Rockford Weather in 1970

Historical record of Rockford, Illinois weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Rockford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 2
Lowest temperature	-22 °F	January 21
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 1
Lowest daily high	-3 °F	February 3
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	September 17
Most daily snow	3.9 inches	April 1
Total annual precipitation	38.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	29.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Rockford in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Rockford, Illinois in 1970 was 95 °F which happened on July 2.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Rockford in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 2
2	94 °F	Jul 1
2	94 °F	Jun 30
4	93 °F	Jun 29
5	92 °F	Aug 29
5	92 °F	Jul 31
5	92 °F	Jul 27
8	91 °F	Aug 28
8	91 °F	Jul 26
8	91 °F	Jul 14
8	91 °F	Jul 13
8	91 °F	Jul 12
8	91 °F	Jul 11

What was the coldest temperature in Rockford in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Rockford, Illinois in 1970 was -22 °F which happened on Jan 21.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Rockford in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-22 °F	January 21
2	-16 °F	January 22
3	-15 °F	January 19
3	-15 °F	January 6
5	-14 °F	January 20
6	-11 °F	February 3
6	-11 °F	January 8
8	-10 °F	January 7
9	-9 °F	January 10
10	-8 °F	January 18

January 1970 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	26	19	0.02	0.4
January 2	22	10	0.01	0.4
January 3	16	0	0.01	0.4
January 4	23	-7	0.00	0.0
January 5	12	-7	0.00	0.0
January 6	2	-15	0.00	0.0
January 7	1	-10	0.00	0.0
January 8	-1	-11	0.00	0.3
January 9	11	-3	0.00	0.0
January 10	17	-9	0.00	0.0
January 11	25	16	0.00	0.0
January 12	26	2	0.00	0.0
January 13	20	-3	0.13	2.0
January 14	26	16	0.05	0.9
January 15	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 16	35	16	0.00	0.2
January 17	16	7	0.11	1.9
January 18	7	-8	0.00	0.0
January 19	-1	-15	0.00	0.0
January 20	-1	-14	0.00	0.0
January 21	-1	-22	0.00	0.0
January 22	18	-16	0.03	0.4
January 23	18	0	0.01	0.2
January 24	32	6	0.00	0.0
January 25	37	31	0.01	0.0
January 26	34	27	0.05	0.5
January 27	35	24	0.00	0.0
January 28	42	34	0.03	0.0
January 29	35	15	0.05	0.5
January 30	30	15	0.00	0.1
January 31	42	22	0.00	0.0

February 1970 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	42	30	0.03	0.0
February 2	36	-7	0.00	0.0
February 3	-3	-11	0.00	0.0
February 4	32	-3	0.09	0.8
February 5	35	11	0.00	0.0
February 6	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 7	35	29	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	30	0.39	3.7
February 9	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 10	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	15	0.00	0.0
February 12	20	10	0.00	0.2
February 13	13	0	0.00	0.0
February 14	22	2	0.00	0.0
February 15	25	12	0.00	0.0
February 16	27	5	0.00	0.0
February 17	38	18	0.00	0.0
February 18	40	16	0.05	0.7
February 19	18	4	0.00	0.0
February 20	22	0	0.00	0.0
February 21	41	15	0.00	0.0
February 22	46	31	0.00	0.0
February 23	42	23	0.00	0.0
February 24	45	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	27	12	0.00	0.0
February 26	41	11	0.00	0.0
February 27	30	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	36	18	0.00	0.0

March 1970 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	38	31	0.10	0.0
March 2	41	33	0.08	0.0
March 3	51	39	0.24	0.0
March 4	46	29	0.00	0.0
March 5	45	25	0.00	0.0
March 6	46	26	0.00	0.0
March 7	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	37	25	0.00	0.0
March 9	34	22	0.00	0.0
March 10	32	19	0.00	0.0
March 11	40	18	0.00	0.0
March 12	42	22	0.00	0.0
March 13	29	18	0.00	0.0
March 14	36	20	0.00	0.0
March 15	32	13	0.00	0.0
March 16	41	13	0.00	0.0
March 17	44	16	0.00	0.0
March 18	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 19	45	30	1.05	0.0
March 20	38	33	0.00	0.0
March 21	52	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	51	32	0.00	0.0
March 23	46	26	0.00	0.0
March 24	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	42	33	0.23	1.7
March 26	42	31	0.07	1.9
March 27	45	23	0.08	2.5
March 28	32	8	0.04	0.3
March 29	34	17	0.00	0.0
March 30	44	23	0.00	0.0
March 31	45	26	0.00	0.0

April 1970 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	38	29	0.28	3.9
April 2	39	30	0.27	2.8
April 3	40	30	0.00	0.0
April 4	45	27	0.00	0.0
April 5	50	28	0.03	0.0
April 6	47	28	0.00	0.0
April 7	61	27	0.00	0.0
April 8	68	42	0.00	0.0
April 9	57	38	0.00	0.0
April 10	53	26	0.00	0.0
April 11	46	36	0.00	0.0
April 12	53	38	0.20	0.0
April 13	42	39	0.43	0.0
April 14	59	40	0.00	0.0
April 15	63	37	0.00	0.0
April 16	67	44	0.14	0.0
April 17	57	40	0.00	0.0
April 18	47	39	0.00	0.0
April 19	45	41	0.98	0.0
April 20	52	41	0.14	0.0
April 21	53	35	0.00	0.0
April 22	69	33	0.43	0.0
April 23	58	38	0.00	0.0
April 24	67	39	0.00	0.0
April 25	74	47	0.00	0.0
April 26	76	47	0.00	0.0
April 27	74	55	0.00	0.0
April 28	82	59	0.00	0.0
April 29	86	63	0.02	0.0
April 30	66	61	0.83	0.0

May 1970 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	40	0.23
May 2	48	36	0.00
May 3	72	34	0.00
May 4	67	42	0.00
May 5	59	36	0.00
May 6	56	32	0.00
May 7	79	39	0.00
May 8	82	53	0.00
May 9	76	56	0.51
May 10	74	52	0.00
May 11	75	53	0.03
May 12	79	54	0.95
May 13	58	43	1.09
May 14	54	44	0.61
May 15	55	47	0.09
May 16	54	40	0.04
May 17	66	40	0.00
May 18	79	44	0.00
May 19	86	56	0.00
May 20	86	51	0.00
May 21	88	62	0.00
May 22	87	60	0.22
May 23	74	60	0.93
May 24	75	59	0.15
May 25	70	56	0.12
May 26	64	47	0.00
May 27	64	43	0.00
May 28	81	50	0.00
May 29	81	63	0.14
May 30	81	65	0.05
May 31	80	67	0.34

June 1970 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	64	1.13
June 2	64	52	1.13
June 3	66	47	0.00
June 4	70	46	0.00
June 5	77	50	0.00
June 6	80	51	0.00
June 7	84	56	0.00
June 8	86	58	0.00
June 9	85	64	0.00
June 10	85	64	0.00
June 11	89	65	0.00
June 12	87	67	0.67
June 13	84	65	0.00
June 14	78	62	0.00
June 15	79	62	0.24
June 16	84	67	0.06
June 17	86	70	0.06
June 18	77	56	0.00
June 19	70	49	0.00
June 20	64	51	0.53
June 21	72	55	0.00
June 22	79	52	0.00
June 23	79	58	0.00
June 24	84	54	0.00
June 25	75	49	0.00
June 26	67	55	0.38
June 27	77	50	0.00
June 28	82	60	0.00
June 29	93	68	0.00
June 30	94	71	0.00

July 1970 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	94	76	0.00
July 2	95	74	0.00
July 3	86	62	0.06
July 4	69	57	0.00
July 5	81	53	0.00
July 6	83	52	0.00
July 7	87	66	0.00
July 8	79	68	0.07
July 9	79	62	0.00
July 10	87	57	0.00
July 11	91	61	0.00
July 12	91	65	0.00
July 13	91	67	0.00
July 14	91	71	0.65
July 15	77	62	0.06
July 16	83	61	0.00
July 17	87	61	0.00
July 18	75	63	0.04
July 19	74	58	0.99
July 20	73	52	0.00
July 21	78	50	0.00
July 22	79	52	0.00
July 23	79	54	0.00
July 24	84	60	0.00
July 25	89	65	0.00
July 26	91	66	0.00
July 27	92	70	0.10
July 28	90	71	0.17
July 29	81	70	0.67
July 30	89	69	1.48
July 31	92	68	0.00

August 1970 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	64	0.00
August 2	85	60	0.00
August 3	78	60	0.00
August 4	68	57	0.00
August 5	76	60	0.00
August 6	81	56	0.00
August 7	81	59	0.00
August 8	71	63	0.27
August 9	83	64	0.00
August 10	84	66	0.00
August 11	85	65	0.00
August 12	85	60	0.00
August 13	84	61	0.00
August 14	86	64	0.00
August 15	88	66	0.00
August 16	84	57	0.00
August 17	83	51	0.00
August 18	80	63	0.32
August 19	87	72	0.00
August 20	78	58	0.00
August 21	79	51	0.00
August 22	73	60	0.08
August 23	78	52	0.00
August 24	82	51	0.00
August 25	89	57	0.00
August 26	88	61	0.00
August 27	88	60	0.00
August 28	91	65	0.00
August 29	92	69	0.00
August 30	90	69	0.00
August 31	75	56	0.00

September 1970 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	51	0.00
September 2	87	59	1.63
September 3	78	66	0.78
September 4	82	63	0.00
September 5	84	58	0.00
September 6	77	67	0.50
September 7	88	69	0.00
September 8	78	58	0.00
September 9	83	56	1.06
September 10	68	47	0.00
September 11	73	45	0.00
September 12	76	55	0.05
September 13	55	48	0.31
September 14	57	49	0.97
September 15	76	56	0.79
September 16	66	49	0.00
September 17	67	56	2.21
September 18	72	54	0.00
September 19	81	51	0.00
September 20	85	59	0.00
September 21	85	67	0.82
September 22	68	61	0.70
September 23	69	58	0.66
September 24	67	56	0.01
September 25	76	50	0.14
September 26	66	42	0.00
September 27	60	42	0.00
September 28	59	39	0.00
September 29	71	39	0.00
September 30	67	45	0.00

October 1970 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	41	0.00
October 2	72	52	0.00
October 3	57	38	0.00
October 4	66	33	0.00
October 5	80	52	0.00
October 6	70	58	0.01
October 7	77	60	0.00
October 8	67	62	0.41
October 9	66	41	0.36
October 10	54	34	0.00
October 11	60	37	0.00
October 12	69	49	0.01
October 13	64	53	0.22
October 14	59	42	0.00
October 15	51	32	0.00
October 16	52	28	0.00
October 17	59	32	0.00
October 18	63	34	0.00
October 19	64	32	0.00
October 20	54	44	0.00
October 21	57	42	0.00
October 22	57	41	0.00
October 23	60	54	0.34
October 24	70	51	0.00
October 25	67	47	0.00
October 26	66	50	0.01
October 27	65	59	1.24
October 28	61	37	1.37
October 29	54	36	0.00
October 30	53	42	0.06
October 31	46	34	0.00

November 1970 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	47	32	0.00
November 2	44	38	0.00
November 3	46	31	0.05
November 4	45	39	0.09
November 5	55	34	0.00
November 6	58	32	0.00
November 7	52	35	0.00
November 8	50	33	0.00
November 9	53	48	0.44
November 10	52	37	0.08
November 11	46	36	0.00
November 12	47	32	0.00
November 13	45	36	0.02
November 14	37	31	0.00
November 15	36	23	0.00
November 16	45	20	0.00
November 17	44	32	0.00
November 18	49	36	0.00
November 19	46	31	0.13
November 20	45	30	0.28
November 21	51	26	0.00
November 22	46	12	0.00
November 23	20	8	0.00
November 24	25	11	0.00
November 25	39	25	0.00
November 26	45	33	0.00
November 27	38	34	0.23
November 28	39	33	0.00
November 29	43	37	0.04
November 30	52	35	0.00

December 1970 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	62	42	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 3	65	37	0.03	0.0
December 4	37	30	0.00	0.0
December 5	39	13	0.00	0.0
December 6	25	8	0.00	0.0
December 7	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 8	48	27	0.00	0.0
December 9	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	34	24	0.66	0.1
December 11	36	33	0.16	0.0
December 12	33	30	0.10	0.6
December 13	30	17	0.07	1.0
December 14	27	5	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	7	0.00	0.0
December 16	36	34	0.19	0.2
December 17	35	33	0.00	0.0
December 18	38	33	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	11	0.00	0.0
December 20	21	7	0.00	0.0
December 21	32	16	0.10	0.9
December 22	32	30	0.03	0.1
December 23	32	3	0.01	0.0
December 24	25	0	0.00	0.0
December 25	27	3	0.02	0.3
December 26	34	2	0.00	0.0
December 27	20	6	0.00	0.0
December 28	23	4	0.00	0.0
December 29	27	8	0.00	0.0
December 30	27	10	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	23	0.00	0.0

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1893–1950	Rockford	location