249 CDUS43 KLOT 170631 CLIRFD CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 130 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008 ................................... ...THE ROCKFORD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1893 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 75 208 PM 90 1992 71 4 69 MINIMUM 37 413 AM 29 1997 48 -11 46 AVERAGE 56 60 -4 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 2.54 1974 0.13 -0.13 0.11 MONTH TO DATE 1.39 1.98 -0.59 0.47 SINCE MAR 1 9.23 7.99 1.24 6.45 SINCE JAN 1 13.52 10.74 2.78 8.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 T 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 6.8 7.0 -0.2 4.2 SINCE JUL 1 72.9 38.7 34.2 37.5 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 7 2 7 MONTH TO DATE 141 145 -4 47 SINCE MAR 1 1544 1579 -35 1274 SINCE JUL 1 6545 6827 -282 6274 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 15 -15 27 SINCE MAR 1 2 23 -21 39 SINCE JAN 1 2 23 -21 39 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.9 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 100 AM LOWEST 33 200 PM AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE ROCKFORD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 72 91 1934 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 32 1930 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2008...........SUNRISE 533 AM CDT SUNSET 813 PM CDT MAY 18 2008...........SUNRISE 532 AM CDT SUNSET 814 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$