Rockford, IL: 2025

31 December 2025: 2025 averaged 50.3°F in Rockford, IL, the warmest year since 2024, tied 24th warmest of 119 (with 2011, 2010, 1953 and 1 other year).

2025

Mean temperature: 50.3°F; Warmest since 2024; 24th warmest of 119
Precipitation: 27.74 in; Driest since 2021; 17th driest of 120

A normal year in Rockford, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 49.2°F, between 47.5°F and 51.4°F in eight years of ten and 37.10 in of precipitation, between 27.76 in and 44.87 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every year in Rockford, IL since 1896: 50.3°F in 2025; the highest is 53.2°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 47.5 to 51.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every year in Rockford, IL from 1893 to 2025, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2025	50.3	24	60.9	19	39.6	33	27.74	104	0
2024	52.8	4	63.3	4	42.4	3	35.49	59	0
2023	51.4	12	61.5	14	41.3	13	32.46	81	0
2022	49.3	48	59.6	51	39	50	39.47	36	0
2021	52.2	5	62.3	7	42.2	6	24.19	116	0
2020	51.4	12	61.3	15	41.6	10	34.61	67	0
2019	48.8	56	58	83	39.6	33	49.42	5	0
2018	48.8	56	58.3	73	39.3	43	49.61	3	0
2017	51.2	16	61	17	41.4	12	44.67	10	0
2016	51.9	6	61.2	16	42.7	1	35.16	62	0
2015	50	34	59.7	47	40.2	25	40.03	33	0
2014	46.2	112	55.9	114	36.5	110	33.50	76	0
2013	47.9	88	57.7	87	38.1	75	40.57	27	0
2012	53.2	1	63.9	1	42.4	3	23.35	118	0
2011	50.3	24	59.5	52	41	16	39.04	41	0
2010	50.3	24	60.2	35	40.5	21	37.09	52	0
2009	47.5	96	56.9	104	38	76	46.69	7	0
2008	47.8	90	57.6	90	38	76	44.22	12	0
2007	50.5	23	60.4	32	40.7	20	37.10	51	0
2006	50.6	20	60.1	36	41.1	14	37.85	49	0
2005	50	34	60.1	36	39.9	28	23.63	117	0
2004	48.8	56	58.5	65	39.1	48	36.83	54	0
2003	48.3	74	58.9	59	37.7	91	25.37	112	0
2002	49.7	40	59.7	47	39.8	29	33.54	75	0
2001	50	34	59.8	45	40.1	27	37.01	53	0
2000	48.4	69	58.4	70	38.5	62	43.77	13	0
1999	49.6	42	60	39	39.2	45	37.79	50	0
1998	51.6	9	60.8	20	42.4	3	39.79	35	0
1997	47.2	104	56.5	110	37.9	82	28.03	101	0
1996	45.8	117	55.2	116	36.4	112	42.69	19	0
1995	48	85	57.5	94	38.4	67	33.41	77	0
1994	48.1	82	58.4	70	37.8	87	35.27	61	0
1993	47.7	92	56.8	106	38.6	58	42.44	21	0
1992	48.2	77	57.7	87	38.5	62	31.40	85	1
1991	50	34	60.4	32	39.6	33	32.40	83	0
1990	49.7	40	59.7	47	39.8	29	44.79	9	0
1989	46.8	107	57.1	100	36.6	108	28.22	100	0
1988	48.6	63	60	39	37.3	96	24.77	113	0
1987	50.7	19	60.7	24	40.8	19	40.87	26	0
1986	49	55	58.5	65	39.5	37	34.33	70	0
1985	46.8	107	57	103	36.5	110	40.11	32	0
1984	48	85	58.1	80	37.8	87	33.84	74	0
1983	48.7	61	58	83	39.4	39	34.45	69	0
1982	47.3	99	57.4	96	37.2	97	43.59	15	0
1981	48.4	69	58.8	62	38	76	34.90	64	0
1980	47.1	105	57.1	100	37.1	100	34.17	73	0
1979	45.4	119	55.4	115	35.3	116	36.10	57	0
1978	46	113	56.1	112	35.9	115	35.35	60	0
1977	48	85	58.1	80	37.9	82	38.01	47	0
1976	45.9	115	57.5	94	34.2	119	23.25	119	0
1975	48.3	74	58.2	75	38.4	67	30.78	86	0
1974	48.2	77	57.7	87	38.7	55	34.31	71	0
1973	50.2	29	59	57	41.5	11	56.48	1	0
1972	46.3	111	55.1	118	37.6	93	55.15	2	0
1971	49.3	48	59.2	56	39.3	43	27.80	103	0
1970	47.7	92	57.1	100	38.3	70	38.76	43	0
1969	47.3	99	56.6	109	38	76	43.29	18	0
1968	48.4	69	58	83	38.8	54	39.99	34	0
1967	46.6	109	56.1	112	37.2	97	39.05	40	0
1966	47	106	57.3	97	36.6	108	32.90	78	0
1965	47.8	90	57.2	98	38.3	70	49.45	4	0
1964	48.2	77	58.9	59	37.6	93	39.24	38	0
1963	47.6	95	58.2	75	37	101	30.71	87	0
1962	47.3	99	56.7	107	37.8	87	27.70	105	0
1961	48.4	69	58.2	75	38.7	55	40.39	29	0
1960	47.4	97	56.9	104	37.8	87	44.51	11	0
1959	48.1	82	57.6	90	38.6	58	47.97	6	0
1958	47.3	99	57.6	90	37	101	24.29	115	0
1957	48.5	67	58.5	65	38.6	58	32.46	81	1
1956	49.3	48	60	39	38.7	55	27.37	106	0
1955	49.2	53	60	39	38.3	70	28.53	95	0
1954	49.6	42	59.9	44	39.4	39	40.45	28	0
1953	50.3	24	61	17	39.5	37	28.45	97	0
1952	49.3	48	59.4	55	39.2	45	36.29	56	0
1951	46	113	55.2	116	36.8	105	39.23	39	0
1950	47.7	92	58.3	73	36.9	104	38.68	45	8
1949	50.9	18	61.9	9	39.8	29	28.60	94	1
1948	49.9	38	60.8	20	38.9	51	26.34	109	0
1947									90
1946									279
1945	48.6	63	58.8	62	38.3	70	43.59	15	1
1944	50.3	24	60.7	24	39.8	29	42.32	22	4
1943	48.8	56	59.7	47	37.7	91	40.18	31	6
1942	49.6	42	60.5	31	38.9	51	38.44	46	2
1941	51.6	9	61.9	9	40.9	18	46.02	8	5
1940	48.1	82	58.1	80	38	76	41.30	24	0
1939	51.4	12	62.3	7	40.4	22	26.15	110	1
1938	51.4	12	61.7	12	41.1	14	41.85	23	0
1937	48.5	67	59	57	37.9	82	28.47	96	1
1936	48.6	63	60	39	37.2	97	38.71	44	0
1935	48.7	61	58.9	59	38.5	62	43.69	14	2
1934	51.6	9	62.8	6	40.4	22	26.99	107	1
1933	50.6	20	61.8	11	39.6	33	30.00	89	2
1932	49.4	45	60.8	20	37.9	82	26.41	108	0
1931	52.9	2	63.5	3	42.2	6	35.98	58	0
1930	50.1	31	61.7	12	38.5	62	27.91	102	0
1929	47.3	99	58.4	70	36.3	113	34.22	72	2
1928	50.1	31	60.7	24	39.4	39	35.01	63	0
1927	49.2	53	60.6	28	38.2	74	34.79	66	9
1926	47.4	97	58	83	36.8	105	43.30	17	1
1925	48.6	63	60.4	32	36.8	105	29.43	91	0
1924	46.4	110	57.6	90	35.1	117	29.24	92	1
1923	49.3	48	60.8	20	37.9	82	29.94	90	1
1922	51	17	62.9	5	39.2	45	24.75	114	0
1921	52.9	2	63.8	2	42.1	8	36.30	55	3
1920									68
1919	48.4	69	58.2	75	38.4	67	42.54	20	6
1918	50.2	29	60.6	28	38.5	62	28.40	98	19
1917	45.8	117	56.5	110	34.7	118	25.89	111	19
1916	48.2	77	59.5	52	37	101	37.92	48	3
1915	48.2	77	58.5	65	38	76	34.83	65	3
1914	49.4	45	60.1	36	38.6	58	32.75	79	2
1913	49.8	39	60.6	28	38.9	51	32.16	84	1
1912	45.9	115	55.1	118	36.3	113	39.03	42	4
1911	49.4	45	58.5	65	40.3	24	40.32	30	5
1910	47.9	88	58.2	75	37.6	93	20.92	120	3
1909	48.8	56	57.2	98	39.4	39	40.99	25	16
1908	50.6	20	59.5	52	41	16	32.74	80	17
1907	48.3	74	56.7	107	39.1	48	30.29	88	24
1906	51.9	6	59.8	45	42.5	2	34.53	68	27
1905									97
1904									189
1903									183
1898									122
1897	50.1	31	58.7	64	40.2	25	28.91	93	20
1896	51.8	8	60.7	24	41.8	9	39.29	37	31
1895							28.32	99	88
1893									93

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	53.2
1931	52.9
1921	52.9
2024	52.8
2021	52.2
2016	51.9
1906	51.9
1896	51.8
1998	51.6
1941	51.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	45.4
1996	45.8
1917	45.8
1976	45.9
1912	45.9
1978	46
1951	46
2014	46.2
1972	46.3
1924	46.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	56.48
1972	55.15
2018	49.61
1965	49.45
2019	49.42
1959	47.97
2009	46.69
1941	46.02
1990	44.79
2017	44.67

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1910	20.92
1976	23.25
2012	23.35
2005	23.63
2021	24.19
1958	24.29
1922	24.75
1988	24.77
2003	25.37
1917	25.89

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 22 June 2025, 15 May 2025
Coldest night: -11°F; 18 February 2025, 21 January 2025
Wettest day: 1.77 in; 18 June 2025

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	20.3°F 49th coldest of 116	0.79 in 27th driest of 124
February	23.9°F 51st coldest of 119	0.46 in 14th driest of 123
March	42.9°F 7th warmest of 121	2.82 in 47th wettest of 124
April	49.9°F 39th warmest of 127	2.16 in 29th driest of 127
May	59.1°F 52nd coldest of 124	2.17 in 24th driest of 125
June	73.2°F 13th warmest of 126	3.38 in 47th driest of 125
July	76.2°F 20th warmest of 127	6.49 in 16th wettest of 127
August	70.6°F 36th coldest of 126	3.30 in 64th wettest of 127
September	66.5°F 28th warmest of 125	1.05 in 14th driest of 125
October	56.2°F 17th warmest of 123	1.40 in 34th driest of 124
November	39.1°F 56th warmest of 119	1.94 in 56th driest of 124
December	23.6°F 37th coldest of 117	1.78 in 59th wettest of 122

Hot days and freezes

Rockford, IL has had 20 days at 90°F or above in 2025 through 31 December, the most by that date since 2022, tied 49th most of 119 (with 2022, 1928 and 1918).
Rockford, IL has had 135 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2025 through 31 December, the most by that date since 2022, tied 87th most of 119 (with 2007, 1918 and 1909).
The first freeze of fall 2025 in Rockford, IL came on Thursday 23 October 2025, the earliest since 2024, tied 106th earliest of 123 (with 2021, 1962 and 1912).
The last freeze of spring 2025 in Rockford, IL came on Wednesday 16 April 2025, the latest since 2024, tied 107th latest of 121 (with 2014, 2007, 1952 and 1 other year).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
15 November	Warmest day	70°F	69°F 1990, 1953	Provisional
15 May	Warmest day	94°F	90°F 1944, 1941	Provisional
28 March	Warmest day	80°F	79°F 1910	Provisional
14 March	Warmest day	80°F	79°F 2012	Provisional
30 January	Warmest day	55°F	52°F 2012, 1944, 1926	Provisional
17 January	Warmest day	54°F	53°F 1990	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2025 brought 27.74 in of precipitation in Rockford, IL, the driest year since 2021, 17th driest of 120.
The hottest day of 2025 in Rockford, IL: 94°F on Sunday 22 June 2025 and Thursday 15 May 2025.
The coldest night of 2025 in Rockford, IL: a low of -11°F on Tuesday 18 February 2025 and Tuesday 21 January 2025.
The wettest day of 2025 in Rockford, IL: 1.77 in on Wednesday 18 June 2025.