Rockford Weather in 1961

Historical record of Rockford, Illinois weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Rockford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	June 29
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	December 28
Highest daily low	70 °F	September 3
Lowest daily high	7 °F	December 28
Most daily precipitation	5.6 inches	September 13
Most daily snow	7.6 inches	March 8
Total annual precipitation	40.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	27.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Rockford in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Rockford, Illinois in 1961 was 94 °F which happened on June 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Rockford in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jun 29
2	93 °F	Aug 31
2	93 °F	Aug 30
2	93 °F	Aug 27
2	93 °F	Jun 28
2	93 °F	Jun 12
7	91 °F	Sep 9
7	91 °F	Sep 7
7	91 °F	Aug 28
7	91 °F	Jul 29

What was the coldest temperature in Rockford in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Rockford, Illinois in 1961 was -10 °F which happened on Dec 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Rockford in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	December 28
2	-7 °F	January 25
3	-5 °F	December 13
3	-5 °F	January 24
5	-4 °F	January 27
6	-3 °F	January 30
6	-3 °F	January 23
6	-3 °F	January 22
9	-2 °F	January 29
10	-1 °F	January 21

January 1961 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	30	23	0.00	0.0
January 2	30	16	0.06	0.7
January 3	18	4	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	2	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	11	0.00	0.0
January 6	43	23	0.00	0.0
January 7	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 8	26	9	0.00	0.0
January 9	31	5	0.00	0.0
January 10	43	16	0.00	0.0
January 11	43	19	0.00	0.0
January 12	47	20	0.00	0.0
January 13	54	26	0.00	0.0
January 14	36	26	0.00	0.0
January 15	35	31	0.00	0.0
January 16	31	24	0.00	0.0
January 17	45	29	0.00	0.0
January 18	31	25	0.00	0.0
January 19	29	11	0.00	0.0
January 20	17	6	0.00	0.0
January 21	12	-1	0.00	0.0
January 22	10	-3	0.00	0.0
January 23	21	-3	0.01	0.1
January 24	9	-5	0.00	0.0
January 25	15	-7	0.00	0.0
January 26	17	2	0.11	1.1
January 27	7	-4	0.00	0.0
January 28	24	1	0.00	0.0
January 29	15	-2	0.00	0.0
January 30	22	-3	0.00	0.0
January 31	28	8	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	25	16	0.00	0.0
February 2	18	12	0.00	0.0
February 3	25	15	0.27	2.4
February 4	30	12	0.01	0.1
February 5	31	2	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	16	0.00	0.0
February 7	39	17	0.00	0.0
February 8	45	17	0.00	0.0
February 9	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 10	45	27	0.00	0.0
February 11	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 12	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 13	44	30	0.00	0.0
February 14	49	25	0.00	0.0
February 15	51	27	0.00	0.0
February 16	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	54	39	0.00	0.0
February 18	51	25	0.54	0.0
February 19	31	17	0.00	0.0
February 20	42	17	0.00	0.0
February 21	53	22	0.00	0.0
February 22	47	27	0.20	0.0
February 23	45	39	0.04	0.0
February 24	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 25	37	24	0.00	0.0
February 26	45	22	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	46	20	0.00	0.0

March 1961 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	45	27	0.00	0.0
March 2	61	27	0.00	0.0
March 3	56	31	0.00	0.0
March 4	51	35	1.45	0.0
March 5	38	30	0.01	0.0
March 6	39	31	0.97	0.0
March 7	36	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	27	1.15	7.6
March 9	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 10	41	17	0.00	0.0
March 11	42	29	0.00	0.0
March 12	39	25	0.15	0.0
March 13	39	34	1.25	0.0
March 14	50	32	0.00	0.0
March 15	39	29	0.00	0.0
March 16	37	24	0.00	0.0
March 17	36	21	0.00	0.0
March 18	34	26	0.09	0.0
March 19	44	29	0.02	0.2
March 20	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 21	44	35	0.25	0.0
March 22	41	36	0.02	0.0
March 23	41	33	0.06	0.0
March 24	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	62	30	0.00	0.0
March 26	68	43	0.02	0.0
March 27	65	38	0.18	0.0
March 28	47	32	0.00	0.0
March 29	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 30	50	22	0.00	0.0
March 31	52	29	0.00	0.0

April 1961 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	35	23	0.00	0.0
April 2	43	21	0.00	0.0
April 3	52	24	0.00	0.0
April 4	56	29	0.00	0.0
April 5	43	35	0.13	0.0
April 6	37	33	0.10	0.0
April 7	44	30	0.00	0.0
April 8	45	23	0.00	0.0
April 9	37	32	0.04	0.0
April 10	51	28	0.00	0.0
April 11	50	30	0.33	0.0
April 12	50	35	0.04	0.0
April 13	56	32	0.00	0.0
April 14	56	39	0.06	0.0
April 15	51	30	0.00	0.0
April 16	32	27	0.40	4.4
April 17	42	32	0.00	0.0
April 18	57	33	0.00	0.0
April 19	65	33	0.00	0.0
April 20	62	45	0.35	0.0
April 21	68	48	0.15	0.0
April 22	67	48	0.18	0.0
April 23	62	40	0.55	0.0
April 24	64	41	0.47	0.0
April 25	49	39	0.00	0.0
April 26	65	37	0.00	0.0
April 27	59	43	0.00	0.0
April 28	50	36	0.07	0.0
April 29	56	31	0.00	0.0
April 30	64	35	0.00	0.0

May 1961 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	32	0.00
May 2	57	31	0.00
May 3	61	37	0.00
May 4	64	38	0.00
May 5	60	47	0.00
May 6	73	51	0.05
May 7	74	43	0.11
May 8	69	52	0.03
May 9	61	42	0.00
May 10	68	38	0.00
May 11	78	45	0.00
May 12	82	54	0.00
May 13	86	61	0.00
May 14	84	60	0.36
May 15	62	47	0.00
May 16	66	40	0.00
May 17	57	45	0.11
May 18	55	49	0.00
May 19	68	44	0.00
May 20	67	50	0.01
May 21	67	45	0.00
May 22	66	43	0.00
May 23	71	38	0.00
May 24	78	43	0.00
May 25	62	41	0.65
May 26	53	37	0.00
May 27	70	38	0.00
May 28	66	46	0.01
May 29	68	48	0.00
May 30	76	41	0.00
May 31	87	57	0.11

June 1961 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	67	0.18
June 2	81	52	0.00
June 3	73	47	0.00
June 4	81	50	0.00
June 5	85	52	0.00
June 6	80	58	0.05
June 7	83	59	0.27
June 8	78	61	0.44
June 9	83	60	0.00
June 10	90	63	0.01
June 11	90	61	0.00
June 12	93	68	0.05
June 13	88	65	0.05
June 14	71	52	0.00
June 15	66	47	0.00
June 16	76	44	0.00
June 17	79	50	0.00
June 18	82	51	0.00
June 19	82	56	0.32
June 20	71	52	0.00
June 21	79	48	0.00
June 22	83	57	0.01
June 23	72	53	0.00
June 24	75	52	0.20
June 25	77	49	0.00
June 26	82	52	0.00
June 27	89	61	0.00
June 28	93	63	0.00
June 29	94	67	0.00
June 30	90	70	0.07

July 1961 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	66	0.16
July 2	84	64	0.09
July 3	79	60	0.00
July 4	66	57	0.43
July 5	65	55	0.69
July 6	83	53	0.00
July 7	76	57	0.00
July 8	75	53	0.00
July 9	81	53	0.00
July 10	82	58	0.00
July 11	85	57	0.00
July 12	87	62	0.00
July 13	81	65	0.73
July 14	81	63	0.00
July 15	83	62	0.00
July 16	80	60	0.00
July 17	85	60	0.00
July 18	89	64	0.00
July 19	87	68	0.00
July 20	85	62	0.00
July 21	80	67	0.91
July 22	83	70	0.01
July 23	81	65	0.05
July 24	83	66	0.04
July 25	83	63	0.00
July 26	88	62	0.00
July 27	81	70	0.00
July 28	83	70	0.08
July 29	91	68	0.00
July 30	90	68	0.43
July 31	81	70	0.30

August 1961 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	69	0.04
August 2	85	66	0.00
August 3	89	61	0.00
August 4	88	64	0.21
August 5	83	64	0.02
August 6	77	60	0.00
August 7	83	57	0.00
August 8	85	64	0.00
August 9	88	68	0.00
August 10	84	70	0.13
August 11	82	63	0.00
August 12	78	58	0.00
August 13	83	54	0.00
August 14	84	60	0.00
August 15	84	59	0.00
August 16	86	64	0.00
August 17	86	62	0.00
August 18	90	61	0.00
August 19	75	55	0.06
August 20	76	52	0.00
August 21	76	50	0.00
August 22	76	53	0.00
August 23	74	57	0.00
August 24	79	55	0.00
August 25	82	53	0.00
August 26	86	62	0.00
August 27	93	66	0.00
August 28	91	68	0.06
August 29	90	63	0.00
August 30	93	62	0.00
August 31	93	64	0.60

September 1961 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	68	0.74
September 2	90	68	0.00
September 3	89	70	0.00
September 4	79	62	0.00
September 5	85	66	0.23
September 6	85	63	0.00
September 7	91	61	0.00
September 8	87	66	0.08
September 9	91	68	0.00
September 10	90	68	0.00
September 11	84	65	0.00
September 12	70	64	1.55
September 13	72	57	5.56
September 14	58	46	0.02
September 15	68	43	0.00
September 16	75	44	0.00
September 17	75	46	0.00
September 18	77	49	0.00
September 19	76	49	0.00
September 20	77	51	0.00
September 21	81	64	0.22
September 22	80	58	0.06
September 23	58	51	0.46
September 24	57	51	0.23
September 25	60	43	0.87
September 26	68	38	0.00
September 27	68	45	0.00
September 28	56	34	0.00
September 29	67	35	0.00
September 30	70	42	0.66

October 1961 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	48	34	0.00
October 2	56	30	0.00
October 3	63	33	0.00
October 4	69	40	0.00
October 5	74	52	0.00
October 6	79	50	0.00
October 7	73	48	0.00
October 8	76	50	0.00
October 9	80	57	0.00
October 10	77	60	0.03
October 11	73	54	0.60
October 12	78	48	0.00
October 13	62	43	1.00
October 14	52	36	0.00
October 15	73	37	0.00
October 16	73	45	0.00
October 17	79	51	0.00
October 18	64	42	0.52
October 19	42	36	1.13
October 20	46	40	0.00
October 21	47	40	0.00
October 22	62	43	0.00
October 23	57	36	0.27
October 24	60	33	0.32
October 25	54	41	0.02
October 26	50	31	0.00
October 27	53	30	0.02
October 28	56	45	0.92
October 29	70	54	1.22
October 30	59	44	0.00
October 31	57	41	0.00

November 1961 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	57	37	0.00	0.0
November 2	76	57	0.58	0.0
November 3	57	30	0.17	0.0
November 4	49	27	0.00	0.0
November 5	40	31	0.00	0.0
November 6	36	26	0.00	0.0
November 7	47	25	0.00	0.0
November 8	36	26	0.00	0.0
November 9	50	24	0.00	0.0
November 10	50	26	0.00	0.0
November 11	64	33	0.00	0.0
November 12	61	48	0.00	0.0
November 13	53	40	0.51	0.0
November 14	47	32	0.00	0.0
November 15	45	37	1.11	0.0
November 16	45	33	2.09	0.0
November 17	35	27	0.00	0.0
November 18	36	22	0.00	0.0
November 19	35	22	0.10	1.2
November 20	38	20	0.00	0.0
November 21	36	31	0.08	0.8
November 22	42	33	0.19	0.1
November 23	44	35	0.00	0.0
November 24	46	28	0.00	0.0
November 25	55	33	0.00	0.0
November 26	53	36	0.00	0.0
November 27	38	24	0.00	0.0
November 28	33	18	0.00	0.0
November 29	43	20	0.00	0.0
November 30	41	28	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	53	29	0.00	0.0
December 3	59	30	0.00	0.0
December 4	60	28	0.10	0.0
December 5	38	23	0.00	0.0
December 6	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	32	15	0.00	0.0
December 8	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 9	30	25	0.13	1.6
December 10	29	8	0.00	0.0
December 11	28	7	0.17	1.5
December 12	29	2	0.05	0.3
December 13	12	-5	0.00	0.0
December 14	22	7	0.00	0.0
December 15	25	2	0.00	0.0
December 16	32	16	0.09	0.5
December 17	33	30	0.00	0.0
December 18	31	26	0.00	0.0
December 19	32	29	0.01	0.1
December 20	29	19	0.00	0.0
December 21	30	22	0.06	1.0
December 22	35	29	0.13	1.3
December 23	31	22	0.21	2.3
December 24	26	15	0.00	0.0
December 25	25	1	0.00	0.0
December 26	30	17	0.00	0.0
December 27	17	5	0.00	0.0
December 28	7	-10	0.01	0.1
December 29	10	0	0.01	0.1
December 30	16	0	0.00	0.0
December 31	21	8	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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