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Rockford, IL

42.193°N, 89.093°W · station RFDthr · 134 years of record
64°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Rockford.
72°WED9/273°THU9/374°FRI9/471°SAT9/568°SUN9/664°MON9/7

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Rockford — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#103 / 126
coldest Sep 7 in 126 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

37°F
set in 1986

Mildest Sep 7 ever

77°F
set in 1939
Forecast low 64°F — 103rd coldest Sep 7 of 126 years · record 37°F (1986) · coldest since 2025.
1893: 64°F1895: 58°F1896: 50°F1897: 67°F1903: 60°F1904: 58°F1905: 58°F1906: 55°F1907: 52°F1908: 56°F1909: 50°F1910: 58°F1911: 58°F1912: 68°F1913: 68°F1914: 52°F1915: 57°F1916: 62°F1917: 51°F1918: 51°F1919: 67°F1920: 55°F1921: 51°F1922: 71°F1923: 61°F1924: 38°F1925: 63°F1926: 57°F1927: 66°F1928: 45°F1929: 52°F1930: 57°F1931: 54°F1932: 42°F1933: 68°F1934: 44°F1935: 53°F1936: 69°F1937: 50°F1938: 60°F1939: 77°F1940: 58°F1941: 62°F1942: 62°F1943: 50°F1944: 60°F1945: 68°F1947: 62°F1948: 67°F1949: 57°F1950: 45°F1951: 48°F1952: 52°F1953: 47°F1954: 54°F1955: 52°F1956: 44°F1957: 50°F1958: 53°F1959: 71°F1960: 70°F1961: 61°F1962: 43°F1963: 61°F1964: 57°F1965: 65°F1966: 46°F1967: 49°F1968: 49°F1969: 59°F1970: 69°F1971: 62°F1972: 56°F1973: 50°F1974: 55°F1975: 49°F1976: 45°F1977: 57°F1978: 58°F1979: 46°F1980: 60°F1981: 55°F1982: 52°F1983: 53°F1984: 43°F1985: 73°F1986: 37°F1987: 62°F1988: 39°F1989: 67°F1990: 63°F1991: 58°F1992: 67°F1993: 47°F1994: 48°F1995: 52°F1996: 63°F1997: 57°F1998: 58°F1999: 48°F2000: 46°F2001: 69°F2002: 57°F2003: 59°F2004: 57°F2005: 62°F2006: 55°F2007: 65°F2008: 56°F2009: 54°F2010: 54°F2011: 48°F2012: 62°F2013: 65°F2014: 51°F2015: 72°F2016: 70°F2017: 47°F2018: 58°F2019: 52°F2020: 59°F2021: 57°F2022: 56°F2023: 63°F2024: 50°F2025: 39°F64° forecast35404550556065707580191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 764°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record37°F
This-date rank#103 of 126
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-31°F (2019)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1893–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Rockford in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan63°FJan 31, 1989-31°FJan 31, 2019
Feb78°FFeb 27, 2024-25°FFeb 9, 1933
Mar85°FMar 29, 1986-11°FMar 1, 1962
Apr93°FApr 10, 19305°FApr 7, 1982
May106°FMay 31, 193424°FMay 10, 1966
Jun106°FJun 1, 193435°FJun 4, 1945
Jul112°FJul 14, 193643°FJul 31, 1918
Aug104°FAug 5, 191835°FAug 30, 1915
Sep103°FSep 7, 193924°FSep 28, 1942
Oct91°FOct 2, 19227°FOct 30, 1925
Nov81°FNov 1, 1933-10°FNov 26, 1977
Dec69°FDec 3, 2012-24°FDec 24, 1983
All-time112°FJul 14, 1936-31°FJan 31, 2019

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Rockford so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

4 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

2 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

80°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 6, 1918

Coldest high ever

-14°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 6, 1912
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan47°FJan 1, 1897-14°FJan 6, 1912
Feb48°FFeb 22, 1930-13°FFeb 2, 1996
Mar63°FMar 30, 19989°FMar 2, 2014
Apr68°FApr 5, 192928°FApr 24, 1910
May74°FMay 12, 202236°FMay 2, 1909
Jun78°FJun 3, 189550°FJun 3, 1945
Jul80°FJul 19, 201962°FJul 4, 1967
Aug80°FAug 6, 191859°FAug 5, 1915
Sep78°FSep 3, 189541°FSep 26, 1942
Oct70°FOct 1, 201925°FOct 30, 1917
Nov61°FNov 9, 202011°FNov 24, 1950
Dec58°FDec 2, 1982-11°FDec 23, 1983
All-time80°FAug 6, 1918-14°FJan 6, 1912

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

118 days
record run, ended Mar 24 1962

So far in 2026

83 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Rockford's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 56°F · forecast is +8° vs normal.
Jan: 29°FJan: 14°FFeb: 34°FFeb: 17°FMar: 47°FMar: 28°FApr: 60°FApr: 38°FMay: 71°FMay: 49°FJun: 81°FJun: 59°FJul: 84°FJul: 63°FAug: 82°FAug: 61°FSep: 75°FSep: 53°FOct: 62°FOct: 41°FNov: 47°FNov: 30°FDec: 34°FDec: 20°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:21 AM
Sunset6:31 PM
Solar noon11:56 AM
Daylight13h 09m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

42.19°N, 89.09°W

Nearby Stations

Chicago, IL61 mi EMadison, WI66 mi NMilwaukee, WI80 mi NEDubuque, IA83 mi WMoline, IL89 mi SWPeoria, IL109 mi S

The Last 6 Weeks

Rockford's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Rockford, IL — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Rockford's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Rockford, IL — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1893

Each cell is one day's low at Rockford, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Rockford, IL daily low heat map 1893–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Rockford — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
83 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 93rd most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 82. Record: 104 in 1926.

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