Rockford, IL: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 24.1°F in Rockford, IL, the warmest winter since 2025, tied 56th warmest of 117 (with 1981 and 1961).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 24.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 56th warmest of 117
Precipitation: 2.72 in; Driest since 2025; 17th driest of 123

A normal winter in Rockford, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 24.3°F, between 19.6°F and 29.9°F in eight years of ten and 5.12 in of precipitation, between 3.14 in and 7.29 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Rockford, IL since 1898: 24.1°F in 2026; the highest is 32.3°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 19.6 to 29.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	24.1	56	33.4	40	14.8	77	2.72	107	0
2025	24.6	48	33.3	43	15.9	58	2.38	113	0
2024	32.3	1	39.9	1	24.6	1	5.70	34	0
2023	28.3	14	36	17	20.7	15	8.42	7	0
2022	25.6	36	34.9	26	16.3	52	4.05	86	0
2021	24.8	43	32.3	58	17.3	41	4.61	71	0
2020	29.2	9	36.9	10	21.5	13	4.82	61	0
2019	23.7	67	31.2	78	16.2	54	8.96	3	0
2018	23.3	73	32	62	14.6	81	5.44	47	0
2017	29.1	12	36.7	11	21.6	10	5.91	29	0
2016	30.1	4	36.5	13	23.7	4	6.18	21	0
2015	21.4	94	29.1	98	13.8	91	2.85	105	0
2014	14.7	114	24.1	117	5.2	119	5.43	48	0
2013	27.2	22	35.2	24	19.2	25	8.56	5	0
2012	30.1	4	38.4	4	21.9	8	4.60	72	0
2011	21.5	93	28.7	99	14.4	84	4.51	73	0
2010	22	87	28.5	100	15.4	69	5.06	57	0
2009	19.6	100	28.4	101	10.8	106	7.04	13	0
2008	22.1	85	29.9	89	14.3	86	7.56	8	0
2007	24.6	48	32.2	60	17	44	4.76	63	0
2006	26.6	27	33.7	38	19.5	21	4.63	69	0
2005	25.9	34	33	48	18.8	29	5.45	46	0
2004	24.7	46	32.5	57	16.9	47	4.45	76	0
2003	23.3	73	31.9	67	14.6	81	1.28	123	0
2002	30.9	3	39	3	22.8	5	3.64	95	0
2001	18.5	106	26.7	108	10.4	107	7.26	10	0
2000	26.4	28	34.8	28	17.9	34	5.40	50	0
1999	27.4	19	35.5	21	19.3	23	5.17	55	0
1998	29.9	7	35.8	18	24	3	4.64	67	0
1997	22.3	83	29.2	96	15.3	71	6.10	26	0
1996	21.6	92	29.5	94	13.7	92	2.38	113	0
1995	24.8	43	32	62	17.6	37	3.17	100	0
1994	19.1	105	27.2	107	11	104	5.27	52	0
1993	24	59	31.4	74	16.6	49	6.68	16	0
1992	29.2	9	36.6	12	21.6	10	4.12	85	1
1991	22.8	79	31.3	77	14.3	86	4.02	88	0
1990	24	59	32.6	54	15.4	69	3.57	96	0
1989	24.3	53	32.7	52	15.9	58	3.17	100	0
1988	21.7	90	29.6	93	13.9	90	7.02	14	0
1987	27.7	16	35.4	23	20	18	2.41	112	0
1986	19.2	103	27.4	105	11	104	5.47	44	0
1985	20.5	96	29.5	94	11.4	102	6.17	22	0
1984	19.9	97	27.7	103	12.2	99	4.33	80	0
1983	29.2	9	36.3	16	22.2	7	5.65	37	0
1982	17	110	25.9	111	8.1	113	2.55	109	0
1981	24.1	56	33	48	15.3	71	5.33	51	0
1980	21.9	89	30.5	85	13.3	94	4.33	80	0
1979	14.2	117	22.5	119	5.9	117	6.37	18	0
1978	14.5	115	23.1	118	5.9	117	3.12	102	0
1977	14.5	115	24.2	115	4.7	120	1.62	120	0
1976	24.6	48	33.6	39	15.5	65	3.95	91	0
1975	24.5	51	31.7	70	17.3	41	6.04	28	0
1974	23	76	30.6	84	15.5	65	8.52	6	0
1973	24.8	43	32	62	17.7	36	5.60	40	0
1972	23	76	31	81	15	74	6.30	20	0
1971	22	87	29.9	89	14.2	88	5.15	56	0
1970	19.6	100	27.7	103	11.5	101	2.27	115	0
1969	23.7	67	30.4	86	17	44	5.21	54	0
1968	23.4	70	32	62	14.8	77	2.50	111	0
1967	22.2	84	30.8	82	13.7	92	4.49	75	0
1966	23.2	75	31.7	70	14.7	80	6.46	17	0
1965	21.4	94	30.1	88	12.7	97	6.14	23	0
1964	21.7	90	31.2	78	12.3	98	2.26	116	0
1963	15.9	112	24.8	112	6.9	116	1.48	121	0
1962	19.5	102	27.3	106	11.7	100	4.82	61	0
1961	24.1	56	33.1	44	15	74	1.88	118	0
1960	26.4	28	32.9	50	19.8	20	9.19	2	0
1959	17.7	107	26.7	108	8.6	112	4.50	74	0
1958	22.8	79	31.2	78	14.5	83	3.89	93	0
1957	24.2	54	32.3	58	16	57	3.98	90	0
1956	23.9	63	32.2	60	15.6	62	1.97	117	0
1955	23.8	64	31.8	68	15.9	58	4.90	58	0
1954	27.7	16	36.5	13	18.9	27	4.74	64	0
1953	27.3	21	34.8	28	19.9	19	4.44	77	0
1952	24.9	42	33.1	44	16.7	48	3.30	99	0
1951	19.9	97	28.1	102	11.4	102	5.59	41	1
1950	27.2	22	36.5	13	17.8	35	5.61	38	1
1949	26.1	32	34.5	34	17.6	37	6.05	27	0
1948	23.8	64	32.9	50	14.8	77	4.44	77	0
1946	24	59	32.6	54	15.5	65	10.13	1	0
1945	22.1	85	29.9	89	14.1	89	4.67	66	3
1944	28.4	13	38	6	18.9	27	5.69	35	3
1943	22.9	78	32.6	54	13.2	95	5.61	38	2
1942	27	24	34.7	30	19.2	25	4.01	89	0
1941	25.7	35	33.4	40	18	33	5.27	52	4
1940	24.2	54	31.4	74	17	44	4.05	86	0
1939	26.4	28	34.6	32	18.3	32	5.46	45	1
1938	26	33	32.7	52	19.3	23	6.13	24	0
1937	25.3	38	33.8	37	16.6	49	8.69	4	1
1936	15.7	113	24.2	115	7.4	115	4.64	67	1
1935	23.8	64	31.6	72	15.9	58	5.81	32	0
1934	27	24	35.6	19	18.5	30	1.69	119	0
1933	27.4	19	37.2	9	17.5	40	3.90	92	0
1932	32.1	2	39.9	1	24.2	2	4.63	69	0
1931	29.8	8	38	6	21.6	10	1.38	122	0
1930	25.2	40	33.9	36	16.4	51	3.80	94	0
1929	19.9	97	30.2	87	9.7	108	5.80	33	0
1928	26.3	31	35	25	17.6	37	3.08	103	0
1927	24.7	46	33.4	40	16.1	55	2.76	106	1
1926	24.4	52	33.1	44	15.6	62	4.90	58	0
1925	22.4	82	32	62	12.8	96	4.28	83	0
1924	25.1	41	34.2	35	16.1	55	4.87	60	0
1923	24	59	33.1	44	15	74	2.55	109	0
1922	25.3	38	35.5	21	15.1	73	6.11	25	1
1921	30.1	4	37.9	8	21.8	9	2.68	108	3
1920	16	111	24.3	114	7.7	114	3.31	98	5
1919	27.9	15	35.6	19	20.3	16	5.42	49	0
1918							5.50	43	27
1917	19.2	103	29.2	96	9.2	110	3.34	97	0
1916	23.6	69	31.6	72	15.6	62	5.66	36	1
1915	22.6	81	30.7	83	14.4	84	6.82	15	0
1914	26.8	26	34.9	26	18.5	30	2.97	104	1
1913	25.5	37	34.7	30	16.3	52	4.18	84	2
1912	17.2	109	24.6	113	9.6	109	4.35	79	2
1911	23.4	70	31.4	74	15.5	65	4.29	82	3
1910	17.7	107	26.3	110	9	111	6.34	19	0
1909					21	14	5.89	30	17
1908	27.5	18	34.6	32	20.3	16	4.69	65	2
1907							5.57	42	22
1906			38.2	5	22.5	6	7.40	9	13
1898	23.4	70	29.7	92	17.2	43	7.11	11	0
1897			31.8	68	19.5	21	7.07	12	17
1896							5.89	30	20
1893									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	32.3
1932	32.1
2002	30.9
2016	30.1
2012	30.1
1921	30.1
1998	29.9
1931	29.8
2020	29.2
1992	29.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	14.2
1978	14.5
1977	14.5
2014	14.7
1936	15.7
1963	15.9
1920	16
1982	17
1912	17.2
1959	17.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1946	10.13
1960	9.19
2019	8.96
1937	8.69
2013	8.56
1974	8.52
2023	8.42
2008	7.56
1906	7.40
2001	7.26

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	1.28
1931	1.38
1963	1.48
1977	1.62
1934	1.69
1961	1.88
1956	1.97
1964	2.26
1970	2.27
2025	2.38
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 16 February 2026
Coldest night: -14°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.89 in; 28 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 2.72 in of precipitation in Rockford, IL, the driest winter since 2025, 17th driest of 123.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rockford, IL: 66°F on Monday 16 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rockford, IL: a low of -14°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Rockford, IL: 0.89 in on Sunday 28 December 2025.