Rockford, IL: July

31 July 2026: July 2026 averaged 74.9°F in Rockford, IL, the warmest July since 2025, tied 45th warmest of 128 (with 2016, 1941 and 1929).

July 2026

Mean temperature: 74.9°F; Warmest since 2025; 45th warmest of 128
Precipitation: 3.01 in; Driest since 2021; 53rd driest of 128

A normal July in Rockford, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 73.5°F, between 69.1°F and 77°F in eight years of ten and 3.24 in of precipitation, between 1.67 in and 7.47 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every July in Rockford, IL since 1893: 74.9°F in 2026; the highest is 80.8°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 69.1 to 77°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every July 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	74.9	45	85.4	56	64.4	28	3.01	76	0
2025	76.2	20	85.8	52	66.6	8	6.49	16	0
2024	73	76	83	92	63	52	7.79	8	0
2023	72.7	82	83.9	78	61.5	89	4.32	47	0
2022	74	62	84.2	74	63.8	36	5.43	26	0
2021	74.8	49	84.4	71	65.2	19	2.27	100	0
2020	76.9	12	87.4	29	66.5	9	3.06	75	0
2019	77.5	10	87.9	24	67.1	6	2.80	81	0
2018	72.8	80	83.5	83	62.1	76	2.38	95	0
2017	74	62	84.1	76	64	32	7.43	11	0
2016	74.9	45	84.5	69	65.3	17	7.87	7	0
2015	72.4	91	82.5	100	62.2	75	3.50	68	0
2014	69.1	124	79.2	124	59.1	118	2.46	92	0
2013	72.6	86	82.7	96	62.5	65	1.92	104	0
2012	80.8	1	92.8	4	68.8	1	2.68	86	0
2011	78.9	6	89.6	12	68.3	2	4.60	41	0
2010	75.4	29	85.4	56	65.4	16	9.40	3	0
2009	67	128	77	128	57	127	2.60	89	0
2008	73.2	70	83.5	83	62.9	56	7.35	14	0
2007	73.2	70	84.6	67	61.8	82	2.43	93	0
2006	75.1	43	85.4	56	64.9	22	3.64	65	0
2005	74.2	60	85.7	53	62.7	59	1.45	113	0
2004	70.3	120	80.1	121	60.5	106	3.65	64	0
2003	71.9	100	82.8	95	61	97	4.30	48	0
2002	76.8	14	88.3	18	65.3	17	1.75	106	0
2001	75.2	40	86.9	37	63.5	42	0.75	122	0
2000	71	112	80.9	118	61.2	94	4.54	43	0
1999	76.8	14	87	34	66.5	9	3.41	70	0
1998	71.8	103	81.8	107	61.7	84	3.68	61	0
1997	72.2	95	82.9	94	61.5	89	1.69	107	0
1996	69.1	124	79.6	123	58.5	122	9.72	2	0
1995	74.7	50	85.4	56	64	32	2.61	88	0
1994	71	112	81.1	116	61	97	2.84	79	0
1993	73.7	65	82.6	97	64.8	23	3.72	60	0
1992	69.1	124	78	127	60.2	112	5.12	33	0
1991	74.2	60	86.4	42	62	80	0.79	121	0
1990	71.9	100	81.6	112	62.3	73	4.93	38	0
1989	74.7	50	85.4	56	63.9	34	7.61	9	0
1988	76.5	18	90.1	8	63	52	2.39	94	0
1987	76.3	19	86.8	38	65.8	13	5.02	34	0
1986	75.3	36	84.9	64	65.6	15	3.14	74	0
1985	71.9	100	83.3	88	60.5	106	2.98	77	0
1984	70.7	118	82.6	97	58.9	119	2.92	78	0
1983	78	9	88.7	16	67.3	5	3.85	56	0
1982	74.6	53	84.2	74	65	21	8.89	4	0
1981	72.5	88	82.2	104	62.8	57	1.14	117	0
1980	75.4	29	86.4	42	64.3	29	3.58	67	0
1979	71.5	107	82.4	102	60.5	106	4.34	46	0
1978	72.3	93	81.3	114	63.3	47	7.41	12	0
1977	75.4	29	86.1	48	64.7	24	4.73	39	0
1976	73.4	69	86	49	60.7	102	2.05	103	0
1975	73.1	72	84.6	67	61.6	87	1.30	115	0
1974	75.3	36	87	34	63.6	39	1.48	112	0
1973	73.5	67	83.5	83	63.4	44	5.81	22	0
1972	71.1	111	80	122	62.1	76	8.39	5	0
1971	70.7	118	81.7	109	59.6	116	2.81	80	0
1970	73.5	67	84.4	71	62.7	59	4.29	49	0
1969	72.5	88	81.2	115	63.9	34	5.72	23	0
1968	70.9	116	81.1	116	60.6	104	2.62	87	0
1967	69.5	122	80.4	120	58.7	121	1.32	114	0
1966	75.4	29	87	34	63.8	36	1.59	110	0
1965	72.9	78	84.9	64	60.9	101	3.81	57	0
1964	72.7	82	83	92	62.5	65	5.20	30	0
1963	73.8	64	84.5	69	63	52	5.16	31	0
1962	69.5	122	78.4	126	60.6	104	5.56	24	0
1961	72.3	93	82	106	62.5	65	3.92	54	0
1960	71.4	109	82.5	100	60.2	112	3.79	58	0
1959	72.1	96	83.2	89	61.1	95	7.56	10	0
1958	70.8	117	80.6	119	61.1	95	5.31	28	0
1957	75.4	29	86.5	39	64.2	31	4.39	44	0
1956	71.8	103	82.6	97	61	97	4.95	37	0
1955	79.4	4	91.3	5	67.6	4	2.71	83	0
1954	73.6	66	85.2	61	62.1	76	3.61	66	0
1953	74.6	53	85.7	53	63.6	39	2.37	96	0
1952	75.2	40	86	49	64.3	29	11.81	1	0
1951	71.5	107	82.1	105	61	97	7.41	12	0
1950	71	112	83.7	81	58.4	124	6.19	19	0
1949	76.9	12	87.9	24	65.8	13	3.93	53	0
1948	75.7	25	88	22	63.4	44	2.58	90	0
1947	71.6	106	84.1	76	59.2	117	3.68	61	0
1945	71.8	103	83.5	83	60.1	114	2.16	101	0
1944	73	76	85.6	55	60.4	109	3.79	58	0
1943	75.3	36	87.1	31	63.3	47	5.00	35	1
1942	74.5	55	86.4	42	62.5	65	4.00	52	0
1941	74.9	45	88.1	21	61.8	82	3.23	72	0
1940	75.5	26	88.4	17	62.6	63	4.56	42	0
1939	75.4	29	88.2	20	62.6	63	2.29	99	0
1938	74.4	57	86.2	46	62.7	59	5.15	32	0
1937	75.9	22	89.7	11	62.1	76	0.05	128	0
1936	80	3	96.5	1	63.6	39	0.66	126	0
1935	78.3	7	90.3	7	66.3	11	6.33	17	0
1934	78.1	8	91.2	6	65.1	20	3.40	71	0
1933	75.4	29	87.8	26	62.7	59	6.30	18	1
1932	75.5	26	89.4	14	61.6	87	1.19	116	0
1931	76.6	16	90	9	63.1	49	4.10	51	0
1930	75.2	40	89.2	15	61.3	93	2.70	85	0
1929	74.9	45	87.4	29	62.4	69	2.77	82	0
1928	74.7	50	86.3	45	63.1	49	2.35	97	0
1927	72.6	86	87.1	31	58.2	125	0.74	123	0
1926	72.4	91	84.3	73	60.4	109	6.90	15	0
1925	72.9	78	85.9	51	59.8	115	3.23	72	0
1924	69.8	121	83.2	89	56.5	128	2.08	102	0
1923	75.3	36	89.5	13	61.4	92	1.67	108	1
1922	72.7	82	85	63	60.4	109	5.28	29	0
1921	80.3	2	94.6	2	65.9	12	0.72	124	0
1920	71.4	109	85.2	61	57.6	126	0.94	118	0
1919	76.6	16	89.8	10	63.5	42	5.40	27	0
1918	71	112	83.4	87	58.5	122	1.53	111	1
1917	72.7	82	84.7	66	60.7	102	1.61	109	0
1916	79	5	93.4	3	64.5	27	0.48	127	0
1915	69	127	79.1	125	58.8	120	5.85	20	0
1914	75.1	43	87.8	26	62.4	69	0.84	119	0
1913	74.4	57	87.1	31	61.7	84	5.85	20	0
1912	72	97	82.4	102	61.5	89	8.21	6	0
1911	74.5	55	86.2	46	62.8	57	0.81	120	0
1910	75.9	22	88.3	18	63.4	44	1.91	105	0
1909	72	97	81.5	113	62.4	69	0.68	125	0
1908	72	97	81.7	109	62.3	73	3.67	63	0
1907	72.5	88	81.8	107	63.1	49	4.63	40	0
1906	72.8	80	83.9	78	61.7	84	3.91	55	0
1905	73.1	72	81.7	109	63.7	38	4.24	50	3
1904	73.1	72	83.1	91	63	52	4.99	36	0
1903	73.1	72	83.8	80	62.4	69	5.49	25	0
1898	74.3	59	86.5	39	62	80	2.32	98	0
1897	77.5	10	88	22	66.9	7	2.71	83	0
1896	75.5	26	86.5	39	64.6	25	4.36	45	0
1895	76.1	21	87.6	28	64.6	25	2.53	91	0
1893	75.8	24	83.7	81	67.9	3	3.49	69	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	80.8
1921	80.3
1936	80
1955	79.4
1916	79
2011	78.9
1935	78.3
1934	78.1
1983	78
2019	77.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2009	67
1915	69
2014	69.1
1996	69.1
1992	69.1
1967	69.5
1962	69.5
1924	69.8
2004	70.3
1984	70.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1952	11.81
1996	9.72
2010	9.40
1982	8.89
1972	8.39
1912	8.21
2016	7.87
2024	7.79
1989	7.61
1959	7.56

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	0.05
1916	0.48
1936	0.66
1909	0.68
1921	0.72
1927	0.74
2001	0.75
1991	0.79
1911	0.81
1914	0.84

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 27 July 2026
Coldest night: 52°F; 23 July 2026
Wettest day: 1.29 in; 4 July 2026

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July 2026 brought 3.01 in of precipitation in Rockford, IL, the driest July since 2021, 53rd driest of 128.
The hottest day of July 2026 in Rockford, IL: 96°F on Monday 27 July 2026.
The coldest night of July 2026 in Rockford, IL: a low of 52°F on Thursday 23 July 2026.
The wettest day of July 2026 in Rockford, IL: 1.29 in on Saturday 4 July 2026.