Rockford New Years Day Climate Data

New Year's Day Weather for Northern Illinois: Statistics for Chicago and Rockford

Rockford:
The following statistics comprises 105 years of data. Data collection for Rockford was at the Greater Rockford Airport.

Graph of high temperatures in Rockford on New Years Day

Frequency distribution of high temperatures for Rockford. This dataset shows that the most frequent range of high temperatures on New Year’s Day is in the 30 to 39 degree range. The normal high temperature on New Year’s Day at Rockford is 30 degrees. The highest temperature recorded on New Year’s Day is 49 degrees which was set in 1916. The coldest high temperature on New Year’s Day is 4 degrees which occurred in 1974. In 2012, the high temperature was 42 degrees.

Low Temperatures on New Years Day at Rockford

Frequency distribution of low temperatures for Rockford. This dataset shows that the most frequent range of low temperatures on New Year’s Day is in between 20 and 29 degrees. The normal low temperature on New Year’s Day in Rockford is 14 degrees. The lowest temperature recorded on New Year’s Day in Rockford is -13 degrees which occurred in the 1924 and 1968. The highest low temperature for New Year’s Day was 40 degrees in 1950. In 2012, the low temperature was 27 degrees.

Precipitation on New Years Day at Rockford

Frequency distribution of precipitation for Rockford. This dataset shows that the most frequent amount of precipitation recorded on New Year’s Day is 0.00”, which accounts for 53% of the days in the dataset. The next most frequent ranges are the 0.02” to 0.25” group, as well as the Trace group. The highest amount of precipitation on New Year’s Day occurred in 1948 when 1.37” of precipitation fell. This is one of two instances where over an inch of rain fell on New Year’s Day. In 2012, 0.08" of precipitation fell.

Frequency distribution of snowfall for Rockford. This dataset shows that the most frequent amount of snowfall recorded on New Year’s Day is 0.0”, which accounts for 64% of the days in the dataset. The next most frequent range is a trace. The highest amount of snow that has fallen on New Year’s Day is 9.0” in 1942. In 2012, a trace of snow fell.

ADDITIONAL NEW YEARS DAY CLIMATE DATA ( * MEANS LAST OCCURRENCE)

MAX TEMP WARMEST	MIN TEMP WARMEST	PCPN WETTEST	SNOW MOST
65 1876	43 1897, 1950	1.33 1948	5.0 1918
57 1897	41 1892	1.25 1891	4.6 1978
55 1892	40 1876	0.94 1965	4.4 1948
54 1890, 1891	37 1916	0.70 1941	4.3 1985
52 1916	36 1886, 1891 1905, 1941	0.68 1916	3.1 1984
49 1921, 2004	35 1874, 1911 1930, 2000	0.61 1985
48 1886, 1905 1950, 2000	34 1965, 1972	0.57 1892
46 1930, 1934, 1941	33 1890, 1954 1955, 1997	0.48 1890
45 2006	32 * 1996	0.47 1918
44 1875, 1939	31 1976, 1992	0.44 1876

MAX TEMP COLDEST	MIN TEMP COLDEST	PCPN DRIEST	SNOW LEAST
5 1969	-10 1969	0.00 2009 *	0.0 2009 *
7 1928	-9 1968	T 2011 *	T 2012 *
8 1974, 1988	-6 1887	0.01 1997 *	0.1 1967 *
11 2010	-5 1924 *	0.02 1995 *	0.2 1995
12 1924	-3 1945 *	0.03 2006 *	0.3 1959
13 1977	-2 1974	0.04 1971 *
14 1920	-1 2010 *	0.05 2008 *
15 1968 *	0 1978 *	0.06 1911
16 1899 *	1 1920	0.08 2012 *
17 1957 *	2 1935 *	0.09 1921

ACS 2/4/2012

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