Rockford Weather in 1948

Historical record of Rockford, Illinois weather for the year 1948 based on NOAA data.

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1948 Rockford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	August 24
Lowest temperature	-13 °F	January 17
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 28
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 17
Most daily precipitation	1.6 inches	May 10
Most daily snow	13.0 inches	March 2
Total annual precipitation	26.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	26.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Rockford in 1948?

The highest temperature recorded in Rockford, Illinois in 1948 was 100 °F which happened on August 24.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Rockford in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Aug 24
2	98 °F	Aug 29
3	97 °F	Jul 12
4	96 °F	Jul 10
5	95 °F	Aug 25
5	95 °F	Aug 23
5	95 °F	Jul 6
5	95 °F	Jul 2
9	94 °F	Aug 28
9	94 °F	Aug 22
9	94 °F	Jul 3

What was the coldest temperature in Rockford in 1948?

The lowest temperature recorded in Rockford, Illinois in 1948 was -13 °F which happened on Jan 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Rockford in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-13 °F	January 17
2	-10 °F	January 18
3	-9 °F	January 28
4	-8 °F	February 9
5	-7 °F	January 27
5	-7 °F	January 24
5	-7 °F	January 23
8	-5 °F	February 8
9	-4 °F	January 22
9	-4 °F	January 16

January 1948 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	31	27	1.37	4.5
January 2	28	20	0.00	0.0
January 3	33	22	0.00	0.0
January 4	36	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	17	0.00	0.0
January 6	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 7	40	14	0.00	0.0
January 8	41	22	0.00	0.0
January 9	39	31	0.00	0.0
January 10	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 11	37	26	0.00	0.0
January 12	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 13	26	10	0.00	0.0
January 14	13	-3	0.00	0.0
January 15	37	4	0.14	2.0
January 16	20	-4	0.00	0.0
January 17	6	-13	0.00	0.0
January 18	17	-10	0.00	0.0
January 19	22	9	0.05	0.5
January 20	38	3	0.00	0.0
January 21	33	5	0.00	0.0
January 22	16	-4	0.00	0.0
January 23	15	-7	0.00	0.0
January 24	22	-7	0.00	0.0
January 25	23	-1	0.00	0.0
January 26	20	5	0.00	0.0
January 27	8	-7	0.00	0.0
January 28	17	-9	0.00	0.0
January 29	28	4	0.00	0.0
January 30	26	8	0.00	0.0
January 31	28	11	0.00	0.0

February 1948 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	6	0.00	0.0
February 2	28	17	0.00	0.0
February 3	17	5	0.00	0.0
February 4	30	9	0.14	1.0
February 5	30	5	0.00	0.0
February 6	26	2	0.00	0.0
February 7	28	16	0.05	0.2
February 8	25	-5	0.00	0.0
February 9	22	-8	0.00	0.0
February 10	28	0	0.00	0.0
February 11	29	19	0.00	0.0
February 12	25	4	0.00	0.0
February 13	28	16	0.00	0.0
February 14	33	13	0.00	0.0
February 15	39	7	0.00	0.0
February 16	48	33	0.00	0.0
February 17	56	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	52	28	0.00	0.0
February 19	50	17	0.00	0.0
February 20	23	6	0.00	0.0
February 21	27	7	0.00	0.0
February 22	29	6	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	18	0.00	0.0
February 24	40	35	0.08	0.0
February 25	40	34	0.10	0.0
February 26	53	29	0.00	0.0
February 27	46	29	1.30	0.0
February 28	44	31	0.10	0.0
February 29	33	25	0.00	0.0

March 1948 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	32	24	0.09	0.8
March 2	29	25	1.07	13.0
March 3	31	20	0.00	0.0
March 4	29	10	0.00	0.0
March 5	34	4	0.00	0.0
March 6	35	22	0.12	0.0
March 7	34	22	0.06	0.0
March 8	32	20	0.00	0.0
March 9	28	7	0.00	0.0
March 10	19	5	0.00	0.0
March 11	12	-1	0.00	0.0
March 12	25	-3	0.00	0.0
March 13	37	8	0.00	0.0
March 14	48	27	0.00	0.0
March 15	48	40	0.00	0.0
March 16	50	36	0.02	0.0
March 17	50	33	0.00	0.0
March 18	59	33	0.00	0.0
March 19	55	48	0.72	0.0
March 20	67	30	0.00	0.0
March 21	67	53	0.68	0.0
March 22	62	31	0.00	0.0
March 23	60	29	0.00	0.0
March 24	62	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	70	35	0.00	0.0
March 26	73	53	0.06	0.0
March 27	63	25	0.61	0.5
March 28	47	19	0.00	0.0
March 29	44	36	0.02	0.0
March 30	58	22	0.00	0.0
March 31	51	44	0.59	0.0

April 1948 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	48	34	0.00
April 2	45	32	0.10
April 3	55	24	0.00
April 4	70	41	0.00
April 5	72	48	0.25
April 6	63	34	0.00
April 7	72	48	0.15
April 8	67	37	0.00
April 9	55	22	0.00
April 10	62	44	0.00
April 11	61	51	0.17
April 12	54	40	0.00
April 13	50	35	0.00
April 14	65	37	0.00
April 15	70	40	0.00
April 16	63	51	0.00
April 17	60	27	0.00
April 18	80	46	0.00
April 19	82	62	0.00
April 20	75	50	0.00
April 21	67	35	0.00
April 22	59	38	0.00
April 23	81	50	0.67
April 24	81	63	0.00
April 25	85	59	0.00
April 26	81	58	0.25
April 27	73	54	0.07
April 28	68	49	0.00
April 29	66	38	0.00
April 30	68	37	0.00

May 1948 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	70	49	0.47
May 2	64	46	0.23
May 3	70	36	0.00
May 4	65	48	0.15
May 5	70	47	0.00
May 6	67	42	1.00
May 7	60	37	0.00
May 8	60	32	0.00
May 9	57	42	0.28
May 10	45	43	1.57
May 11	53	41	0.10
May 12	53	44	0.05
May 13	60	46	0.00
May 14	69	42	0.00
May 15	71	53	0.93
May 16	73	45	0.00
May 17	70	48	0.00
May 18	71	44	0.00
May 19	74	38	0.00
May 20	84	48	0.00
May 21	82	63	0.00
May 22	80	40	0.00
May 23	77	48	0.00
May 24	68	37	0.00
May 25	73	46	0.00
May 26	79	42	0.00
May 27	84	46	0.00
May 28	79	56	0.00
May 29	78	43	0.00
May 30	72	43	0.00
May 31	82	45	0.00

June 1948 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	50	0.00
June 2	90	52	0.00
June 3	92	56	0.00
June 4	91	58	0.00
June 5	86	57	0.02
June 6	65	53	0.03
June 7	81	55	0.04
June 8	70	52	0.00
June 9	85	48	0.00
June 10	87	51	0.00
June 11	88	63	0.00
June 12	82	56	0.42
June 13	79	50	0.00
June 14	75	50	0.09
June 15	73	49	0.00
June 16	75	49	0.00
June 17	75	52	0.04
June 18	74	56	0.00
June 19	70	56	0.00
June 20	74	45	0.00
June 21	80	59	0.26
June 22	84	68	0.00
June 23	87	65	0.59
June 24	85	67	0.02
June 25	86	60	0.00
June 26	85	59	0.00
June 27	85	66	0.04
June 28	83	68	0.00
June 29	81	65	0.00
June 30	78	54	0.08

July 1948 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	48	0.00
July 2	95	65	0.00
July 3	94	67	0.00
July 4	88	65	0.00
July 5	92	67	0.00
July 6	95	73	0.00
July 7	89	60	0.04
July 8	90	60	0.00
July 9	92	59	0.00
July 10	96	63	0.00
July 11	93	69	0.00
July 12	97	70	0.00
July 13	87	70	0.00
July 14	78	59	0.43
July 15	80	65	0.00
July 16	89	64	0.00
July 17	90	65	0.00
July 18	86	60	0.00
July 19	87	62	0.00
July 20	93	69	0.00
July 21	89	70	0.43
July 22	88	68	1.00
July 23	77	58	0.00
July 24	84	55	0.02
July 25	78	63	0.13
July 26	87	65	0.00
July 27	87	67	0.03
July 28	89	57	0.00
July 29	88	63	0.00
July 30	85	64	0.50
July 31	83	55	0.00

August 1948 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	61	0.00
August 2	83	52	0.00
August 3	77	61	0.04
August 4	77	63	0.05
August 5	78	47	0.00
August 6	81	47	0.00
August 7	75	59	0.00
August 8	72	60	0.35
August 9	83	57	0.00
August 10	87	65	0.00
August 11	84	63	0.16
August 12	86	62	0.00
August 13	83	63	0.00
August 14	83	54	0.00
August 15	85	51	0.00
August 16	88	55	0.13
August 17	77	59	0.15
August 18	85	58	0.25
August 19	83	57	0.00
August 20	85	55	0.00
August 21	90	65	0.00
August 22	94	68	0.00
August 23	95	72	0.00
August 24	100	72	0.00
August 25	95	70	0.00
August 26	93	70	0.00
August 27	93	72	0.07
August 28	94	73	0.00
August 29	98	68	0.00
August 30	91	65	0.16
August 31	85	55	0.00

September 1948 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	59	0.10
September 2	87	58	0.00
September 3	88	56	0.00
September 4	91	54	0.00
September 5	91	64	0.00
September 6	85	67	0.20
September 7	82	64	0.00
September 8	79	57	0.55
September 9	78	44	0.00
September 10	75	47	0.00
September 11	87	52	0.00
September 12	89	60	0.00
September 13	86	61	0.00
September 14	80	51	0.00
September 15	88	52	0.00
September 16	90	58	0.00
September 17	90	63	0.00
September 18	89	65	0.25
September 19	93	68	0.00
September 20	86	61	0.44
September 21	67	59	0.20
September 22	71	53	0.00
September 23	70	44	0.00
September 24	71	45	0.00
September 25	73	44	0.00
September 26	74	43	0.00
September 27	78	42	0.00
September 28	78	43	0.00
September 29	68	54	0.09
September 30	73	58	0.00

October 1948 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	77	55	0.00
October 2	64	41	0.00
October 3	64	38	0.00
October 4	66	33	0.00
October 5	64	47	0.00
October 6	65	52	0.00
October 7	59	45	0.87
October 8	50	39	0.10
October 9	57	43	0.00
October 10	62	34	0.00
October 11	61	39	0.09
October 12	55	41	0.00
October 13	69	35	0.00
October 14	71	34	0.00
October 15	69	38	0.00
October 16	61	51	0.00
October 17	52	29	0.00
October 18	55	20	0.00
October 19	59	30	0.00
October 20	62	26	0.00
October 21	51	43	0.17
October 22	58	42	0.00
October 23	55	42	0.00
October 24	61	28	0.00
October 25	62	38	0.00
October 26	72	38	0.00
October 27	73	38	0.00
October 28	73	39	0.00
October 29	74	35	0.00
October 30	72	50	0.17
October 31	68	54	0.00

November 1948 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	70	44	0.00
November 2	62	49	0.00
November 3	56	51	0.58
November 4	61	49	0.00
November 5	63	52	0.20
November 6	53	46	0.00
November 7	55	34	0.00
November 8	53	37	0.00
November 9	50	35	0.49
November 10	44	29	0.00
November 11	45	32	0.00
November 12	50	29	0.14
November 13	43	30	0.00
November 14	47	31	0.00
November 15	57	26	0.00
November 16	57	40	0.51
November 17	53	33	0.01
November 18	59	39	0.00
November 19	56	46	0.49
November 20	47	33	0.09
November 21	40	34	0.00
November 22	36	29	0.00
November 23	37	26	0.00
November 24	44	26	0.00
November 25	45	34	0.03
November 26	50	31	0.00
November 27	46	25	0.00
November 28	41	28	0.00
November 29	42	18	0.00
November 30	42	27	0.00

December 1948 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	42	16	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	26	0.00	0.0
December 3	56	25	0.00	0.0
December 4	53	35	0.00	0.0
December 5	54	31	0.39	0.0
December 6	41	27	0.00	0.0
December 7	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 8	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 9	26	14	0.00	0.0
December 10	21	5	0.00	0.0
December 11	43	18	0.00	0.0
December 12	50	34	0.02	0.0
December 13	49	25	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	27	0.08	0.0
December 15	39	33	0.20	0.0
December 16	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 17	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 18	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 19	33	27	0.26	3.0
December 20	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 21	38	28	0.00	0.0
December 22	29	13	0.00	0.0
December 23	23	9	0.00	0.0
December 24	29	10	0.00	0.0
December 25	18	5	0.00	0.0
December 26	23	3	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	14	0.00	0.0
December 28	34	27	0.14	0.0
December 29	34	27	0.10	0.8
December 30	33	13	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	11	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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