14 DAYS >= .10 8 5.3 2.7 7 DAYS >= .50 3 1.2 1.8 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.5 0.5 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.93 03/25 TO 03/26 0.79 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 22.7 1964 TOTALS 5.6 4.9 0.7 14.1 SINCE 7/1 26.8 36.2 -9.4 MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= 1.0 1 1.0 0.0 3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 5 03/23 7 03/10 24 HR TOTAL 5.6 03/22 TO 03/22 7.4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 679 860 -181 871 SINCE 7/1 4853 5787 -934 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 0 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.3 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/160 DATE 03/03 32/290 03/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 50/150 DATE 03/03 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.63 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 15 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 60 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. RECORDS SET IN MARCH 2024: - RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 75 DEGREES SET ON 3RD. - RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 75 DEGREES SET ON 4TH. - RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 71 DEGREES TIED ON 11TH. - RECORD SNOWFALL OF 5.6 INCHES SET ON 22ND. - RECORD WARMEST MONTHLY AVERAGE TIED 9TH PLACE. $$