Climate Data for Christmas Day for Chicago and Rockford

Christmas Weather for Northern Illinois: Statistics for Chicago and Rockford

Rockford:
The following statistics comprises 115 years of data. Data collection for Rockford has always been at the Greater Rockford Airport.

To see the daily climate data for Rockford for Christmas from 1905-Present, click here.

Frequency distribution of high temperatures for Rockford. This dataset shows that the most frequent range of high temperatures on Christmas is in the 30 to 39 degree range. The normal high temperature on Christmas at Rockford is 31 degrees. The highest temperature recorded on Christmas is 59 degrees which was set in 2019. This is one of four times that the high temperature reached the 50s on Christmas in Rockford’s history. The coldest high temperature on Christmas is -5 degrees which occurred in 1983.

Graph of low temperatures on Christmas day

Frequency distribution of low temperatures for Rockford. This dataset shows that the most frequent range of low temperatures on Christmas is in between 20 and 29 degrees. The normal low temperature on Christmas in Rockford is 15 degrees. The lowest temperature recorded on Christmas in Rockford is -22 degrees which occurred in the year 2000. The highest low temperature for Christmas was 43 degrees in 1936 and 1940.

Graph of precipitation on Christmas Day in Rockford

Frequency distribution of precipitation for Rockford. This dataset shows that the most frequent amount of precipitation recorded on Christmas is 0.00”, which accounts for 52% of the days in the dataset. The next most frequent range is a trace of precipitation. The highest amount of precipitation on Christmas occurred in 1945 when 1.25” of precipitation fell. This is the only instance where over an inch of rain fell on Christmas.

Frequency distribution of snowfall for Rockford. This dataset shows that the most frequent amount of snowfall recorded on Christmas is 0.0”, which accounts for 62% of the days in the dataset. The next most frequent range is a trace. The highest amount of snow that has fallen on Christmas is 6.0” in 1909.

ADDITIONAL CHRISTMAS CLIMATE DATA

MAX TEMP WARMEST	MIN TEMP WARMEST	PCPN WETTEST	SNOW MOST
59 2019	43 1940	1.25 1945	6.0 1909
58 1982	43 1936	0.55 1957	4.0 1950
52 1936	35 1973	0.42 1950	3.4 1951
52 1905	33 2019	0.33 1909	2.5 1935
49 1922	33 2014	0.32 1973	2.1 1962
48 1940	33 2005	0.30 1920
47 1943	33 1982	0.25 2009
47 1912	32 2016	0.22 1935
46 2018	32 1972	0.21 1951
46 1939	32 1957	0.17 1962

MAX TEMP COLDEST	MIN TEMP COLDEST
-5 1983	-22 2000
2 1985	-15 1983
5 1996	-12 1985
7 2000	-11 1980
9 1977	-11 1924
9 1914	-10 1914
10 1924	-7 1984
13 1910	-7 1935
14 1993	-6 2008
14 1980, 1933	-6 1990, 1977

Updated 12/18/2020