000 CDUS43 KLOT 160646 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 144 AM CDT THU OCT 16 2008 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 15 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 57 626 AM 89 1947 63 -6 74 MINIMUM 43 1159 PM 21 1937 40 3 52 AVERAGE 50 52 -2 63 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.26 1.06 1967 0.08 0.18 0.33 MONTH TO DATE 0.80 1.29 -0.49 0.90 SINCE SEP 1 7.16 4.76 2.40 2.94 SINCE JAN 1 37.94 30.66 7.28 32.89 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 15 14 1 2 MONTH TO DATE 119 167 -48 78 SINCE SEP 1 179 303 -124 147 SINCE JUL 1 179 322 -143 151 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 10 7 3 50 SINCE SEP 1 99 81 18 186 SINCE JAN 1 752 768 -16 1053 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1100 AM LOWEST 61 100 AM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 87 1938 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 27 1991 1944 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 16 2008.......SUNRISE 711 AM CDT SUNSET 612 PM CDT OCTOBER 17 2008.......SUNRISE 712 AM CDT SUNSET 611 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$