Rockford Weather in 1981

Historical record of Rockford, Illinois weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Rockford Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 12
Lowest temperature	-15 °F	February 12
Highest daily low	77 °F	June 14
Lowest daily high	6 °F	February 11
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	June 13
Most daily snow	6.3 inches	February 10
Total annual precipitation	34.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	20.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Rockford in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Rockford, Illinois in 1981 was 95 °F which happened on July 12.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Rockford in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 12
2	90 °F	Jul 8
2	90 °F	Jul 7
4	88 °F	Aug 4
4	88 °F	Jul 18
4	88 °F	Jul 6
4	88 °F	Jun 5
8	87 °F	Sep 30
8	87 °F	Jul 13
8	87 °F	Jun 28
8	87 °F	Jun 14
8	87 °F	Jun 7

What was the coldest temperature in Rockford in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Rockford, Illinois in 1981 was -15 °F which happened on Feb 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Rockford in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-15 °F	February 12
2	-14 °F	February 3
3	-12 °F	February 11
4	-11 °F	February 5
5	-9 °F	February 4
5	-9 °F	January 4
7	-8 °F	February 2
8	-7 °F	January 10
9	-6 °F	December 29
9	-6 °F	January 5

January 1981 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	23	0.03	0.3
January 2	25	13	0.00	0.0
January 3	20	-3	0.00	0.0
January 4	6	-9	0.00	0.0
January 5	24	-6	0.00	0.0
January 6	30	12	0.03	0.4
January 7	12	2	0.00	0.0
January 8	19	2	0.00	0.0
January 9	19	3	0.00	0.0
January 10	16	-7	0.00	0.0
January 11	15	1	0.00	0.0
January 12	30	2	0.00	0.0
January 13	31	13	0.00	0.0
January 14	30	24	0.03	0.3
January 15	28	6	0.01	0.3
January 16	22	5	0.00	0.0
January 17	31	2	0.00	0.0
January 18	48	24	0.00	0.0
January 19	47	25	0.00	0.0
January 20	46	22	0.00	0.0
January 21	31	26	0.00	0.0
January 22	47	18	0.00	0.0
January 23	47	21	0.00	0.0
January 24	55	22	0.00	0.0
January 25	51	33	0.00	0.0
January 26	41	34	0.00	0.0
January 27	36	19	0.01	0.2
January 28	27	11	0.00	0.0
January 29	29	6	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	13	0.00	0.0
January 31	34	10	0.11	1.0

February 1981 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	17	0.18	1.6
February 2	17	-8	0.00	0.1
February 3	6	-14	0.00	0.0
February 4	7	-9	0.00	0.0
February 5	26	-11	0.03	0.4
February 6	27	18	0.00	0.0
February 7	30	12	0.02	0.3
February 8	18	3	0.00	0.0
February 9	20	5	0.02	0.4
February 10	28	6	0.35	6.3
February 11	6	-12	0.00	0.0
February 12	16	-15	0.00	0.0
February 13	30	-1	0.00	0.0
February 14	37	16	0.00	0.0
February 15	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 16	54	34	0.00	0.0
February 17	59	32	0.00	0.0
February 18	58	37	0.00	0.0
February 19	60	31	0.00	0.0
February 20	58	28	0.00	0.0
February 21	47	31	0.02	0.0
February 22	48	35	1.39	0.0
February 23	38	33	0.03	0.0
February 24	53	32	0.00	0.0
February 25	46	25	0.00	0.0
February 26	37	29	0.00	0.0
February 27	54	30	0.36	0.0
February 28	45	33	0.00	0.0

March 1981 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	35	32	0.00	0.0
March 2	33	20	0.00	0.0
March 3	37	15	0.00	0.0
March 4	44	31	0.06	0.0
March 5	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 6	31	20	0.00	0.0
March 7	37	19	0.00	0.0
March 8	44	18	0.00	0.0
March 9	48	22	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	27	0.06	0.6
March 11	44	21	0.00	0.0
March 12	58	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	44	23	0.00	0.0
March 14	48	19	0.00	0.0
March 15	62	29	0.00	0.0
March 16	42	20	0.00	0.0
March 17	39	20	0.00	0.0
March 18	34	18	0.00	0.0
March 19	33	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	25	0.00	0.0
March 21	51	19	0.00	0.0
March 22	49	27	0.00	0.0
March 23	59	21	0.00	0.0
March 24	57	27	0.00	0.0
March 25	58	22	0.00	0.0
March 26	62	36	0.01	0.0
March 27	56	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	76	41	0.00	0.0
March 29	64	51	0.49	0.0
March 30	61	37	0.03	0.0
March 31	81	34	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	58	34	0.00
April 2	79	29	0.00
April 3	74	54	0.04
April 4	69	36	0.01
April 5	43	27	0.00
April 6	58	21	0.00
April 7	74	39	0.00
April 8	64	43	1.07
April 9	64	35	0.00
April 10	74	47	1.13
April 11	66	51	0.00
April 12	54	43	0.45
April 13	75	48	0.46
April 14	56	34	0.00
April 15	57	28	0.00
April 16	62	36	0.00
April 17	80	55	0.00
April 18	65	43	0.00
April 19	56	39	0.08
April 20	46	29	0.00
April 21	55	28	0.00
April 22	63	52	0.83
April 23	59	40	0.04
April 24	52	40	0.00
April 25	60	32	0.00
April 26	75	42	0.04
April 27	80	44	0.00
April 28	68	47	0.78
April 29	57	46	0.06
April 30	56	41	0.22

May 1981 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	55	36	0.00
May 2	63	31	0.00
May 3	78	47	0.00
May 4	68	55	0.21
May 5	65	40	0.00
May 6	57	36	0.00
May 7	63	33	0.00
May 8	64	36	0.00
May 9	72	43	0.00
May 10	43	35	0.78
May 11	60	34	0.01
May 12	60	29	0.00
May 13	64	45	0.00
May 14	51	43	0.29
May 15	71	42	0.00
May 16	75	41	0.00
May 17	61	44	0.00
May 18	61	44	0.00
May 19	70	39	0.00
May 20	78	34	0.00
May 21	80	41	0.00
May 22	78	52	0.00
May 23	76	62	0.02
May 24	77	52	0.01
May 25	80	49	0.00
May 26	79	51	0.01
May 27	78	56	0.00
May 28	80	49	0.00
May 29	82	66	0.51
May 30	70	49	0.00
May 31	75	45	0.00

June 1981 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	56	0.00
June 2	81	65	0.00
June 3	81	60	0.00
June 4	80	55	0.00
June 5	88	61	0.00
June 6	84	56	0.00
June 7	87	52	0.00
June 8	86	59	0.36
June 9	67	53	0.29
June 10	78	56	0.00
June 11	79	51	0.00
June 12	82	62	0.49
June 13	86	68	2.55
June 14	87	77	0.00
June 15	83	66	0.19
June 16	70	52	0.00
June 17	80	49	0.00
June 18	83	57	0.00
June 19	78	58	0.00
June 20	81	58	0.01
June 21	74	58	0.80
June 22	78	56	0.00
June 23	78	54	0.00
June 24	84	62	0.76
June 25	81	60	0.00
June 26	78	55	0.00
June 27	81	53	0.00
June 28	87	68	0.20
June 29	86	70	0.23
June 30	80	63	0.00

July 1981 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	61	0.00
July 2	83	67	0.00
July 3	84	63	0.00
July 4	84	68	0.00
July 5	86	64	0.00
July 6	88	60	0.00
July 7	90	61	0.00
July 8	90	74	0.00
July 9	84	65	0.00
July 10	86	58	0.00
July 11	85	63	0.00
July 12	95	74	0.02
July 13	87	73	0.03
July 14	85	67	0.38
July 15	73	66	0.02
July 16	81	66	0.00
July 17	85	63	0.00
July 18	88	63	0.00
July 19	85	74	0.00
July 20	86	68	0.00
July 21	77	59	0.00
July 22	76	56	0.00
July 23	79	57	0.00
July 24	82	58	0.00
July 25	83	64	0.39
July 26	72	64	0.00
July 27	67	57	0.12
July 28	68	53	0.18
July 29	77	48	0.00
July 30	78	57	0.00
July 31	83	57	0.00

August 1981 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	59	0.00
August 2	74	66	1.07
August 3	84	70	0.00
August 4	88	68	0.00
August 5	77	70	0.60
August 6	84	64	0.06
August 7	76	63	0.61
August 8	78	62	0.00
August 9	81	59	0.00
August 10	79	60	0.00
August 11	81	55	0.00
August 12	85	60	0.00
August 13	85	66	0.00
August 14	78	66	2.16
August 15	85	67	0.03
August 16	72	55	0.00
August 17	75	51	0.00
August 18	77	47	0.00
August 19	79	51	0.00
August 20	80	51	0.00
August 21	81	51	0.00
August 22	81	61	0.00
August 23	82	59	0.00
August 24	85	63	0.50
August 25	83	67	0.62
August 26	82	69	0.02
August 27	80	69	0.01
August 28	80	66	0.84
August 29	79	64	0.34
August 30	82	60	0.00
August 31	86	67	2.32

September 1981 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	72	61	0.83
September 2	76	60	0.00
September 3	75	55	0.00
September 4	77	53	0.00
September 5	71	58	0.00
September 6	76	54	0.00
September 7	73	55	0.73
September 8	74	52	0.00
September 9	78	47	0.00
September 10	84	61	0.00
September 11	85	59	0.00
September 12	82	63	0.00
September 13	82	60	0.00
September 14	76	54	0.00
September 15	72	53	0.00
September 16	60	45	0.04
September 17	63	44	0.00
September 18	62	38	0.00
September 19	77	44	0.00
September 20	75	45	0.00
September 21	75	53	0.00
September 22	65	42	0.00
September 23	68	41	0.00
September 24	78	53	0.16
September 25	66	58	0.52
September 26	75	52	0.73
September 27	70	45	0.00
September 28	63	38	0.00
September 29	64	49	0.50
September 30	87	57	0.00

October 1981 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	39	0.00
October 2	55	34	0.00
October 3	62	31	0.01
October 4	70	48	0.18
October 5	69	46	0.06
October 6	67	40	0.00
October 7	61	36	0.00
October 8	62	32	0.00
October 9	64	38	0.00
October 10	66	46	0.00
October 11	66	41	0.00
October 12	68	44	0.00
October 13	71	49	0.02
October 14	61	54	0.73
October 15	62	40	0.00
October 16	59	34	0.00
October 17	66	43	1.36
October 18	48	34	0.01
October 19	50	28	0.00
October 20	68	43	0.00
October 21	53	36	0.09
October 22	45	29	0.00
October 23	35	20	0.00
October 24	37	18	0.00
October 25	44	31	0.01
October 26	52	32	0.00
October 27	62	28	0.00
October 28	65	32	0.00
October 29	67	41	0.00
October 30	74	45	0.00
October 31	66	51	0.00

November 1981 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	63	53	0.00	0.0
November 2	61	50	0.01	0.0
November 3	70	44	0.00	0.0
November 4	63	52	0.04	0.0
November 5	56	41	0.04	0.0
November 6	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 7	62	28	0.00	0.0
November 8	62	35	0.00	0.0
November 9	43	25	0.00	0.0
November 10	52	23	0.00	0.0
November 11	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	52	25	0.00	0.0
November 13	56	28	0.00	0.0
November 14	57	26	0.00	0.0
November 15	60	32	0.00	0.0
November 16	60	33	0.04	0.0
November 17	55	33	0.00	0.0
November 18	52	30	0.00	0.0
November 19	46	33	0.19	0.8
November 20	33	25	0.02	0.3
November 21	28	15	0.00	0.0
November 22	22	10	0.00	0.0
November 23	35	16	0.40	1.7
November 24	38	27	0.00	0.0
November 25	38	29	0.00	0.0
November 26	57	34	0.59	0.0
November 27	35	30	0.00	0.0
November 28	35	22	0.00	0.0
November 29	37	18	0.00	0.0
November 30	35	20	0.30	0.0

December 1981 Rockford Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	40	33	0.15	0.0
December 2	34	22	0.00	0.0
December 3	35	18	0.10	1.0
December 4	33	26	0.00	0.0
December 5	29	18	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 7	49	33	0.00	0.0
December 8	35	26	0.00	0.0
December 9	30	16	0.00	0.0
December 10	30	12	0.00	0.0
December 11	31	14	0.00	0.0
December 12	33	12	0.00	0.0
December 13	36	29	0.00	0.0
December 14	34	15	0.01	0.1
December 15	22	10	0.00	0.0
December 16	20	7	0.00	0.0
December 17	21	7	0.00	0.0
December 18	24	3	0.00	0.0
December 19	20	0	0.00	0.0
December 20	24	-1	0.11	0.8
December 21	33	23	0.07	0.7
December 22	34	27	0.00	0.0
December 23	29	15	0.00	0.0
December 24	30	16	0.00	0.0
December 25	34	13	0.00	0.0
December 26	33	21	0.03	0.5
December 27	29	20	0.00	0.0
December 28	24	0	0.06	0.7
December 29	19	-6	0.00	0.0
December 30	28	4	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	18	0.24	2.0

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