000 CDUS43 KLOT 070631 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1231 AM CST SAT NOV 7 2009 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 6 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 65 245 PM 74 1924 51 14 62 1916 MINIMUM 38 1216 AM 14 1930 33 5 44 AVERAGE 52 42 10 53 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.75 1943 0.09 -0.09 0.29 MONTH TO DATE 0.01 0.52 -0.51 0.29 SINCE SEP 1 7.64 6.56 1.08 8.33 SINCE JAN 1 41.69 32.46 9.23 39.11 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.4 1951 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 T 0.3 -0.3 T SINCE JUL 1 T 0.3 -0.3 T DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 13 23 -10 12 MONTH TO DATE 122 134 -12 42 SINCE SEP 1 730 714 16 510 SINCE JUL 1 787 733 54 510 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE SEP 1 39 81 -42 99 SINCE JAN 1 433 768 -335 752 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 36 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 1200 AM LOWEST 44 200 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD IL CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 78 1915 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 7 1991 SUNRISE AND SUNSET NOVEMBER 7 2009......SUNRISE 637 AM CST SUNSET 443 PM CST NOVEMBER 8 2009......SUNRISE 638 AM CST SUNSET 441 PM CST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$