Rockford, IL: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 58.7°F in Rockford, IL, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2025, tied 44th warmest of 116 (with 2019 and 1970).

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 58.7°F; Warmest since 2025; 44th warmest of 116
Precipitation: 1.41 in; Wettest since 2021; 25th wettest of 125

A normal 1 to 9 October in Rockford, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 55.3°F, between 50.8°F and 63.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.48 in of precipitation, between 0.06 in and 1.90 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Rockford, IL since 1895: 58.7°F in 2026; the highest is 69.6°F, in 2007.

Normal range, 50.8 to 63.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 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	58.7	44	71.2	35	46.1	52	1.41	25	0
2025	65.8	7	78.9	5	52.7	14	0.29	72	0
2024	59.3	40	74.2	25	44.3	67	trace	107	0
2023	59.7	35	71.3	34	48	40	0.06	99	0
2022	53.9	79	68.8	60	39	100	trace	107	0
2021	69.4	2	77.3	9	61.6	1	1.96	14	0
2020	54.4	77	66.7	77	42.2	77	0.10	92	0
2019	58.7	44	68.3	65	49	33	1.71	18	0
2018	61.9	21	70	51	53.9	5	3.71	2	0
2017	64.7	9	76.1	15	53.2	9	0.23	76	0
2016	60.9	27	70.8	39	51	20	0.22	78	0
2015	57.6	54	66.1	79	49.1	31	0.01	105	0
2014	53.2	88	63	97	43.3	72	0.83	40	0
2013	63.3	17	74.6	24	52.1	15	1.25	28	0
2012	50.9	103	62.7	101	39.2	97	0.16	82	0
2011	60.7	28	76.6	12	44.9	61	0.00	119	0
2010	57.1	59	73	29	41.1	86	0.15	83	0
2009	49.8	107	56.6	123	43	75	1.94	15	0
2008	54.7	73	64.9	88	44.4	66	0.53	58	0
2007	69.6	1	81.8	1	57.4	2	0.12	86	0
2006	60.4	30	73.8	26	47	46	0.74	44	0
2005	61.4	25	72	31	50.9	23	0.01	105	0
2004	52.9	90	67.4	71	38.4	104	0.96	34	0
2003	51.9	97	66	83	37.8	110	0.09	95	0
2002	58.2	49	67.1	74	49.3	30	1.36	26	0
2001	53.5	84	65	87	42	81	0.46	64	0
2000	50.2	105	60.7	112	39.7	96	0.71	45	0
1999	50.2	105	61.7	107	38.8	101	0.58	54	0
1998	53.1	89	61.2	108	44.9	61	1.55	23	0
1997	66.4	4	80.9	2	51.9	16	0.25	73	0
1996	52.2	93	63.9	93	40.4	90	0.07	98	0
1995	55.8	68	66.1	79	45.4	58	1.90	16	0
1994	53.6	83	62.2	106	44.9	61	0.37	68	0
1993	54.1	78	67.8	69	40.3	92	0.49	62	0
1992	57.2	58	70.2	48	44.1	68	0.22	78	0
1991	53.9	79	65.2	85	42.7	76	2.80	7	0
1990	57.8	50	69.2	56	46.4	51	1.65	20	0
1989	47.7	113	60.1	116	35.3	113	0.40	66	0
1988	49.3	109	60.7	112	37.9	109	0.64	50	0
1987	46.9	114	58.6	121	35.2	114	0.10	92	0
1986	54.6	74	63.8	94	45.3	59	0.77	43	0
1985	49.6	108	60.6	115	38.7	102	2.84	6	0
1984	58.6	47	70.4	44	46.7	50	0.65	49	0
1983	59.7	35	70.6	42	48.8	35	0.35	70	0
1982	63.6	15	78.9	5	48.2	38	2.24	10	0
1981	51.3	101	64.3	91	38.2	106	0.25	73	0
1980	51.5	100	64.8	89	38.2	106	0.03	103	0
1979	49.3	109	59.9	117	38.7	102	0.47	63	0
1978	52.2	93	62.6	103	41.8	83	0.55	55	0
1977	49.1	111	59	119	39.2	97	0.95	36	0
1976	54.5	75	68.3	65	40.7	89	1.35	27	0
1975	53.9	79	69.3	55	38.4	104	0.20	80	0
1974	50.4	104	62.7	101	38.1	108	0.85	39	0
1973	61.6	24	70.4	44	52.8	13	0.91	37	0
1972	56.6	62	66.1	79	47	46	0.12	86	0
1971	58.8	43	70.2	48	47.4	43	0.63	52	0
1970	58.7	44	68.9	58	48.6	36	0.78	42	0
1969	63.3	17	74.7	23	51.9	16	0.25	73	0
1968	53.7	82	62.6	103	44.9	61	0.20	80	0
1967	61.2	26	71.1	36	51.2	19	0.59	53	0
1966	56.3	65	70.7	41	41.9	82	trace	107	0
1965	52.2	93	61.2	108	43.2	74	0.42	65	0
1964	48.9	112	60.7	112	37.1	112	0.08	97	0
1963	63.8	13	78.8	7	48.9	34	trace	107	0
1962	60.1	32	66.8	75	53.4	7	0.53	58	0
1961	56.2	66	68.7	61	43.8	70	trace	107	0
1960	55.4	71	68.7	61	42.2	77	0.04	101	0
1959	56.6	62	63.3	96	49.9	29	3.93	1	0
1958	57.4	55	69.7	53	45.2	60	1.61	21	0
1957	54.5	75	68.1	68	40.9	87	trace	107	0
1956	56.5	64	70.8	39	42.2	77	trace	107	0
1955	59.6	38	70.6	42	48.6	36	1.46	24	0
1954	60.1	32	68.3	65	51.9	16	2.72	8	0
1953	56.1	67	70.3	47	41.8	83	1.21	29	0
1952	45.9	115	58.9	120	33	115	trace	107	0
1951	59.9	34	68.9	58	51	20	1.57	22	0
1950	55.4	71	65.3	84	45.6	54	0.69	48	0
1949	64.7	9	75.9	18	53.6	6	1.05	32	0
1948	53.3	86	62.9	99	43.7	71	0.97	33	0
1947	63.3	17	75.9	18	50.7	25	0.02	104	0
1945	53.3	86	64.6	90	42.1	80	0.15	83	0
1944	58.6	47	66.8	75	50.4	28	0.88	38	0
1943	57.3	57	73.7	28	40.9	87	trace	107	0
1942	61.8	22	76	17	47.6	41	1.20	30	0
1941			70.9	38			3.08	3	1
1940	59.2	41	73.8	26	44.7	65	0.70	46	0
1939	63.7	14	76.9	10	50.6	26	0.12	86	0
1938	60.2	31	72.2	30	48.1	39	trace	107	0
1937	59.4	39	69.8	52	49.1	31	0.23	76	0
1936	55.8	68	66.1	79	45.6	54	0.31	71	0
1935	45.6	116	58.4	122	32.8	116	0.09	95	0
1934			72	31			0.00	119	1
1933	52.7	91	65.1	86	40.3	92	0.11	90	0
1932	55.6	70	67.8	69	43.3	72	1.66	19	0
1931	64.4	11	75.8	20	53	11	0.50	61	0
1930	57.7	52	68.6	64	46.9	49	2.17	11	0
1929			63.6	95			0.04	101	1
1928	61.7	23	76.3	13	47.1	45	0.38	67	0
1927	58.9	42	67.2	73	50.6	26	3.08	3	0
1926			71	37			2.44	9	1
1925	52.6	92	61	110	44.1	68	0.96	34	0
1924	59.7	35	71.9	33	47.6	41	0.13	85	0
1923	53.4	85	69.2	56	37.7	111	0.00	119	0
1922	64.9	8	76.7	11	53.1	10	0.12	86	0
1921	51.7	98	64.2	92	39.2	97	1.10	31	0
1920	57.7	52	75.7	21	39.8	95	0.00	119	0
1919	66.3	5	76.1	15	56.6	3	2.06	12	0
1918			69.7	53			0.10	92	1
1917			59.9	117			0.55	55	1
1916	62.1	20	78.1	8	46	53	0.52	60	0
1915			60.8	111			0.55	55	1
1914	66.1	6	79.2	4	52.9	12	0.06	99	0
1913	64.4	11	75.3	22	53.4	7	0.82	41	0
1912	57.1	59	68.7	61	45.6	54	2.01	13	0
1911							1.82	17	1
1910	60.7	28	70.4	44	51	20	0.64	50	0
1909	57.8	50	70.1	50	45.6	54	0.00	119	0
1908	52.2	93	63	97	41.3	85	0.11	90	0
1907	56.7	61	66.3	78	47	46	0.37	68	0
1906	57.4	55	67.4	71	47.4	43	trace	107	0
1905	67.4	3	79.4	3	55.3	4	trace	107	0
1897	63.6	15	76.3	13	50.8	24	0.00	119	0
1896	51.2	102	62.3	105	40	94	0.00	119	0
1895	51.7	98	62.9	99	40.4	90	0.70	46	0
1893							2.98	5	9

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2007	69.6
2021	69.4
1905	67.4
1997	66.4
1919	66.3
1914	66.1
2025	65.8
1922	64.9
2017	64.7
1949	64.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1935	45.6
1952	45.9
1987	46.9
1989	47.7
1964	48.9
1977	49.1
1988	49.3
1979	49.3
1985	49.6
2009	49.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1959	3.93
2018	3.71
1941	3.08
1927	3.08
1893	2.98
1985	2.84
1991	2.80
1954	2.72
1926	2.44
1982	2.24

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	0.00
1934	0.00
1923	0.00
1920	0.00
1909	0.00
1897	0.00
1896	0.00
2024	trace
2022	trace
1966	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 79°F; 7 October 2026
Coldest night: 41°F; 5 October 2026, 3 October 2026
Wettest day: 1.35 in; 1 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 1.41 in of precipitation in Rockford, IL, the wettest 1 to 9 October since 2021, 25th wettest of 125.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Rockford, IL: 79°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 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 October 2026 so far in Rockford, IL: 1.35 in on Thursday 1 October 2026.