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90 Degree Statistics for Rockford and Chicago
Records for Chicago go back to 1871, and Rockford to 1905.
Normals are for the period 1981-2010
Last updated: 5/31/2022
Rockford
| Normal First Date 90 deg: | June 8 | Normal Last Date 90 deg: | August 26 |
| Earliest First: | April 10, 1930 93° |
Earliest Last: | April 29, 1915 90° |
| Latest First: | Sept 1, 2008 90° |
Latest Last: | Oct 9, 2010 90° |
Normal Number of Days with High Temperature of 90 Degrees or Higher
| May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Annual |
| 0.7 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 14.8 |
| Greatest Number of Days with Maximum Temperature 90 Degrees or Higher in Any Year | |
| 1. 62 (1921) | 6. 44 (1931) |
| 2. 52 (1934) | 7. 42 (1916) |
| 3. 49 (1936, 2012) | 8. 40 (1941,1947,1955) |
| 4. 46 (1937, 1988) | 9. 39 (1939, 1983) |
| 5. 45 (1933) | 10. 37 (1930) |
| Greatest Number of Days with Max Temperature 90 Degrees or Higher By Month | ||||||
| Apr | May | June | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct |
| 2 (1986) | 10 (1934) | 20 (1933) | 27 (1921) | 24 (1947) | 11 (1939) | 4 (1922) |
| Greatest Consecutive Number of Days in Each Year with Max Temperature 90 Degrees or Higher | |||||
| 1895...6 | 1896...9 | 1897...8 | 1898...5 | 1899...M | 1900...M |
| 1901...M | 1902...M | 1903...3 | 1904...M | 1905...5 | 1906...3 |
| 1907...1 | 1908...3 | 1909...2 | 1910...5 | 1911...6 | 1912...2 |
| 1913...8 | 1914...6 | 1915...1 | 1916...21 | 1917...4 | 1918...4 |
| 1919...6 | 1920...3 | 1921...21 | 1922...8 | 1923...7 | 1924...2 |
| 1925...8 | 1926...4 | 1927...5 | 1928...3 | 1929...10 | 1930...5 |
| 1931...9 | 1932...11 | 1933...8 | 1934...8 | 1935...11 | 1936...13 |
| 1937...10 | 1938...4 | 1939...7 | 1940...8 | 1941...13 | 1942...5 |
| 1943...7 | 1944...7 | 1945...4 | 1946...M | 1947...13 | 1948...10 |
| 1949...7 | 1950...3 | 1951...2 | 1952...3 | 1953...11 | 1954...3 |
| 1955...10 | 1956...6 | 1957...3 | 1958...2 | 1959...8 | 1960...5 |
| 1961...5 | 1962...3 | 1963...4 | 1964...3 | 1965...2 | 1966...4 |
| 1967...3 | 1968...5 | 1969...2 | 1970...4 | 1971...3 | 1972...3 |
| 1973...4 | 1974...3 | 1975...5 | 1976...3 | 1977...4 | 1978...5 |
| 1979...1 | 1980...2 | 1981...2 | 1982...1 | 1983...10 | 1984...2 |
| 1985...2 | 1986...4 | 1987...10 | 1988...9 | 1989...9 | 1990...3 |
| 1991...7 | 1992...2 | 1993...2 | 1994...5 | 1995...8 | 1996...4 |
| 1997...2 | 1998...4 | 1999...5 | 2000...3 | 2001...6 | 2002...5 |
| 2003...3 | 2004...1 | 2005...7 | 2006...3 | 2007...4 | 2008...2 |
| 2009...4 | 2010...2 | 2011...5 | 2012...10 | 2013...5 | 2014...1 |
| 2015...4 | 2016...2 | 2017...6 | 2018...3 | 2019...3 | 2020...7 |
| 2021...6 | |||||
Chicago
| Normal First Date 90 deg: | June 5 | Normal Last Date 90 deg: | August 31 |
| Earliest First: | April 10, 1930 90° |
Earliest Last: | July 1, 1967 90° |
| Latest First: | Sept 14, 1915 90° |
Latest Last: | Oct 6, 1963 94° |
Normal Number of Days with High Temperature of 90 Degrees or Higher
| May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Annual |
| 0.8 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 16.7 |
| Greatest Number of Days with Maximum Temperature 90 Degrees or Higher in Any Year | |
| 1. 47 (1988) | 6. 36 (1954) |
| 2. 46 (1955, 2012) | 7. 35 (1964, 1971) |
| 3. 42 (1953, 1983) | 8. 34 (1944) |
| 4. 39 (1959) | 9. 33 (1977, 1987) |
| 5. 38 (1952) | 10. 32 (1934) |
| Greatest Number of Days with Max Temperature 90 Degrees or Higher By Month | ||||||
| Apr | May | June | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct |
| 2 (1930) | 10 (1977) | 16 (1954) | 19 (1955,1987) | 18 (1947) | 9 (1931) | 2 (1971) |
| Greatest Consecutive Number of Days in Each Year with Max Temperature 90 Degrees or Higher | |||||
| 1871...0 | 1872...4 | 1873...2 | 1874...3 | 1875...0 | 1876...4 |
| 1877...1 | 1878...2 | 1879...3 | 1880...4 | 1881...3 | 1882...2 |
| 1883...3 | 1884...1 | 1885...2 | 1886...1 | 1887...3 | 1888...2 |
| 1889...2 | 1890...3 | 1891...3 | 1892...5 | 1893...3 | 1894...3 |
| 1895...4 | 1896...4 | 1897...3 | 1898...5 | 1899...1 | 1900...8 |
| 1901...2 | 1902...1 | 1903...5 | 1904...3 | 1905...3 | 1906...3 |
| 1907...1 | 1908...3 | 1909...2 | 1910...3 | 1911...6 | 1912...2 |
| 1913...3 | 1914...3 | 1915...1 | 1916...5 | 1917...4 | 1918...4 |
| 1919...3 | 1920...5 | 1921...5 | 1922...4 | 1923...8 | 1924...1 |
| 1925...3 | 1926...3 | 1927...4 | 1928...2 | 1929...2 | 1930...5 |
| 1931...6 | 1932...5 | 1933...3 | 1934...8 | 1935...2 | 1936...5 |
| 1937...2 | 1938...2 | 1939...4 | 1940...7 | 1941...3 | 1942...3 |
| 1943...4 | 1944...7 | 1945...3 | 1946...3 | 1947...8 | 1948...8 |
| 1949...6 | 1950...2 | 1951...2 | 1952...5 | 1953...11 | 1954...11 |
| 1955...11 | 1956...5 | 1957...3 | 1958...2 | 1959...11 | 1960...5 |
| 1961...3 | 1962...6 | 1963...3 | 1964...7 | 1965...2 | 1966...4 |
| 1967...2 | 1968...5 | 1969...5 | 1970...7 | 1971...4 | 1972...4 |
| 1973...10 | 1974...3 | 1975...4 | 1976...3 | 1977...9 | 1978...6 |
| 1979...1 | 1980...9 | 1981...2 | 1982...2 | 1983...9 | 1984...4 |
| 1985...4 | 1986...5 | 1987...10 | 1988...9 | 1989...2 | 1990...2 |
| 1991...5 | 1992...2 | 1993...3 | 1994...6 | 1995...5 | 1996...3 |
| 1997...5 | 1998...3 | 1999...5 | 2000...3 | 2001...5 | 2002...5 |
| 2003...2 | 2004...1 | 2005...8 | 2006...6 | 2007...4 | 2008...3 |
| 2009...3 | 2010...5 | 2011...5 | 2012...8 | 2013...4 | 2014...1 |
| 2015...2 | 2016...4 | 2017...7 | 2018...3 | 2019...3 | 2020...6 |
| 2021...5 | |||||
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