Rockford Weather in 1938

Historical record of Rockford, Illinois weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Rockford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	August 10
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	January 8
Highest daily low	78 °F	August 10
Lowest daily high	10 °F	December 30
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	January 24
Most daily snow	6.0 inches	April 6
Total annual precipitation	41.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	20.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Rockford in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Rockford, Illinois in 1938 was 95 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Rockford in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Aug 10
1	95 °F	Aug 3
3	94 °F	Aug 2
3	94 °F	Jun 23
5	92 °F	Sep 4
5	92 °F	Aug 23
5	92 °F	Aug 14
5	92 °F	Aug 9
5	92 °F	Jul 6
10	91 °F	Aug 4
10	91 °F	Jul 19
10	91 °F	Jun 22
10	91 °F	May 3

What was the coldest temperature in Rockford in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Rockford, Illinois in 1938 was -5 °F which happened on Jan 8.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Rockford in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	January 8
2	-4 °F	January 31
3	-3 °F	December 31
3	-3 °F	December 30
5	0 °F	December 28
5	0 °F	December 27
5	0 °F	January 28
8	2 °F	January 27
8	2 °F	January 9
10	3 °F	January 7

January 1938 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 2	22	10	0.00	0.0
January 3	35	12	0.00	0.0
January 4	38	18	0.00	0.0
January 5	35	16	0.00	0.0
January 6	26	12	0.05	0.5
January 7	16	3	0.00	0.0
January 8	14	-5	0.00	0.0
January 9	19	2	0.15	1.5
January 10	23	9	0.00	0.0
January 11	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 12	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 13	28	9	0.00	0.0
January 14	30	23	0.05	0.5
January 15	33	17	0.00	0.0
January 16	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 17	33	29	0.00	0.0
January 18	30	26	0.00	0.0
January 19	35	23	0.00	0.0
January 20	36	26	0.00	0.0
January 21	38	33	0.00	0.0
January 22	38	33	0.00	0.0
January 23	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	31	2.00	0.0
January 25	32	9	0.53	0.0
January 26	16	6	0.05	0.5
January 27	16	2	0.00	0.0
January 28	25	0	0.00	0.0
January 29	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 30	32	10	0.74	0.0
January 31	11	-4	0.00	0.0

February 1938 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	25	6	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	23	0.00	0.0
February 3	38	25	0.20	0.0
February 4	40	22	0.19	0.0
February 5	47	39	0.18	0.0
February 6	52	35	0.24	0.0
February 7	37	29	0.00	0.0
February 8	47	32	0.00	0.0
February 9	53	38	0.05	0.0
February 10	40	24	n/a	n/a
February 11	35	29	n/a	n/a
February 12	49	32	0.15	0.0
February 13	60	37	0.00	0.0
February 14	38	18	0.00	0.0
February 15	27	15	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	21	0.00	0.0
February 17	39	30	0.43	0.0
February 18	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 19	31	26	0.00	0.0
February 20	31	22	0.10	1.0
February 21	31	25	0.00	0.0
February 22	38	25	0.00	0.0
February 23	35	26	0.00	0.0
February 24	31	25	0.00	0.0
February 25	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 26	41	27	0.00	0.0
February 27	41	32	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	16	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	54	29	0.00	0.0
March 2	50	31	0.06	0.0
March 3	31	19	0.00	0.0
March 4	28	22	0.43	4.5
March 5	31	25	0.20	0.0
March 6	31	9	0.00	0.0
March 7	39	20	0.00	0.0
March 8	41	21	0.00	0.0
March 9	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 10	47	24	0.00	0.0
March 11	53	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	66	32	0.00	0.0
March 13	59	39	0.00	0.0
March 14	47	28	0.00	0.0
March 15	39	31	0.39	0.0
March 16	47	38	0.15	0.0
March 17	60	34	0.00	0.0
March 18	71	34	0.00	0.0
March 19	65	45	0.01	0.0
March 20	78	40	0.00	0.0
March 21	78	45	0.00	0.0
March 22	76	59	n/a	0.0
March 23	62	38	n/a	0.0
March 24	60	31	0.00	0.0
March 25	54	44	0.11	0.0
March 26	54	35	0.00	0.0
March 27	67	33	0.00	0.0
March 28	65	35	0.00	0.0
March 29	74	49	0.53	0.0
March 30	75	48	0.33	0.0
March 31	63	35	0.04	0.0

April 1938 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	37	30	0.00	0.0
April 2	35	25	0.00	0.0
April 3	47	25	0.00	0.0
April 4	41	26	0.00	0.0
April 5	47	20	0.00	0.0
April 6	39	28	0.56	6.0
April 7	37	28	0.00	0.0
April 8	39	31	0.00	0.0
April 9	52	26	0.00	0.0
April 10	59	27	0.00	0.0
April 11	67	40	0.00	0.0
April 12	72	39	0.00	0.0
April 13	82	51	0.00	0.0
April 14	76	56	0.00	0.0
April 15	70	60	0.00	0.0
April 16	67	50	0.00	0.0
April 17	74	54	0.70	0.0
April 18	72	52	0.21	0.0
April 19	76	54	0.00	0.0
April 20	63	43	0.00	0.0
April 21	63	35	0.00	0.0
April 22	59	31	0.00	0.0
April 23	61	38	0.00	0.0
April 24	63	46	0.16	0.0
April 25	57	40	0.00	0.0
April 26	83	45	0.00	0.0
April 27	84	55	0.00	0.0
April 28	78	51	0.08	0.0
April 29	66	42	0.00	0.0
April 30	69	39	0.00	0.0

May 1938 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	80	42	0.00
May 2	86	55	0.00
May 3	91	64	0.00
May 4	86	62	0.00
May 5	80	50	0.57
May 6	67	43	0.00
May 7	62	43	0.00
May 8	55	43	0.11
May 9	51	39	0.14
May 10	64	42	0.05
May 11	61	34	0.02
May 12	64	30	0.00
May 13	68	32	0.00
May 14	64	45	0.37
May 15	67	44	0.17
May 16	75	40	0.00
May 17	67	53	0.43
May 18	74	53	0.14
May 19	78	61	0.60
May 20	74	56	0.12
May 21	73	56	0.00
May 22	73	44	0.00
May 23	71	53	0.03
May 24	65	38	0.00
May 25	70	49	0.16
May 26	77	54	0.00
May 27	77	58	1.13
May 28	73	60	0.10
May 29	78	56	0.22
May 30	77	57	0.00
May 31	80	59	0.00

June 1938 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	64	0.14
June 2	80	54	0.34
June 3	81	53	0.00
June 4	77	59	0.10
June 5	81	52	0.00
June 6	84	60	0.05
June 7	72	50	1.44
June 8	76	48	0.00
June 9	79	50	0.00
June 10	78	61	0.17
June 11	75	63	0.96
June 12	78	52	0.10
June 13	81	52	0.00
June 14	77	59	0.00
June 15	81	66	0.10
June 16	78	58	0.00
June 17	72	59	0.00
June 18	85	52	0.00
June 19	81	53	0.00
June 20	88	53	0.00
June 21	89	57	0.00
June 22	91	64	0.00
June 23	94	68	0.00
June 24	88	68	1.22
June 25	80	66	0.80
June 26	73	56	0.47
June 27	76	47	0.00
June 28	78	46	0.00
June 29	75	47	0.00
June 30	70	61	0.00

July 1938 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	68	1.34
July 2	81	63	0.45
July 3	82	68	0.11
July 4	86	58	0.00
July 5	86	62	0.00
July 6	92	65	0.00
July 7	88	65	0.02
July 8	87	70	0.15
July 9	89	65	0.00
July 10	89	63	0.72
July 11	88	66	0.05
July 12	89	65	0.00
July 13	87	65	0.66
July 14	83	60	0.70
July 15	82	57	0.00
July 16	90	62	0.00
July 17	84	65	0.45
July 18	88	61	0.00
July 19	91	60	0.00
July 20	86	60	0.00
July 21	83	51	0.00
July 22	81	61	n/a
July 23	79	55	n/a
July 24	89	58	0.00
July 25	90	69	0.00
July 26	84	67	0.02
July 27	87	59	0.48
July 28	84	64	0.00
July 29	88	58	0.00
July 30	90	68	0.00
July 31	87	65	0.00

August 1938 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	61	0.00
August 2	94	63	0.00
August 3	95	70	0.00
August 4	91	65	0.00
August 5	82	63	0.04
August 6	90	68	0.87
August 7	86	68	0.00
August 8	81	67	0.00
August 9	92	66	0.42
August 10	95	78	0.00
August 11	86	65	0.00
August 12	86	57	0.00
August 13	89	62	0.00
August 14	92	72	0.00
August 15	88	69	0.00
August 16	78	68	1.65
August 17	83	58	0.00
August 18	87	58	0.00
August 19	90	67	0.00
August 20	89	63	0.00
August 21	83	63	1.75
August 22	85	56	0.00
August 23	92	64	0.66
August 24	83	60	0.15
August 25	78	51	0.00
August 26	79	58	0.00
August 27	79	51	0.00
August 28	84	53	0.00
August 29	85	59	0.00
August 30	81	63	0.00
August 31	86	68	0.00

September 1938 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	60	0.00
September 2	76	56	0.00
September 3	85	49	0.00
September 4	92	62	0.00
September 5	80	61	0.00
September 6	80	60	0.65
September 7	79	60	1.62
September 8	73	61	0.00
September 9	77	60	1.89
September 10	86	66	0.35
September 11	81	67	0.24
September 12	89	65	0.02
September 13	79	61	0.00
September 14	67	62	0.70
September 15	63	53	0.07
September 16	70	42	0.00
September 17	70	46	0.00
September 18	56	46	1.53
September 19	51	41	0.19
September 20	60	48	0.30
September 21	68	38	0.00
September 22	76	50	0.00
September 23	86	47	0.00
September 24	75	55	0.00
September 25	76	48	0.00
September 26	83	48	0.00
September 27	72	48	0.00
September 28	81	45	0.00
September 29	73	48	0.00
September 30	74	50	0.00

October 1938 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	41	0.00
October 2	76	44	0.00
October 3	75	49	0.00
October 4	77	54	0.00
October 5	74	53	0.00
October 6	55	50	0.00
October 7	62	43	0.00
October 8	78	52	0.00
October 9	81	47	0.00
October 10	88	49	0.00
October 11	82	57	0.00
October 12	74	57	0.00
October 13	74	45	0.35
October 14	78	47	0.00
October 15	70	41	0.00
October 16	87	53	0.00
October 17	87	45	0.00
October 18	74	49	0.34
October 19	64	44	0.10
October 20	64	36	0.00
October 21	68	33	0.00
October 22	60	41	0.00
October 23	42	35	0.00
October 24	60	31	0.00
October 25	64	32	0.00
October 26	65	40	0.00
October 27	62	32	0.00
October 28	63	35	0.00
October 29	63	34	0.00
October 30	63	33	0.00
October 31	67	36	0.00

November 1938 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	74	46	0.00	0.0
November 2	75	57	0.00	0.0
November 3	77	59	0.00	0.0
November 4	70	55	0.07	0.0
November 5	56	41	0.28	0.0
November 6	58	43	0.60	0.0
November 7	44	35	0.93	0.0
November 8	37	26	0.00	0.0
November 9	57	25	0.00	0.0
November 10	52	34	0.00	0.0
November 11	63	40	0.00	0.0
November 12	62	41	0.00	0.0
November 13	62	31	0.15	0.0
November 14	37	24	0.00	0.0
November 15	36	24	0.00	0.0
November 16	45	26	0.00	0.0
November 17	55	36	0.00	0.0
November 18	46	36	0.00	0.0
November 19	45	21	0.00	0.0
November 20	56	27	0.00	0.0
November 21	60	36	0.00	0.0
November 22	53	22	0.00	0.0
November 23	38	21	0.00	0.0
November 24	29	11	0.00	0.0
November 25	30	8	0.00	0.0
November 26	30	15	0.05	0.5
November 27	29	13	0.00	0.0
November 28	41	20	0.00	0.0
November 29	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 30	43	27	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	45	34	0.34	0.0
December 3	45	34	0.39	0.0
December 4	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 5	46	32	0.14	0.0
December 6	37	31	0.01	0.0
December 7	35	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 9	33	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	36	24	0.00	0.0
December 11	35	23	0.00	0.0
December 12	35	18	0.00	0.0
December 13	36	16	0.00	0.0
December 14	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	13	0.00	0.0
December 16	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 17	38	12	0.00	0.0
December 18	31	15	0.00	0.0
December 19	37	14	0.15	1.5
December 20	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 21	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 22	30	15	0.00	0.0
December 23	34	25	0.10	1.0
December 24	34	17	0.05	0.5
December 25	29	21	0.00	0.0
December 26	35	22	0.15	1.5
December 27	23	0	0.00	0.0
December 28	23	0	0.00	0.0
December 29	25	9	0.00	0.0
December 30	10	-3	0.08	1.0
December 31	33	-3	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1951–2024	Greater Rockford Airport	location
1893–1950	Rockford	location