Rockford, IL: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 42.5°F in Rockford, IL, the warmest March since 2025, tied 12th warmest of 122 (with 2007).

March 2026

Mean temperature: 42.5°F; Warmest since 2025; 12th warmest of 122
Precipitation: 3.06 in; Wettest since 2024; 42nd wettest of 125

A normal March in Rockford, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.1°F, between 32.7°F and 42.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.05 in of precipitation, between 1.05 in and 4.13 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Rockford, IL since 1893: 42.5°F in 2026; the highest is 52.4°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 32.7 to 42.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	42.5	12	54.4	9	30.6	23	3.06	42	0
2025	42.9	7	54.8	7	31	19	2.82	48	0
2024	42.8	9	53.4	11	32.3	11	4.58	12	0
2023	36.7	54	45.5	58	27.9	47	3.30	37	0
2022	39.4	29	49.2	28	29.5	32	2.92	47	0
2021	42.8	9	53	12	32.6	10	1.49	95	0
2020	40.9	19	49.6	26	32.3	11	5.01	4	0
2019	33.7	79	42.8	81	24.6	81	2.09	70	0
2018	36	61	45.8	54	26.1	65	1.22	105	0
2017	38.8	34	47.8	41	29.8	29	2.79	51	0
2016	42.9	7	51.7	16	34	5	4.01	20	0
2015	34.6	72	45.5	58	23.8	94	1.30	99	0
2014	29.6	110	38.7	111	20.5	116	1.03	110	0
2013	29.5	112	37	118	22	108	2.29	64	0
2012	52.4	1	62.5	1	42.3	1	2.09	70	0
2011	37.4	44	46.1	51	28.6	40	3.41	35	0
2010	41.3	18	51.8	13	30.8	21	1.41	98	0
2009	38.9	32	49.2	28	28.6	40	5.82	2	0
2008	33.8	78	42.1	89	25.5	72	2.42	60	0
2007	42.5	12	51.8	13	33.2	7	3.25	38	0
2006	36.9	50	45.9	53	27.9	47	4.05	18	0
2005	34.2	76	44.2	69	24.2	88	0.43	123	0
2004	40.6	20	49.5	27	31.7	14	4.06	17	0
2003	35	66	45.6	56	24.5	83	1.45	97	0
2002	33	88	43.3	76	22.7	103	1.80	85	0
2001	33.4	83	42.5	84	24.2	88	1.25	103	0
2000	43	5	54.5	8	31.5	15	1.05	109	0
1999	34.6	72	45	65	24.2	88	1.14	107	0
1998	37.7	40	45.3	62	30.2	26	3.43	34	0
1997	37.2	48	46.4	50	28	46	1.28	101	0
1996	29.8	109	40.3	101	19.3	119	0.50	122	0
1995	38	38	48.3	38	27.8	49	1.49	95	0
1994	36.4	57	46.6	49	26.1	65	1.15	106	0
1993	33.2	84	40.8	99	25.6	69	3.86	21	0
1992	37.6	41	47.4	43	27.8	49	2.02	76	0
1991	39	31	48.8	34	29.1	36	4.77	11	0
1990	39.9	26	48.6	36	31.2	17	2.65	55	0
1989	34	77	42.7	82	25.2	77	2.41	61	0
1988	36.2	58	47	47	25.4	74	2.15	68	0
1987	39.5	27	49.1	32	29.8	29	1.96	77	0
1986	40	25	50.2	24	29.8	29	0.93	115	0
1985	39.3	30	48.5	37	30.1	27	3.66	26	0
1984	28.5	117	35.7	120	21.4	111	2.04	74	0
1983	36.8	52	45.2	64	28.3	43	2.70	54	0
1982	32.7	91	41.2	94	24.3	86	3.63	30	0
1981	37.3	47	48.8	34	25.8	67	0.65	119	0
1980	30	108	38.9	110	21.2	112	0.97	114	0
1979	31.7	101	39.3	106	24	91	3.74	22	0
1978	29.2	114	38	116	20.5	116	0.86	116	0
1977	42.2	14	51.7	16	32.7	9	3.52	31	0
1976	38.5	35	49.2	28	27.8	49	4.94	7	0
1975	29.1	116	37.2	117	21.1	114	2.81	49	0
1974	36.1	59	44	71	28.3	43	2.03	75	0
1973	43	5	50.7	21	35.2	3	4.53	14	0
1972	32.4	94	40.9	97	23.8	94	2.79	51	0
1971	32.3	96	39.5	105	25.1	78	2.11	69	0
1970	33.1	86	41.5	91	24.6	81	1.89	81	0
1969	31	105	41.3	92	20.6	115	1.59	90	0
1968	40.3	23	51.8	13	28.9	37	1.00	113	0
1967	35.9	62	43.2	77	28.6	40	1.63	88	0
1966	37.6	41	47.5	42	27.6	53	2.75	53	0
1965	25.9	120	32.8	122	19	120	2.30	63	0
1964	32.3	96	41.1	95	23.4	99	3.64	28	0
1963	38.3	37	47.3	46	29.4	34	2.94	45	0
1962	31.3	104	38.4	114	24.3	86	3.17	40	0
1961	37.4	44	45.3	62	29.5	32	5.62	3	0
1960	22.5	122	31.8	124	13.1	124	2.23	66	0
1959	34.4	74	43.1	78	25.7	68	4.94	7	0
1958	35	66	42.7	82	27.2	56	0.52	121	0
1957	35	66	44.8	66	25.3	76	1.89	81	0
1956	33.7	79	43	79	24.4	84	1.02	111	0
1955	33.5	82	44.5	68	22.4	105	2.93	46	0
1954	32.3	96	42	90	22.6	104	2.19	67	0
1953	35.7	63	44.8	66	26.5	59	2.07	73	0
1952	32.2	99	39.2	107	25.1	78	3.66	26	0
1951	31.8	100	39.2	107	24.4	84	1.56	91	0
1950	31	105	39	109	23.1	102	1.77	86	1
1949	36.8	52	46	52	27.5	54	2.45	59	0
1948	35.5	64	45.5	58	25.5	72	4.04	19	0
1946			57.1	3	33.9	6	2.98	43	4
1945	48.2	2	59.6	2	36.8	2	1.87	83	0
1944	31.6	103	39.6	104	23.6	97	6.20	1	0
1943	32.5	92	43.8	72	21.2	112	4.95	6	0
1942	40.3	23	49.9	25	30.7	22	1.63	88	0
1941	31.7	101	41.3	92	22.1	107	2.41	61	0
1940	31	105	38.5	113	23.4	99	1.52	94	0
1939	37.2	48	49	33	25.4	74	1.26	102	0
1938	44	4	54.9	6	33.2	7	2.25	65	0
1937	33.1	86	42.5	84	23.8	94	1.30	99	0
1936	38.9	32	49.2	28	28.7	38	0.43	123	0
1935	40.5	21	50.5	22	30.5	25	2.09	70	0
1934	33.7	79	43.5	75	23.9	93	0.85	117	0
1933	35	66	43.7	74	26.4	61	2.98	43	0
1932	27.9	118	37	118	18.8	122	3.52	31	0
1931	34.3	75	42.2	88	26.3	62	3.09	41	0
1930	36.5	56	47.4	43	25.6	69	1.86	84	0
1929	41.5	16	51.7	16	31.4	16	1.93	78	0
1928	37.5	43	47.9	39	27.2	56	2.49	57	0
1927	40.5	21	51	20	29.9	28	1.55	93	0
1926	29.2	114	38.6	112	19.8	118	1.71	87	0
1925	38.4	36	50.5	22	26.2	63	0.75	118	0
1924	33.2	84	40.1	102	26.2	63	2.46	58	1
1923	29.3	113	39.7	103	18.9	121	4.99	5	0
1922	38	38	46.7	48	29.2	35	3.72	24	0
1921	42.7	11	55.2	5	31	19	3.64	28	1
1920	36.9	50	47.4	43	26.9	58	4.85	10	1
1919	35.4	65	45.6	56	25.1	78	3.70	25	0
1918	41.4	17	54.1	10	28.7	38	1.25	103	0
1917	36.1	59	45.8	54	26.5	59	1.91	79	0
1916	32.9	90	42.5	84	23.2	101	3.45	33	1
1915	33	88	42.3	87	23.6	97	1.01	112	0
1914	34.7	71	43.8	72	25.6	69	4.11	16	0
1913	32.4	94	43	79	21.7	110	2.80	50	0
1912	24.8	121	32.5	123	17.1	123	1.56	91	0
1911	36.6	55	45.5	58	27.7	52	0.55	120	0
1910	45.1	3	55.9	4	34.2	4	0.27	125	0
1909	35	66	40.9	97	28.2	45	1.13	108	2
1908	37.4	44	44.1	70	30.6	23	4.54	13	2
1907	42	15	51.7	16	32.3	11	1.90	80	0
1906	27.8	119	33.8	121	22.2	106	3.35	36	2
1898	39.5	27	47.9	39	31.2	17	4.21	15	0
1897			40.6	100	27.5	54	4.90	9	4
1896	29.6	110	38.3	115	22	108			1
1895							2.53	56	16
1894							3.74	22	31
1893	32.5	92	41.1	95	24	91	3.21	39	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	52.4
1945	48.2
1910	45.1
1938	44
2000	43
1973	43
2025	42.9
2016	42.9
2024	42.8
2021	42.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	22.5
1912	24.8
1965	25.9
1906	27.8
1932	27.9
1984	28.5
1975	29.1
1978	29.2
1926	29.2
1923	29.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	6.20
2009	5.82
1961	5.62
2020	5.01
1923	4.99
1943	4.95
1976	4.94
1959	4.94
1897	4.90
1920	4.85

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1910	0.27
2005	0.43
1936	0.43
1996	0.50
1958	0.52
1911	0.55
1981	0.65
1925	0.75
1934	0.85
1978	0.86

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 82°F; 30 March 2026
Coldest night: 7°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.21 in; 6 March 2026

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Every answer in words

March 2026 brought 3.06 in of precipitation in Rockford, IL, the wettest March since 2024, 42nd wettest of 125.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Rockford, IL: 82°F on Monday 30 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Rockford, IL: a low of 7°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Rockford, IL: 1.21 in on Friday 6 March 2026.