Weather/Illinois/Instruments/RFD
Rockford
At a river or reservoir gauge in Winnebago County, IllinoisAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- RFD
- Latitude
- 42.19530 N
- Longitude
- 89.09720 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 28 reports in 29 hours over the last seven days
- Rank
- 18of 1,162 in Illinois, Oct 4
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Station charts
Rockford Report
Rank 18 of 1,162 in Illinois, Oct 4. The 247 rank orders a state's stations by their 247 score out of 100: how reliably they report, how accurate their readings are against a reference station, how their readings pass their checks, and how they stand against the forecast.
247 score99.1of 100
- Reports receivedweight 35100.028 of 28 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 10100.0half its reports arrived within 15 min
- Continuityweight 10100.0longest silence 6.1 h, on a schedule of one report every 6 h
- Accuracyweight 20--
- Instrument checksweight 15--
- Forecast checkweight 10--
The score is the weighted mean of its six parts, from the last 7 days. How a station is ranked sets out each part.
- Rank
- 18of 1,162 in Illinois, Oct 4
- Schedule
- every 5 h 55 minon the hour's :00 and :54
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 4 of 4100% of its schedule, 5 reports in all
- Reports received, 7 days
- 25 of 2889.2% of its schedule, 32 reports in all
- Days reported, 30 days
- 28 of 30
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 6 h 06 minfrom Oct 3, 6:54 PM
- Latest report
- Oct 4, 1:00 AMlocal time
The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 28 of 28 scheduled reports received, 100%.
Its schedule is one report every 5 h 55 min, 4 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 5 h 55 min count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 100% | 505 |
| 90 to 99% | 318 |
| 80 to 89% | 33 |
| 70 to 79% | 22 |
| 60 to 69% | 200 |
| 50 to 59% | 12 |
| 40 to 49% | 12 |
| 30 to 39% | 25 |
| 20 to 29% | 2 |
| 10 to 19% | 32 |
| 0 to 9% | 1 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 18 | 1,162 | 100.0% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 18 | 1,104 | 100.0% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 18 | 1,103 | 100.0% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 147 | 542 | 100.0% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 71 | 540 | 100.0% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 62 | 535 | 100.0% |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Day | High F | Low F | Average wind mph | Strongest gust mph | Precipitation in | Snowfall in | Snow depth in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2 | 67.0 | 43.0 | 7 | 19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Oct 1 | 67.0 | 57.0 | 7 | 20 | 1.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 30 | 69.0 | 60.0 | 8 | 30 | 0.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 29 | 79.0 | 47.0 | 5 | 19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 28 | 77.0 | 47.0 | 1 | 12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 27 | 75.0 | 46.0 | 1 | 14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 26 | 72.0 | 48.0 | 4 | 16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 25 | 69.0 | 53.0 | 3 | 12 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 24 | 74.0 | 53.0 | 5 | 17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 23 | 71.0 | 52.0 | 6 | 20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 22 | 64.0 | 53.0 | 6 | 23 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 21 | 64.0 | 54.0 | 8 | 26 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 20 | 68.0 | 60.0 | 8 | 27 | 1.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 19 | 69.0 | 62.0 | 5 | 32 | 2.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 18 | 70.0 | 62.0 | 6 | 19 | trace | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 17 | 77.0 | 63.0 | 5 | 19 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 16 | 72.0 | 64.0 | 5 | 18 | trace | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 15 | 80.0 | 63.0 | 7 | 31 | 0.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 14 | 69.0 | 44.0 | 8 | 32 | trace | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 13 | 69.0 | 48.0 | 5 | 19 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 12 | 87.0 | 58.0 | 7 | 26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 11 | 82.0 | 54.0 | 6 | 21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 10 | 81.0 | 57.0 | 2 | 17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 9 | 80.0 | 66.0 | 8 | 28 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 8 | 86.0 | 62.0 | 6 | 29 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 7 | 83.0 | 58.0 | 5 | 18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 6 | 84.0 | 61.0 | 4 | 18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sep 5 | 84.0 | 69.0 | 6 | 20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
The whole record, Feb 21, 2026 to Oct 2, 2026, 224 days reported.
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Month | Average high F | Average low F | Record high F | Record low F | Average precipitation in | Strongest gust mph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Feb | 38.3 | 18.8 | 65.0 2026-02-27 | 12.0 2026-02-26 | - | 35 2026-02-24 |
| Mar | 54.4 | 30.6 | 82.0 2026-03-30 | 7.0 2026-03-17 | 3.06 | 62 2026-03-13 |
| Apr | 64.7 | 42.2 | 82.0 2026-04-14 | 25.0 2026-04-20 | 6.46 | 63 2026-04-17 |
| May | 73.5 | 45.4 | 91.0 2026-05-27 | 27.0 2026-05-02 | 0.52 | 40 2026-05-03 |
| Jun | 79.6 | 59.1 | 91.0 2026-06-29 | 45.0 2026-06-03 | 5.88 | 43 2026-06-11 |
| Jul | 85.4 | 64.4 | 96.0 2026-07-27 | 52.0 2026-07-23 | 3.01 | 39 2026-07-20 |
| Aug | 81.4 | 62.1 | 88.0 2026-08-31 | 50.0 2026-08-24 | 2.36 | 45 2026-08-11 |
| Sep | 77.6 | 58.4 | 96.0 2026-09-02 | 44.0 2026-09-14 | 7.40 | 32 2026-09-14 |
| Oct | 67.0 | 50.0 | 67.0 2026-10-01 | 43.0 2026-10-02 | - | 20 2026-10-01 |
| Nov | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dec | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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