Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >
Rockford had the coldest July ever on record, running 2F colder than the previous coldest July on record.
In Chicago, July 2009 will go down as the 7th coldest July on record. However...in 1942 the official recording station was moved away from the lakefront. If we look at temperature data from 1942 to present...the July 2009 average temperature of 69.4 would rank second coldest. The coldest July on record since 1942 was 69.3 degrees set back in 1992.
Here are the top ten coldest July's on record for both Rockford and Chicago.
Rockford | Average Temp | Year |
1 | 67.0 | 2009 |
2 | 69.0 | 1915 |
3 | 69.1 | 1992 |
69.1 | 1996 | |
5 | 69.5 | 1962 |
69.5 | 1967 | |
7 | 69.8 | 1924 |
8 | 70.3 | 2004 |
9 | 70.7 | 1971 |
10 | 70.8 | 1984 |
|
|