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Fresh Snow and Temperature Outlook Ahead of Christmas Day

If you are looking for fresh snow by Christmas morning or are curious about potential travel disruptions, the best chances for at least 1" of new snowfall early this week exist across the mountainous West, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Otherwise, temperatures this last full week of December will average above normal for much of the lower 48 states. Read More >

 
ROCKFORD TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

 

JANUARY RECORD HIGHS…LOWS…PRECIPITATION…AND SNOW FOR ROCKFORD

**Updated 4/24/2023**

 

Day Record
High
Temp/Year
Record
Low
Max/Year
Record
High
Min/Year
Record
Low
Temp/Year
Record
Precipitation
Daily/Year
Record
Snow
Daily/Year
1 49 / 1916 -1 / 2018 40 / 1950 -13 / 2018 1.37 / 1948 9.0 / 1942
2 59 / 2000 -7 / 1979 41 / 1950 -17 / 1979 0.85 / 1937 7.0 / 1936
3 57 / 1998 1 / 1919 37 / 1906 -18 / 2014 0.96 / 1973 6.9 / 1971
4 60 / 1997 -2 / 1942 38 / 1909 -21 / 1919 0.85 / 1922 5.5 / 1910
5 54 / 1909 -11 / 1924 39 / 1998 -25 / 1924 1.91 / 1946 5.1 / 1991
6 60 / 2008 -14 / 1924 38 / 2008 -19 / 1988 1.25 / 1946 9.8 / 1918
7 63 / 2008 -10 / 1912 39 / 1907 -20 / 1942 0.53 / 2019 6.5 / 1918
8 55 / 1965 -1 / 1970 35 / 1935 -19 / 1986 1.25 / 1946 3.2 / 1974
9 56 / 2002 -2 / 1978 35 / 1924 -21 / 1982 0.90 / 1930 10.0 / 1930
10 55 / 1975 -5 / 1982 36 / 1975 -27 / 1982 1.03 / 1975 3.8 / 2009
11 57 / 2012 -5 / 1912 40 / 2013 -24 / 1979 0.55 / 1960 4.7 / 1991
12 55 / 1960 -8 / 1912 37 / 1960 -21 / 1974 2.46 / 1960 8.8 / 1966
13 54 / 1961 -2/ 1912 36 / 1932 -17 / 1916 0.86 / 1979 9.5 / 1979
14 58 / 1928 -2 / 1994 34 / 1953 -17 / 1979 1.20 / 1940 7.0 / 1940
15 55 / 1953 -13 / 1994 34 / 1906 -24 / 1979 0.60 / 1943 5.5 / 1943
16 53 / 1933 -7 / 1977 39 / 1933 -25 / 2009 1.01 / 2017 9.5 / 1924
17 53 / 1990 0 / 1977 41 / 1973 -25 / 1982 0.60 / 1941 4.7 / 1953
18 57 / 1996 -14 / 1994 41 / 1973 -23 / 1994 0.87 / 1933 7.0 / 1943
19 53 / 2006 -1 / 1970 33 / 1944 -24 / 1994 1.31 / 1988 8.3 / 1995
20 51 / 1921 -5 / 1985 39 / 1921 -26 / 1985 1.53 / 1909 5.1 / 2012
21 60 / 1906 -1 / 1970 42 / 1921 -22 / 1984 0.88 / 1916 6.4 / 2005
22 55 / 1964 8 / 1937 42 / 1934 -21 / 1936 2.07 / 1965 3.3 / 2008
23 55 / 1909 -10 / 1963 46 / 1909 -24 / 1936 0.74 / 1908 8.0 / 1906
24 61 / 1909 -1 / 1982 37 / 1967 -20 / 1936 2.00 / 1938 3.0 / 2020
25 54 / 1973 3 / 1972 40 / 1916 -20 / 1936 1.20 / 1950 8.2 / 1990
26 61 / 1944 1 / 1936 44 / 1944 -21 / 2019 1.32 / 1974 7.5 / 1941
27 61 / 1944 3 / 1986 46 / 1944 -15 / 2019 1.15 / 1944 3.0 / 1908
28 55 / 1944 -5 / 1966 36 / 1968 -22 / 1915 0.93 / 2006 4.9 / 2023
29 62 / 2013 -9 / 1966 38 / 2013 -20 / 1966 1.34 / 2001 3.0 / 1943
30 52 / 2012 -13 / 2019 42 / 1988 -25 / 2019 0.74 / 1938 6.0 / 1909
31 63 / 1989 -3 / 1996 37 / 2012 -31 / 2019 0.50 / 1915 5.5 / 1942