Rockton, IL 61072 Weather

Winnebago County3:05 PM CDT42.45°N, 89.09°W

Current conditions

Partly Cloudy
72°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like 70°
High 72°·Low 44°
WindW 7 mph
Humidity41%
Dew point46°
Pressure30.24 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover4%
UV index2 Low
Sunrise7:17 AM
Sunset6:06 PM

Observed at Rockford, Greater Rockford Airport · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Sunny. High near 72, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. Southwest wind around 5 mph.

  • Tonight

    Patchy fog after 3am. Mostly clear, with a low around 44. West southwest wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Thursday

    Patchy fog before 9am. Sunny. High near 73, with temperatures falling to around 71 in the afternoon. North wind around 0 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 hr ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 71°
  2. 4 PM Sunny 71°
  3. 5 PM Sunny 70°
  4. 6 PM Mostly Clear 66°
  5. 7 PM Mostly Clear 60°
  6. 8 PM Mostly Clear 57°
  7. 9 PM Mostly Clear 55°
  8. 10 PM Clear 53°
  9. 11 PM Clear 51°
  10. Thu12 AM Clear 49°
  11. 1 AM Mostly Clear 49°
  12. 2 AM Mostly Clear 48°
  13. 3 AM Patchy Fog 47°
  14. 4 AM Patchy Fog 46°
  15. 5 AM Patchy Fog 44°
  16. 6 AM Patchy Fog 44°
  17. 7 AM Patchy Fog 45°
  18. 8 AM Patchy Fog 47°
  19. 9 AM Sunny 52°
  20. 10 AM Sunny 59°
  21. 11 AM Sunny 64°
  22. 12 PM Sunny 69°
  23. 1 PM Sunny 71°
  24. 2 PM Sunny 72°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Sunny Sunny44°72°
  2. ThuOct 22 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny47°73°
  3. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny49°72°
  4. SatOct 24 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny50°71°
  5. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny50°72°
  6. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny19%45°66°
  7. TueOct 27 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers23%43°60°
  8. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy0.38 in49°63°
  9. ThuOct 29 Light rain Light rain0.39 in38°59°
  10. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny36°54°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

67
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • WedModerate
  • ThuModerate
  • FriModerate

Rockford, IL reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:17 AM
Sunset 6:06 PM
Daylight 10 h 49 min (−2 min 42 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 79% lit
Moonrise 3:51 PM Moonset 2:13 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low60° / 40°
Record high87° (1947)
Record low22° (2018)
Wettest1.32 in (1936)
Yesterday70° / 36°
Month to date1.92 in (normal 1.71 in)

Rockford Area, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LOT, issued 2 hrs ago

Key Messages

- The dry and unseasonably mild weather will continue through the upcoming weekend.

Discussion

Issued at 157 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

GOES nighttime microphysics RGB shows fog developing across Lake County IL into extreme southeast WI. Given the fog is developing a couple hours earlier than last night and with similarly favorable conditions to early Tuesday morning, seems likely that dense fog will continue to develop and expand through sunrise. The northern and northwest suburbs seem most likely for dense fog development, but given the low dewpoint depressions, calm winds, and clear skies, fog will probably expand south into the heart of the metro too, though confidence is low in how far south it develops. A dense fog advisory will likely be issued sooner rather than later and will probably need to be expanded as fog expands. Similar to Tuesday morning, fog should burn off by around 14z.

Very little day to day change in the weather is expected through the upcoming weekend. A very weak southwest gradient today may limit the inland penetration of the lake breeze this afternoon compared to Tuesday. This would have implications on areal coverage of fog tonight, as the added moisture from the marine layer has been contributing to the fog development. Temperatures will likely be a couple degrees warmer today.

Another weak surface high will track across the upper Great Lakes in SE Canada Thursday into Friday, likely resulting in a very weak easterly gradient favoring a deeper inland penetration of the weak lake breeze Thursday and possibly Friday as well. This could tee things up for a bit more areal coverage of dense fog Fri and Sat morning.

The omega block and the amplitude of the upper ridge is still progged to break down early next week which at least opens the door to the possibility of a cold frontal passage and perhaps some rain at some point early next week. Medium range guidance often struggles with the breaking down of blocking patterns and there is still considerable ensemble spread, so the magnitude and timing of any potential return to more seasonable temperatures is still a low confidence item. As is any potential increase in rain chances.

- Izzi

Aviation

Issued at 1217 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Expect generally VFR conditions with a few mid-level clouds through the period as high pressure drifts over the area. However, as has been observed during the past few mornings, MIFG/BCFG is likely at RFD/DPA and VFR BR is possible at ORD late tonight through sunrise Thursday.

Light SW winds are expected this afternoon, though a weak lake breeze may wash out and turn winds SE 5 knots or less over ORD and especially MDW toward sunset. Winds will become calm or light and VRB tonight into Thursday morning, with a lake- enhanced NE wind shift likely by Thursday afternoon.

Kluber

Lot Watches

IL...None. IN...None. LM...None.

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