Rockford, IL Weather Forecast

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🌪 TROPICAL ACTIVITY: TROPICAL STORM FAY Sustained winds 35 kt. Track it on the zombie radar or see NHC advisories.
🌪 TROPICAL ACTIVITY: HURRICANE ODALYS Sustained winds 75 kt. Track it on the zombie radar or see NHC advisories.
🌪 TROPICAL ACTIVITY: HURRICANE POLO Sustained winds 140 kt. Track it on the zombie radar or see NHC advisories.
Mostly cloudy night
61°

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  • Humidity: 82%
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: NNE at 6 MPH
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Cloud Cover: 77%
  • UV Index: 0 - Low
  • Air Quality: Fair
  • Moon: Waxing Gibbous (94% full) · up 5:52pm, down 4:25am

☀ Solar Outbreak Watch: Quiet · largest flare C1.1 · Kp 3 The sun naps. The horde does not. full report →

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Zombie Survival Index™

55/100 — ELEVATED Locckk yourr doooorssss

  • Mild temps: standard shamble speed
  • Clear sightlines: you will see them coming
  • Darkness: their favorite

Today's undead advice: Count your group at dusk. Count again at dawn.

Rule #5 Silence is golden After dark, sound carries — and so does the smell of the living. all the Rules of Survival →

🌡 The weather here, in general

Rockford gets a real winter. January nights average 15°F, and July highs reach about 83°F — a 68-degree swing across the year. Cold that deep is its own hazard: exposed skin, car batteries and water pipes all have opinions about it.

Genuinely hot days are uncommon — about 6 a year reach 90°F. That is precisely why they catch people out: air conditioning is far from universal in a place that only needs it a fortnight a year.

Snow is a real feature of the year: roughly 31 inches falls in an average year, mostly across January, February, March and December. With 124 nights a year at or below freezing, ice on the roads is a longer season than snow on the ground.

Rainfall averages about 39 inches a year, wettest in May and driest in February.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainSnow
Jan30°15° 2.1"9.1"
Feb34°16° 1.8"5.6"
Mar47°29° 3"4.4"
Apr57°38° 3.9"2.7"
May70°50° 4.6"
Jun80°61° 4.1"
Jul83°65° 4.1"
Aug81°63° 3.3"
Sep76°59° 3.3"
Oct62°46° 3.5"0.6"
Nov47°33° 2.4"2.8"
Dec37°24° 2.6"5.6"

Averages from ten years of observed daily records (2015–2024) for this location. They describe what is typical, not what will happen — for that, see the forecast above.

📷 Golden Hour

  • Golden hour: 6:15pm - 6:52pm (dawn: 6:43am - 7:20am)
  • Blue hour: 6:52pm - 7:20pm (dawn: 6:15am - 6:43am)
  • Sun sets: 270° W (rises 90° E)
  • Dark sky: 8:26pm – 5:09am · next new moon Oct 11 (17d)

Blocked Sunset odds 25/100 Low cloud is sitting on the horizon. The colour never reaches you.

Waxing Gibbous
94% · full Sep 26

Sun & moon: sunrisesunset.io · cloud layers: Open-Meteo · astro & Milky Way planner →

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Mostly cloudy night

High: 63° F
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Low: 55° F
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Sat

Clear night

High: 68° F
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Low: 51° F
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Moderate confidence ±3.2°
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Sun

Mostly cloudy night

High: 70° F
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Low: 53° F
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Low confidence ±9.2°
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Mon

Clear night

High: 72° F
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Low: 51° F
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High confidence ±2.7°
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Thu Sep 24 1am 61° F

Partly cloudy night
ddaarrkk cclouudds

  • Cloud Cover: 37%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 82%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 6 MPH / NE
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Thu Sep 24 4am 60° F

Partly cloudy night
ddaarrkk cclouudds

  • Cloud Cover: 27%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 86%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 4 MPH / NE
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Thu Sep 24 7am 59° F

Partly cloudy
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  • Cloud Cover: 35%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 88%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 4 MPH / NE
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Thu Sep 24 10am 65° F

Cloudy
CLLOOUUUDDSSS LLLOOOTTTSSS

  • Cloud Cover: 80%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 76%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 6 MPH / E
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Thu Sep 24 1pm 68° F

Cloudy
CLLOOUUUDDSSS LLLOOOTTTSSS

  • Cloud Cover: 100%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 68%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 6 MPH / ESE
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Thu Sep 24 4pm 69° F

Cloudy
CLLOOUUUDDSSS LLLOOOTTTSSS

  • Cloud Cover: 87%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 69%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 5 MPH / ESE
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Thu Sep 24 7pm 65° F

Mostly cloudy night
ddaarrkk cclouudds

  • Cloud Cover: 100%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 83%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 3 MPH / ENE
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Thu Sep 24 10pm 63° F

Mostly cloudy night
ddaarrkk cclouudds

  • Cloud Cover: 100%
  • Dew Point: 0° F
  • Humidity: 87%
  • Precipitation: None
  • UV Index: 0 - Unknown
  • Visibility: 6.2 Mi
  • Wind: 5 MPH / E

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