Rockford, IL 61125 Weather

Winnebago County10:19 PM CDT42.33°N, 89.17°W

Current conditions

Clear
46°
Clear
Feels like 46°
High 72° Wednesday·Low 41° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity87%
Dew point43°
Pressure30.31 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover1%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:16 AM
Sunset6:08 PM

Observed at Rockford, Greater Rockford Airport · 39 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Mostly clear, with a low around 41. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Sunny. High near 72, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Wednesday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 46. West southwest wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 6 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 48°
  2. 11 PM Clear 47°
  3. Wed12 AM Clear 46°
  4. 1 AM Mostly Clear 45°
  5. 2 AM Mostly Clear 44°
  6. 3 AM Mostly Clear 43°
  7. 4 AM Mostly Clear 43°
  8. 5 AM Mostly Clear 42°
  9. 6 AM Sunny 42°
  10. 7 AM Sunny 41°
  11. 8 AM Sunny 43°
  12. 9 AM Sunny 50°
  13. 10 AM Sunny 56°
  14. 11 AM Sunny 62°
  15. 12 PM Sunny 66°
  16. 1 PM Sunny 69°
  17. 2 PM Sunny 71°
  18. 3 PM Sunny 72°
  19. 4 PM Sunny 72°
  20. 5 PM Sunny 70°
  21. 6 PM Mostly Clear 65°
  22. 7 PM Partly Cloudy 60°
  23. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 57°
  24. 9 PM Mostly Clear 54°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Mostly Clear Mostly Clear41°
  2. WedOct 21 Sunny Sunny46°72°
  3. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny47°72°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny49°70°
  5. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny52°70°
  6. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny18%48°70°
  7. MonOct 26 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers19%42°62°
  8. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny13%58°
  9. WedOct 28 Sunny Sunny33°50°
  10. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy32°53°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Weather news near Rockford

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Air quality

32
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • TueModerate
  • WedModerate
  • ThuModerate

Rockford, IL reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:16 AM
Sunset 6:08 PM
Daylight 10 h 52 min (−2 min 42 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 74% lit
Moonrise 3:30 PM Moonset 1:08 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low60° / 40°
Record high86° (1953)
Record low19° (1930)
Wettest1.16 in (1934)
Yesterday69° / 35°
Month to date1.92 in (normal 1.63 in)

Rockford Area, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LOT, issued 3 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Areas of fog, including potentially dense fog, may develop again late tonight into early Wednesday morning in and near the Chicago metro.

- An extended period of dry and above to much above average temperatures is expected through the upcoming weekend.

Discussion

Issued at 226 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

An Omega block that is in place over the CONUS is expected to persist through the end of the week. The associated ridge axis will only ever so slowly crawl eastward over the coming days, which will maintain broad surface high pressure across the region. As a result, dry conditions with an abundance of sunshine will continue through the remainder of the week with high temperatures remaining above to well above normal for this time of year. Daily lake breezes will cause the coolest (low- mid 60s) high temperatures to be observed near Lake Michigan each day.

Much like last night/early this morning, optimal radiational cooling conditions will likely allow for fog to develop late tonight into tomorrow morning and possibly again in the coming nights/mornings. This will particularly be the case in and near the Chicago metro within the footprint of the marine-influenced air brought inland during the daytime, where the fog could become dense once again.

There is pretty good ensemble agreement at this point in time that the blocking pattern will break down by early next week. This will allow for a cold front to drop through the region sometime on Monday or Tuesday, resulting in a return to cooler and more seasonable temperatures for the middle of next week. The frontal passage may bring a chance for precipitation to the area early-mid next week, but support for this across the latest suite of ensemble guidance is not ubiquitous, and there are considerable temporal differences with when this next potential opportunity for precipitation may arrive as well.

Ogorek

Aviation

Issued at 624 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

Key messages for the 00Z TAF period:

* Dense fog possible late tonight into early Wednesday, primarily at Chicago sites

Light easterlies this evening will go variable overnight and settle at SW by Wednesday morning. A lake breeze will flip winds to E in Chicago during the late afternoon while remaining light.

Fog is anticipated to develop late tonight west of the lakeshore, similar to this morning. A period of dense fog with LIFR visibilities will be possible, especially at the Chicago sites. Fog is not expected at RFD and may leave DPA and GYY largely alone. The fog may persist for a couple of hours past dawn before fully burning off. More SKC is then expected after early morning.

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Lot Watches

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