Rockford, IL: 2026

10 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 54.6°F in Rockford, IL, the warmest 1 January to 10 October since 2024, tied 15th warmest of 121 (with 2020, 1933 and 1922).

2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 54.6°F; Warmest since 2024; 15th warmest of 121
Precipitation: 31.04 in; Wettest since 2024; 52nd wettest of 121

A normal 1 January to 10 October in Rockford, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 52.6°F, between 50.5°F and 54.8°F in eight years of ten and 31.27 in of precipitation, between 22.52 in and 39.24 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 10 October in Rockford, IL since 1893: 54.6°F in 2026; the highest is 57.4°F, in 1921.

Normal range, 50.5 to 54.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 10 October in Rockford, IL from 1893 to 2026, 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
2026	54.6	15	65.5	13	43.8	22	31.04	52	0
2025	54.2	25	65.3	17	43.2	34	22.93	102	0
2024	56.3	3	67.1	4	45.5	5	31.53	47	0
2023	54.4	21	65	20	43.9	19	23.72	99	0
2022	52.8	53	63.2	55	42.3	51	33.93	29	0
2021	55.5	6	65.7	12	45.4	6	18.28	117	0
2020	54.6	15	64.5	29	44.7	11	29.05	66	0
2019	52.5	57	61.9	85	43.1	36	43.96	3	0
2018	52.9	51	63	58	42.8	39	43.41	4	0
2017	55.6	4	65.8	11	45.3	7	38.75	10	0
2016	55.4	8	64.9	22	45.9	1	29.11	64	0
2015	51.8	78	62	81	41.6	65	27.82	76	0
2014	49.1	117	59.4	116	38.8	117	29.08	65	0
2013	52.5	57	62.4	71	42.5	47	34.86	25	0
2012	57	2	68.3	2	45.7	3	18.00	118	0
2011	53.1	47	62.6	69	43.7	25	31.37	49	0
2010	54.3	23	64.2	36	44.3	14	31.16	51	0
2009	50.5	105	60.5	105	40.5	94	37.70	13	0
2008	51.6	84	61.6	89	41.6	65	37.67	14	0
2007	54.4	21	64.6	27	44.1	16	32.11	43	0
2006	54.3	23	64.1	38	44.5	13	29.97	59	0
2005	54.2	25	64.7	24	43.8	22	19.59	114	0
2004	51.8	78	62	81	41.6	65	31.55	46	0
2003	51.1	90	62.2	77	40.1	103	17.35	119	0
2002	54	29	64.4	31	43.7	25	31.61	45	0
2001	52.3	65	62.4	71	42.2	52	30.99	53	0
2000	53	49	63.3	53	42.8	39	39.67	8	0
1999	52.7	55	62.9	60	42.5	47	34.76	27	0
1998	54.7	14	63.8	48	45.6	4	33.54	33	0
1997	50.8	96	60.8	101	40.8	87	24.78	90	0
1996	49.4	115	59.4	116	39.4	112	36.10	21	0
1995	52.5	57	62.3	76	42.6	46	27.92	74	0
1994	50.5	105	61.3	94	39.7	109	28.85	67	0
1993	51.1	90	60.4	106	41.8	57	39.19	9	0
1992	52.1	70	62.2	77	41.7	63	22.85	103	1
1991	54.1	28	64.9	22	43.3	31	24.38	94	0
1990	53.6	35	63.5	50	43.8	22	37.64	15	0
1989	51.1	90	61.4	92	40.8	87	26.31	82	0
1988	52.4	63	64.5	29	40.4	96	17.31	120	0
1987	54.5	19	65	20	44.1	16	33.55	32	0
1986	52.8	53	62.7	67	42.9	37	30.88	54	0
1985	51.1	90	61.8	87	40.3	98	27.84	75	0
1984	50.8	96	61.2	96	40.5	94	21.83	108	0
1983	53.6	35	63.3	53	43.9	19	25.56	85	0
1982	49.7	113	60.2	110	39.2	114	33.27	34	0
1981	52.2	68	63	58	41.4	74	30.28	58	0
1980	50.5	105	61	98	40.1	103	29.39	62	0
1979	47.7	120	58	120	37.4	121	30.39	57	0
1978	49.3	116	59.7	113	38.9	116	29.84	61	0
1977	52.3	65	62.9	60	41.7	63	32.50	41	0
1976	51.5	86	63.5	50	39.5	110	21.91	106	0
1975	50.9	95	60.9	99	40.9	86	23.81	98	0
1974	51.3	88	61.3	94	41.4	74	28.81	68	0
1973	54	29	62.8	64	45.1	10	49.56	1	0
1972	50.1	108	59.6	115	40.6	91	47.31	2	0
1971	51.6	84	62	81	41.1	79	19.16	115	0
1970	50.8	96	60.6	103	41.1	79	32.78	40	0
1969	51.2	89	60.8	101	41.6	65	34.82	26	0
1968	51.7	82	61.8	87	41.6	65	32.82	38	0
1967	50	111	60	112	40	105	30.45	56	0
1966	50.1	108	60.9	99	39.3	113	24.70	92	0
1965	50	111	59.7	113	40.3	98	42.10	5	0
1964	51.8	78	62.4	71	41.1	79	33.79	30	0
1963	50.8	96	61.6	89	40	105	26.54	81	0
1962	50.6	104	60.1	111	41.1	79	25.94	84	0
1961	52.2	68	62.4	71	41.9	56	28.57	71	0
1960	50.7	102	60.3	109	41.2	76	36.70	19	0
1959	52	73	62.1	79	42	55	41.43	6	0
1958	50.7	102	61.1	97	40.2	102	20.73	112	0
1957	51.8	78	62	81	41.5	71	24.17	96	1
1956	52.1	70	63.1	56	41.2	76	23.85	97	0
1955	53.9	32	65.1	19	42.7	42	25.21	87	0
1954	53.4	40	64	41	42.8	39	36.15	20	0
1953	53.3	42	64.2	36	42.4	50	24.74	91	0
1952	52.7	55	62.8	64	42.7	42	31.44	48	0
1951	50.1	108	59.3	118	40.8	87	30.60	55	0
1950	51.4	87	62.1	79	40.6	91	35.10	24	7
1949	54.2	25	65.5	13	42.9	37	25.52	86	1
1948	53	49	64.4	31	41.5	71	22.18	104	0
1947									90
1946									197
1945	52.5	57	62.9	60	42.1	54	36.99	18	1
1944	53.9	32	64.4	31	43.5	28	38.13	11	1
1943	52.5	57	63.9	44	41	84	35.79	23	3
1942	53.6	35	64.6	27	42.7	42	32.86	37	1
1941	54.5	19	65.3	17	43.3	31	39.86	7	5
1940	51	94	61.5	91	40.6	91	35.98	22	0
1939	54.9	12	66.3	7	43.3	31	22.07	105	1
1938	55	10	65.4	15	44.6	12	37.57	16	0
1937	52.9	51	63.9	44	41.8	57	24.28	95	1
1936	52	73	64	41	40	105	31.33	50	0
1935	52.3	65	62.9	60	41.6	65	37.14	17	1
1934	55.4	8	67.3	3	43.5	28	16.53	121	1
1933	54.6	15	66.2	9	43.2	34	27.68	77	2
1932	53.6	35	65.4	15	41.8	57	21.15	110	0
1931	55.6	4	66.9	5	44.2	15	26.00	83	0
1930	54	29	66.2	9	41.8	57	24.93	89	0
1929	50.8	96	62.6	69	39.1	115	29.19	63	2
1928	53.2	45	64.7	24	41.8	57	23.61	100	0
1927	52.4	63	64.1	38	41.1	79	29.87	60	9
1926	51.7	82	62.7	67	40.7	90	37.91	12	1
1925	53.9	32	66.3	7	41.5	71	24.40	93	0
1924	49.5	114	60.6	103	38.4	118	26.78	80	1
1923	51.9	75	64	41	39.9	108	23.05	101	1
1922	54.6	15	66.7	6	42.5	47	20.21	113	0
1921	57.4	1	69	1	45.8	2	27.63	78	2
1920									65
1919	53.3	42	63.9	44	42.7	42	33.16	35	0
1918	53.2	45	64.3	34	40.3	98	21.79	109	19
1917	49	118	60.4	106	37.7	120	20.78	111	2
1916	52.1	70	63.9	44	40.4	96	32.30	42	3
1915	50.8	96	61.4	92	40.3	98	31.67	44	2
1914	53.3	42	64.3	34	42.2	52	28.34	72	1
1913	52.5	57	64.1	38	41	84	28.09	73	1
1912	47.7	120	57	121	38.2	119	33.59	31	2
1911	53.4	40	63.1	56	43.7	25	33.07	36	3
1910	51.9	75	62.8	64	41.2	76	18.49	116	1
1909	53.6	35	61.9	85	43.9	19	32.81	39	16
1908	53.1	47	62.4	71	43.4	30	28.78	69	4
1907	51.9	75	60.4	106	41.8	57	28.69	70	22
1906	55	10	63.5	50	45.2	8	27.25	79	15
1905									97
1904									107
1903									101
1898									40
1897	54.8	13	63.6	49	44.1	16	25.14	88	18
1896	55.5	6	64.7	24	45.2	8	34.64	28	16
1895							21.89	107	75
1893	48.9	119	58.3	119	39.5	110			11

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1921	57.4
2012	57
2024	56.3
2017	55.6
1931	55.6
2021	55.5
1896	55.5
2016	55.4
1934	55.4
1938	55
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	47.7
1912	47.7
1893	48.9
1917	49
2014	49.1
1978	49.3
1996	49.4
1924	49.5
1982	49.7
1967	50
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	49.56
1972	47.31
2019	43.96
2018	43.41
1965	42.10
1959	41.43
1941	39.86
2000	39.67
1993	39.19
2017	38.75

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	16.53
1988	17.31
2003	17.35
2012	18.00
2021	18.28
1910	18.49
1971	19.16
2005	19.59
1922	20.21
1958	20.73

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 2 September 2026, 27 July 2026
Coldest night: -14°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.63 in; 19 September 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	19.1°F 42nd coldest of 117	0.82 in 32nd driest of 125
February	30.1°F 23rd warmest of 120	0.12 in 2nd driest of 124
March	42.5°F 12th warmest of 122	3.06 in 42nd wettest of 125
April	53.5°F 12th warmest of 128	6.46 in 7th wettest of 128
May	59.5°F 57th coldest of 125	0.52 in 2nd driest of 126
June	69.4°F 63rd warmest of 127	5.88 in 31st wettest of 126
July	74.9°F 45th warmest of 128	3.01 in 53rd driest of 128
August	71.7°F 58th coldest of 127	2.36 in 37th driest of 128
September	68°F 18th warmest of 126	7.40 in 15th wettest of 126
October so far	59.8°F 35th warmest of 124	1.41 in 29th wettest of 125

Hot days and freezes

Rockford, IL has had 17 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 61st most of 121 (with 2019, 1999 and 1984).
Rockford, IL has had 83 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 99th most of 121 (with 2006, 1999, 1948 and 2 other years).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Rockford, IL came on Thursday 7 May 2026, the latest since 2020, tied 38th latest of 122 (with 1989, 1974 and 1954).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
7 May	Coldest night	27°F	28°F 1989, 1976	Provisional
2 May	Coldest night	27°F	28°F 1966	Provisional
9 March	Warmest day	73°F	68°F 2021, 1977	Provisional
16 February	Warmest day	66°F	57°F 1921	Provisional
9 January	Warmest day	58°F	56°F 2002	Provisional
8 January	Warmest day	59°F	55°F 1965	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 31.04 in of precipitation in Rockford, IL, the wettest 1 January to 10 October since 2024, 52nd wettest of 121.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Rockford, IL: 96°F on Wednesday 2 September 2026 and Monday 27 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Rockford, IL: a low of -14°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Rockford, IL: 2.63 in on Saturday 19 September 2026.