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3 days ago | 
mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe
After a rainy and gloomy start to the day on Wednesday, but the sunshine came out for the afternoon to bring temperatures into the low 70s for many. Late into the evening, we may see a little bit of lingering smoke and haze stick around into Thursday morning. This may limit air quality for some during this time. Otherwise, it will remain partly cloudy with temperatures dropping back to the mid-50s tonight.
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1 week ago | 
mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe
Sunday afternoon marked the first time since last Sunday where Rockford reached at or above 70°. That 6-day streak marks the longest stretch of sub-70 degree weather this late in the season since June of 2001!It will be an almost copy and paste weather day heading into Memorial Day, another good day to spend time outside. The morning will start out a little cool, but sunshine will bring us near the 70-degree mark for afternoon highs.
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2 weeks ago | 
mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe
It was a cloudier day in the Stateline than Friday was, but temperatures were still able to reach the upper 60s and near 70° for some. A weak weather system will pass to our South tonight, bringing an isolated sprinkle chance after midnight. The highest coverage of any rain would be mostly South of I-88 with slightly more favorable moisture. Much of the rain shown here will not quite make it to the surface, given a dry slot of air a few thousand feet up.
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2 weeks ago | 
mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe
If you are utilizing the long holiday weekend to travel and visit family, the weather will cooperate for most of the time. Saturday looks favorable across a broad region, with continued influence from high pressure in the Midwest and Great Lakes. A few spotty showers will be possible across Iowa toward the late evening. Higher coverage of rain will arrive Saturday night into Sunday morning with a passing wave.
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2 weeks ago | 
mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe
We have been running a rainfall deficit all spring, as the Rockford airport is now short by about 2″ since March 1st. The latest drought monitor from the National Drought Mitigation Center shows much of the region now within a Moderate Drought, a little bit of an expansion from last week’s outlook. This data is prior to Tuesday’s rainfall of over an inch, so there may be some improvements for next week, but we remain in a dry pattern ahead.
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2 weeks ago | 
mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe
The overarching cool pattern we have seen lately will not be going anywhere even though the unofficial start of summer. High pressure will be in place across the Great Lakes and Northern Plains regions, keeping the warmer summer-like air mass displaced well to the South through much of the next week. An early look at Memorial Day likely will feature high temperatures in the mid-60s with a slim chance for a few spotty showers.
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2 weeks ago | 
mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe
It’s been a while since much of the Stateline has seen meaningful rainfall. The monthly rainfall through Sunday amounts to just shy of an inch at the Rockford airport, well over an inch below average through today’s date. Much of that monthly total came between May 1st-2nd, with only 0.13″ of additional rain in more than the last two weeks. We will have our next shot at some meaningful, if not soaking, rainfall early this week.
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3 weeks ago | 
mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe
It was a windy one today with peak gusts near/above 45 mph for most! And the majority of those winds were outside of thunderstorms. Winds will gradually ease through this evening but could still gust 30-35 mph through the night and into tomorrow. The wind advisory was cancelled at 9PM. As the wind direction gradually swings around to come from the West-Northwest, cooler air will swing in. This will bring high temperatures into the mid-60s Saturday under a mostly cloudy sky.
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3 weeks ago | 
mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe
7:45PM UPDATE: The tornado watch was cancelled, and our severe threat has come to an end tonight. 7:10PM UPDATE: All severe thunderstorm warnings for the viewing area have been cancelled. A couple storms still remain across far Eastern McHenry County and Southeastern DeKalb County, but there are no severe tags with those storms at this time. 6:45PM UPDATE: Severe thunderstorms continue to move East of Rockford, with warnings out for Boone, McHenry, and Northern DeKalb counties until 7:30PM.
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3 weeks ago | 
mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe
We will finally see a reprieve from some of the heat and humidity as we had toward the weekend. The pattern in the jet stream will feed a bit of a cooler air mass our way behind Thursday’s weather system, dropping temperatures into the low 70s or lower Saturday onward. By early next week, we will begin to see our next weather system taking shape. This will bring our next chance for some showers and storms starting Monday night.
