Heavy Lake Effect Snow Downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario; Fire Weather Concerns in the Southern Plains and Southeast

A multi-day heavy lake effect snow event is expected downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario through New Year's Day. There is increasing confidence in snow squalls causing bursts of snow & gusty winds on New Year's Eve. Elevated fire weather conditions will continue today over parts of the Southern Plains and across much of the Southeast U.S. Read More >

Rockford Precipitation Rankings for each month

ROCKFORD
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
JANUARY

NORMAL 1.60 inches

***Smallest to Greatest Official Rockford Precipitation Data from 1906 - 2022***

0.12	1921	1.00	1985	1.86	1969
0.18	1961	1.00	1994	1.90	1932
0.22	1981	1.01	1926	1.93	1950
0.34	1925	1.02	1980	1.98	2014
0.34	2003	1.07	2015	2.00	1947
0.42	1956	1.09	1927	2.02	1930
0.43	1954	1.09	1953	2.04	2021
0.46	1928	1.11	1971	2.06	1910
0.46	2004	1.11	1992	2.16	1998
0.51	1970	1.12	1917	2.17	1939
0.52	1983	1.12	1991	2.25	2017
0.55	1958	1.13	1955	2.27	2019
0.56	2022	1.13	1997	2.28	2001
0.58	1968	1.14	2008	2.36	1962
0.59	1976	1.23	2012	2.38	1975
0.60	1963	1.24	1952	2.43	1979
0.61	1977	1.27	1914	2.45	1988
0.62	1912	1.27	1924	2.45	1993
0.66	1919	1.29	1942	2.52	1935
0.66	1972	1.30	1913	2.60	2020
0.69	2002	1.32	1908	2.66	1949
0.71	1931	1.33	1933	2.79	1909
0.73	1984	1.34	2018	2.97	2006
0.73	1986	1.39	1920	3.09	2013
0.74	1911	1.39	1966	3.11	1999
0.78	1978	1.40	1957	3.18	1907
0.79	1934	1.40	1996	3.27	1918
0.79	1989	1.41	1967	3.27	1937
0.81	2007	1.41	2000	3.29	1906
0.81	2009	1.51	1959	3.29	2005
0.85	2010	1.56	1948	3.30	1929
0.87	1922	1.58	1982	3.55	1974
0.88	2011	1.67	1973	3.57	1938
0.88	2016	1.72	1936	3.71	1941
0.91	1923	1.76	1995	4.33	1916
0.93	1987	1.78	1915	4.40	1943
0.97	1945	1.78	1944	4.40	1965
0.97	1964	1.83	1990	4.66	1960
1.00	1951	1.84	1940	5.80	1946

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Heavy Lake Effect Snow Downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario; Fire Weather Concerns in the Southern Plains and Southeast

January Precipitation Amounts for Rockford, IL