Rockford Weather in 1973

Historical record of Rockford, Illinois weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Rockford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 27
Lowest temperature	-11 °F	February 17
Highest daily low	71 °F	August 27
Lowest daily high	9 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	3.4 inches	April 21
Most daily snow	6.6 inches	December 13
Total annual precipitation	56.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	33.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Rockford in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Rockford, Illinois in 1973 was 94 °F which happened on August 27.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Rockford in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 27
2	93 °F	Aug 26
2	93 °F	Jul 8
4	92 °F	Aug 29
4	92 °F	Aug 28
4	92 °F	Jul 13
4	92 °F	Jul 9
8	91 °F	Sep 1
8	91 °F	Jul 12
10	90 °F	Aug 31
10	90 °F	Jul 7
10	90 °F	Jun 11
10	90 °F	Jun 10

What was the coldest temperature in Rockford in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Rockford, Illinois in 1973 was -11 °F which happened on Feb 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Rockford in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-11 °F	February 17
2	-8 °F	December 21
3	-5 °F	February 16
4	-4 °F	December 22
5	-3 °F	December 31
6	-2 °F	December 17
6	-2 °F	February 9
6	-2 °F	January 10
9	-1 °F	January 6
10	0 °F	December 30
10	0 °F	January 9

January 1973 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	25	15	0.00	0.0
January 2	33	12	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	26	0.96	0.0
January 4	33	5	0.00	0.0
January 5	10	1	0.00	0.0
January 6	13	-1	0.00	0.0
January 7	23	6	0.00	0.0
January 8	20	7	0.02	0.2
January 9	10	0	0.00	0.0
January 10	17	-2	0.00	0.0
January 11	19	6	0.00	0.0
January 12	28	6	0.00	0.0
January 13	37	15	0.00	0.0
January 14	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 15	38	28	0.00	0.0
January 16	50	30	0.00	0.0
January 17	51	41	0.00	0.0
January 18	51	41	0.07	0.0
January 19	41	28	0.20	0.0
January 20	33	20	0.00	0.0
January 21	34	28	0.26	0.0
January 22	41	34	0.09	0.0
January 23	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 24	40	23	0.00	0.0
January 25	54	29	0.00	0.0
January 26	53	26	0.00	0.0
January 27	45	34	0.03	0.0
January 28	34	18	0.03	0.2
January 29	28	13	0.00	0.0
January 30	34	22	0.00	0.0
January 31	39	29	0.01	0.0

February 1973 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	42	39	0.41	0.0
February 2	42	32	0.53	0.0
February 3	41	28	0.00	0.0
February 4	49	29	0.00	0.0
February 5	36	33	0.00	0.0
February 6	39	33	0.00	0.0
February 7	34	12	0.11	1.4
February 8	18	3	0.00	0.0
February 9	23	-2	0.00	0.0
February 10	29	11	0.00	0.0
February 11	29	14	0.00	0.0
February 12	36	17	0.00	0.0
February 13	35	26	0.13	1.8
February 14	35	24	0.26	2.5
February 15	24	8	0.06	0.6
February 16	13	-5	0.00	0.0
February 17	20	-11	0.00	0.0
February 18	32	20	0.00	0.0
February 19	36	32	0.06	0.6
February 20	33	28	0.00	0.0
February 21	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 22	35	18	0.00	0.0
February 23	38	27	0.00	0.0
February 24	40	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 27	39	21	0.00	0.0
February 28	43	23	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	43	35	0.03	0.0
March 2	46	39	0.00	0.0
March 3	48	40	0.00	0.0
March 4	48	39	0.02	0.0
March 5	40	36	0.05	0.0
March 6	57	39	1.15	0.0
March 7	56	39	0.68	0.0
March 8	51	30	0.00	0.0
March 9	41	35	0.03	0.0
March 10	60	37	0.22	0.0
March 11	63	43	0.00	0.0
March 12	54	37	0.00	0.0
March 13	60	35	0.62	0.0
March 14	68	52	0.61	0.0
March 15	54	44	0.00	0.0
March 16	44	30	0.20	0.9
March 17	37	29	0.00	0.0
March 18	44	25	0.00	0.0
March 19	45	24	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	29	0.00	0.0
March 21	45	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	49	21	0.00	0.0
March 23	56	32	0.00	0.0
March 24	56	41	0.00	0.0
March 25	44	41	0.06	0.0
March 26	58	36	0.00	0.0
March 27	58	29	0.00	0.0
March 28	49	35	0.01	0.0
March 29	47	41	0.03	0.0
March 30	62	33	0.00	0.0
March 31	43	40	0.82	0.0

April 1973 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	48	42	0.40	0.0
April 2	43	40	0.17	0.0
April 3	44	38	0.00	0.0
April 4	41	34	0.15	0.0
April 5	55	28	0.00	0.0
April 6	66	44	0.00	0.0
April 7	50	38	0.01	0.0
April 8	39	34	0.02	0.0
April 9	36	31	0.55	3.9
April 10	35	26	0.02	0.3
April 11	44	19	0.29	0.8
April 12	45	30	0.02	0.2
April 13	48	24	0.00	0.0
April 14	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 15	74	44	0.08	0.0
April 16	59	34	0.64	0.0
April 17	63	33	0.00	0.0
April 18	69	47	0.20	0.0
April 19	68	59	0.03	0.0
April 20	79	60	2.45	0.0
April 21	70	60	3.38	0.0
April 22	62	49	0.05	0.0
April 23	64	46	0.00	0.0
April 24	60	40	0.00	0.0
April 25	61	39	0.00	0.0
April 26	60	46	0.00	0.0
April 27	57	41	0.00	0.0
April 28	58	36	0.00	0.0
April 29	52	45	1.12	0.0
April 30	60	47	0.34	0.0

May 1973 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	73	58	2.00
May 2	62	41	0.02
May 3	55	37	0.00
May 4	62	34	0.00
May 5	61	36	0.00
May 6	65	52	0.19
May 7	60	54	0.81
May 8	60	50	1.16
May 9	72	48	0.03
May 10	70	52	0.02
May 11	69	46	0.02
May 12	56	46	0.00
May 13	60	45	0.11
May 14	57	42	0.04
May 15	65	36	0.00
May 16	60	40	0.00
May 17	63	37	0.00
May 18	71	42	0.09
May 19	68	50	0.00
May 20	71	46	0.00
May 21	70	48	0.07
May 22	65	55	0.13
May 23	65	50	0.02
May 24	75	45	0.22
May 25	60	49	0.68
May 26	72	44	0.00
May 27	64	53	1.29
May 28	68	50	0.08
May 29	59	49	0.00
May 30	70	48	0.00
May 31	78	48	0.00

June 1973 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	82	54	0.00
June 2	81	60	0.14
June 3	81	65	0.02
June 4	79	63	2.57
June 5	76	62	0.05
June 6	78	54	0.00
June 7	83	57	0.00
June 8	88	64	0.00
June 9	88	63	0.00
June 10	90	67	0.00
June 11	90	70	0.00
June 12	82	62	0.02
June 13	80	55	0.00
June 14	87	54	0.00
June 15	87	68	0.00
June 16	87	66	2.01
June 17	80	59	0.00
June 18	80	57	0.00
June 19	80	63	0.05
June 20	77	58	0.00
June 21	76	57	0.00
June 22	74	57	0.00
June 23	83	60	0.11
June 24	78	59	0.00
June 25	83	57	0.00
June 26	85	62	0.09
June 27	80	58	0.10
June 28	72	59	0.00
June 29	74	52	0.00
June 30	76	56	0.00

July 1973 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	58	0.00
July 2	88	71	0.00
July 3	86	63	1.12
July 4	83	65	1.36
July 5	81	58	0.00
July 6	87	62	0.00
July 7	90	64	0.00
July 8	93	68	0.00
July 9	92	71	0.26
July 10	85	64	0.00
July 11	79	60	0.00
July 12	91	58	0.00
July 13	92	69	0.00
July 14	76	60	0.02
July 15	78	56	0.00
July 16	80	54	0.00
July 17	84	55	0.00
July 18	86	57	0.00
July 19	88	66	0.00
July 20	75	67	0.18
July 21	78	65	0.05
July 22	79	65	0.97
July 23	81	70	1.73
July 24	85	69	0.01
July 25	87	70	0.00
July 26	81	69	0.06
July 27	84	66	0.05
July 28	75	60	0.00
July 29	81	59	0.00
July 30	84	66	0.00
July 31	74	61	0.00

August 1973 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	73	59	0.00
August 2	78	56	0.00
August 3	81	54	0.00
August 4	81	58	0.01
August 5	88	63	0.00
August 6	85	66	0.00
August 7	87	65	0.00
August 8	87	71	0.20
August 9	85	68	0.23
August 10	83	60	0.00
August 11	85	62	0.00
August 12	83	60	0.00
August 13	82	58	0.00
August 14	82	61	0.00
August 15	81	57	0.00
August 16	84	60	0.00
August 17	85	63	0.00
August 18	89	61	0.05
August 19	83	69	0.00
August 20	82	59	0.00
August 21	76	56	0.00
August 22	76	55	0.00
August 23	64	60	1.37
August 24	74	61	0.03
August 25	85	67	0.00
August 26	93	71	0.00
August 27	94	71	0.00
August 28	92	70	0.00
August 29	92	69	0.00
August 30	85	70	0.00
August 31	90	70	0.00

September 1973 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	70	0.00
September 2	86	70	0.10
September 3	86	70	0.60
September 4	78	68	1.90
September 5	79	56	0.00
September 6	74	53	0.00
September 7	75	50	0.00
September 8	74	59	0.11
September 9	71	59	0.05
September 10	73	53	0.00
September 11	72	51	0.00
September 12	73	47	0.00
September 13	73	59	0.01
September 14	76	54	0.00
September 15	67	46	0.04
September 16	56	50	0.04
September 17	55	44	1.22
September 18	65	39	0.00
September 19	66	43	0.00
September 20	64	45	0.08
September 21	73	46	2.54
September 22	74	57	0.00
September 23	66	52	0.00
September 24	80	52	0.10
September 25	81	68	0.80
September 26	82	69	0.00
September 27	77	62	0.06
September 28	70	60	0.22
September 29	66	58	0.65
September 30	64	57	0.00

October 1973 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	57	0.31
October 2	69	56	0.00
October 3	75	55	0.03
October 4	66	46	0.31
October 5	69	40	0.00
October 6	66	44	0.26
October 7	68	56	0.00
October 8	76	57	0.00
October 9	80	64	0.00
October 10	81	63	2.61
October 11	81	66	0.00
October 12	70	59	0.27
October 13	71	49	0.24
October 14	76	43	0.00
October 15	72	46	0.00
October 16	57	40	0.00
October 17	54	33	0.00
October 18	58	43	0.00
October 19	72	41	0.00
October 20	60	40	0.00
October 21	67	37	0.00
October 22	72	39	0.00
October 23	76	43	0.00
October 24	79	51	0.00
October 25	62	44	0.00
October 26	65	36	0.00
October 27	48	42	0.51
October 28	47	38	0.06
October 29	47	40	0.17
October 30	59	37	0.00
October 31	48	42	0.38

November 1973 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	46	38	0.03
November 2	50	36	0.04
November 3	47	33	0.00
November 4	41	31	0.00
November 5	37	22	0.00
November 6	42	20	0.00
November 7	44	33	0.00
November 8	44	22	0.00
November 9	34	20	0.00
November 10	40	15	0.00
November 11	42	31	0.00
November 12	58	32	0.00
November 13	59	42	0.00
November 14	63	34	0.55
November 15	47	36	0.13
November 16	41	28	0.00
November 17	52	29	0.00
November 18	59	39	0.00
November 19	47	30	0.00
November 20	56	43	0.32
November 21	59	38	0.10
November 22	56	33	0.00
November 23	51	30	0.00
November 24	52	43	0.52
November 25	44	36	0.00
November 26	45	34	0.01
November 27	49	39	0.22
November 28	42	33	0.05
November 29	45	24	0.00
November 30	50	28	0.00

December 1973 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	62	35	0.00	0.0
December 3	56	39	0.01	0.0
December 4	48	35	1.29	0.0
December 5	40	24	0.21	2.1
December 6	30	22	0.00	0.1
December 7	34	14	0.00	0.0
December 8	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 9	36	19	0.02	0.4
December 10	21	8	0.01	0.1
December 11	28	7	0.00	0.0
December 12	39	18	0.00	0.0
December 13	37	18	0.64	6.6
December 14	26	12	0.00	0.0
December 15	28	15	0.26	2.8
December 16	21	5	0.00	0.0
December 17	23	-2	0.00	0.0
December 18	25	19	0.04	0.8
December 19	27	21	0.16	2.7
December 20	21	2	0.01	0.1
December 21	16	-8	0.00	0.0
December 22	24	-4	0.00	0.0
December 23	34	11	0.00	0.0
December 24	37	30	0.15	0.0
December 25	37	35	0.32	0.0
December 26	36	33	0.12	2.0
December 27	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 28	35	20	0.08	2.3
December 29	34	10	0.00	0.0
December 30	10	0	0.00	0.0
December 31	9	-3	0.00	0.0

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