Rockford, IL: Fall

9 October 2026: Fall 2026 so far averaged 65.8°F in Rockford, IL, the warmest 1 September to 9 October since 2025, tied 19th warmest of 124 (with 2013 and 1927).

Fall 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 65.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 19th warmest of 124
Precipitation: 8.81 in; Wettest since 2019; 10th wettest of 124

A normal 1 September to 9 October in Rockford, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 61.7°F, between 59.3°F and 66.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.78 in of precipitation, between 1.85 in and 8.70 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 September to 9 October in Rockford, IL since 1895: 65.8°F in 2026; the highest is 69°F, in 2021 and 1897.

Normal range, 59.3 to 66.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 September to 9 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	65.8	19	76.1	34	55.5	10	8.81	10	0
2025	66.3	13	79.4	8	53.2	29	1.34	110	0
2024	65.2	26	79.2	9	51.3	58	2.05	99	0
2023	65.3	25	76	36	54.6	16	2.25	93	0
2022	62	65	73.7	61	50.4	74	5.84	35	0
2021	69	1	81.4	2	56.6	6	2.49	89	0
2020	61.2	77	72.1	89	50.4	74	6.71	29	0
2019	66.3	13	74.9	45	57.6	1	10.81	3	0
2018	65.5	23	75.5	42	55.5	10	9.28	9	0
2017	66.1	16	78.4	11	53.7	25	0.74	121	0
2016	67.4	7	77.2	19	57.6	1	3.19	76	0
2015	66.4	12	76.3	28	56.5	7	3.29	75	0
2014	60.4	92	71.6	95	49.3	84	2.83	81	0
2013	65.8	19	77.5	17	54	22	2.86	80	0
2012	60.2	99	73.2	68	47.1	111	1.90	103	0
2011	61.3	75	72.2	88	50.3	78	5.33	40	0
2010	62.9	52	74.9	45	50.9	63	2.04	100	0
2009	60.6	90	70.7	110	50.5	68	3.63	68	0
2008	63.1	49	73.3	66	52.9	32	6.89	26	0
2007	67.6	5	80.4	6	54.7	14	2.16	96	0
2006	60.7	88	71.5	96	49.9	82	3.65	67	0
2005	66.8	8	78.3	12	55.3	12	1.87	104	0
2004	62.5	57	75.8	39	49.1	89	1.21	111	0
2003	60.3	96	73	71	47.7	105	2.11	98	0
2002	64.2	36	75.8	39	52.6	37	4.04	55	0
2001	59.3	112	70.2	114	48.5	96	9.65	7	0
2000	60.4	92	71.5	96	49.3	84	8.63	14	0
1999	58.7	117	71.8	92	45.7	120	5.87	34	0
1998	63.4	47	74.4	54	52.5	41	4.16	52	0
1997	63.8	41	75.9	37	51.7	53	2.04	100	0
1996	60	104	71.1	103	49	91	1.69	107	0
1995	59.3	112	70.6	111	48	101	3.91	60	0
1994	62	65	72	90	52.1	50	4.43	50	0
1993	57.3	122	67.8	124	46.9	113	4.21	51	0
1992	60.3	96	71.4	98	49.2	88	5.66	36	0
1991	61	82	72.8	73	49.3	84	7.39	22	0
1990	63.6	45	74.8	48	52.4	44	2.50	88	0
1989	57.5	121	69.4	121	45.7	120	2.26	91	0
1988	61.6	74	74.2	58	49	91	2.93	79	0
1987	59.1	114	70.5	112	47.6	106	2.48	90	0
1986	62.5	57	72	90	52.9	32	10.66	6	0
1985	60.7	88	70.9	106	50.5	68	5.65	37	0
1984	60.9	85	72.8	73	49	91	2.19	95	0
1983	62.5	57	74	60	50.9	63	4.15	53	0
1982	62.1	62	74.3	55	50	81	3.94	59	0
1981	59.9	105	71.3	100	48.5	96	3.76	64	0
1980	61.2	77	72.8	73	49.7	83	6.16	32	0
1979	59.8	108	72.5	82	47.2	109	0.52	123	0
1978	64.4	32	76.3	28	52.5	41	4.88	44	0
1977	60.1	102	69.7	117	50.5	68	4.86	45	0
1976	58.7	117	72.8	73	44.6	122	2.74	86	0
1975	57.1	123	69.7	117	44.4	124	1.11	116	0
1974	57.8	120	69.9	116	45.8	119	1.20	112	0
1973	63.6	45	72.3	86	54.9	13	9.43	8	0
1972	61.7	71	70.8	109	52.7	36	6.63	30	0
1971	65.9	18	77.2	19	54.7	14	2.99	78	0
1970	62.4	60	72.3	86	52.6	37	11.41	2	0
1969	63.1	49	73.7	61	52.5	41	2.12	97	0
1968	61	82	70.9	106	51.1	61	6.96	25	0
1967	62.1	62	73.1	70	51	62	3.70	66	0
1966	61.1	79	73.6	64	48.5	96	1.18	113	0
1965	59.9	105	68.5	123	51.2	59	8.65	13	0
1964	59.5	110	70.9	106	48	101	3.40	73	0
1963	64	38	76.3	28	51.7	53	3.95	58	0
1962	60.4	92	70.2	114	50.5	68	2.26	91	0
1961	63.1	49	74.1	59	52	51	10.68	4	0
1960	63.9	40	74.6	51	53.2	29	4.60	47	0
1959	63.7	44	73.7	61	53.6	26	8.66	12	0
1958	62	65	73.6	64	50.4	74	4.01	56	0
1957	59.6	109	71.7	93	47.6	106	0.63	122	0
1956	60.8	87	74.5	52	47.2	109	0.50	124	0
1955	63.8	41	76.3	28	51.2	59	4.08	54	0
1954	64.4	32	75.4	43	53.5	27	5.64	38	0
1953	61.9	68	75.9	37	48	101	3.89	61	0
1952	59.4	111	72.8	73	46.1	118	0.94	119	0
1951	60.3	96	70.5	112	50.1	80	4.56	48	0
1950	60.9	85	71.2	101	50.5	68	6.54	31	0
1949	60.6	90	72.6	80	48.6	95	3.30	74	0
1948	64.6	30	77	22	52.3	46	2.80	82	0
1947	66.5	11	78.9	10	54.2	18	2.80	82	0
1945	61.3	75	72.4	83	50.2	79	8.73	11	0
1944	64.2	36	74.3	55	54.2	18	3.50	69	0
1943	59.9	105	72.9	72	46.8	115	1.61	109	0
1942	61.9	68	73.3	66	50.5	68	7.24	24	0
1941	65.7	22	77.6	14	53.8	24	13.34	1	1
1940	62.7	54	76.3	28	49.1	89	1.07	117	0
1939	67.9	4	81.7	1	54.1	20	1.77	105	0
1938	63.4	47	74.5	52	52.2	48	7.56	20	0
1937	62.6	56	74.8	48	50.4	74	2.74	86	0
1936	63.8	41	74.3	55	53.4	28	8.17	18	0
1935	60.1	102	72.7	79	47.6	106	2.78	84	0
1934	62.3	61	73.2	68	51.4	56	3.84	62	1
1933	65.1	28	77.5	17	52.9	32	3.17	77	1
1932	61	82	74.9	45	47.1	111	3.71	65	0
1931	68.6	3	80.1	7	57.1	4	5.04	42	0
1930	64.3	35	77.7	13	50.9	63	6.78	28	0
1929	60.4	92	72.6	80	48.1	100	5.01	43	1
1928	61.1	79	75.3	44	46.9	113	1.91	102	0
1927	65.8	19	77.1	21	54.6	16	10.67	5	0
1926	62.8	53	72.4	83	52.6	37	8.05	19	1
1925	65.2	26	76.3	28	54	22	6.87	27	0
1924	58.9	116	71.2	101	46.6	116	2.21	94	0
1923	61.7	71	74.7	50	48.7	94	3.44	71	0
1922	66.7	9	80.5	4	52.8	35	1.62	108	0
1921	64.6	30	76.9	24	52.3	46	7.37	23	0
1920	66	17	80.5	4	51.5	55	0.77	120	0
1919	65.5	23	76.8	25	54.1	20	8.20	17	0
1918	56.9	124	69.5	120	44.5	123	1.70	106	1
1917	59	115	71.4	98	46.6	116	3.79	63	1
1916	61.7	71	75.7	41	47.9	104	7.52	21	1
1915	61.8	70	72.8	73	50.8	67	6.12	33	1
1914	64.8	29	77	22	52.6	37	3.98	57	0
1913	64	38	76.1	34	51.9	52	4.49	49	0
1912	62.7	54	72.4	83	53	31	5.54	39	0
1911	62.1	62	71.7	93	52.4	44	8.38	15	1
1910	61.1	79	71	105	51.4	56	2.76	85	1
1909	60.2	99	71.1	103	49.3	84	3.41	72	0
1908	64.4	32	76.6	26	52.2	48	1.03	118	0
1907	60.2	99	69.6	119	50.9	63	5.21	41	0
1906	66.2	15	76.5	27	55.9	8	4.69	46	0
1905	67.6	5	77.6	14	57.5	3	1.16	115	0
1904									13
1903									10
1897	69	1	81.3	3	56.7	5	1.18	113	0
1896	58.6	119	69.4	121	48.5	96	8.33	16	2
1895	66.7	9	77.6	14	55.8	9	3.47	70	0
1893									10

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2021	69
1897	69
1931	68.6
1939	67.9
2007	67.6
1905	67.6
2016	67.4
2005	66.8
1922	66.7
1895	66.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	56.9
1975	57.1
1993	57.3
1989	57.5
1974	57.8
1896	58.6
1999	58.7
1976	58.7
1924	58.9
1917	59

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	13.34
1970	11.41
2019	10.81
1961	10.68
1927	10.67
1986	10.66
2001	9.65
1973	9.43
2018	9.28
2026	8.81

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	0.50
1979	0.52
1957	0.63
2017	0.74
1920	0.77
1952	0.94
1908	1.03
1940	1.07
1975	1.11
1905	1.16

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 2 September 2026
Coldest night: 41°F; 5 October 2026, 3 October 2026
Wettest day: 2.63 in; 19 September 2026

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Fall 2026 so far brought 8.81 in of precipitation in Rockford, IL, the wettest 1 September to 9 October since 2019, 10th wettest of 124.
The hottest day of fall 2026 so far in Rockford, IL: 96°F on Wednesday 2 September 2026.
The coldest night of fall 2026 so far in Rockford, IL: a low of 41°F on Monday 5 October 2026 and Saturday 3 October 2026.
The wettest day of fall 2026 so far in Rockford, IL: 2.63 in on Saturday 19 September 2026.