For much of the spring into the early part of the summer, the jet stream has remained well to the north of the area. The heat wave of early July 2012 had several meteorological ingredients come together on large (synoptic) and local (meso) scales. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 105 SET IN 1936.

THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 102 SET IN 1936.Ī RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 105 DEGREES WAS TIED AT ROCKFORD IL THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 100 SET IN 1911.Ī RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 104 DEGREES WAS SET AT ROCKFORD IL

Independence Day Climatology for Rockford.

THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 101 SET IN 1911. Rockford Record Highs Broken & TiedĪ RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS SET AT ROCKFORD IL

THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 99 SET IN 1988. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 102 SET IN 1911. Independence Day Climatology for ChicagoĪ RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 103 DEGREES WAS SET AT CHICAGO-OHARE.THIS TIED THE OLD RECORD OF 102 SET IN 1911. LOCATION TEMPERATURE DATE OBSERVATION TYPEĬlick for the Highest Temperature List and Day by Day Breakdown (pdf)Ī RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES WAS TIED AT CHICAGO-OHARE THE HIGHEST AREA TEMPERATURES DURING JULY 4-7 2012. These are for NWS ASOS and Cooperative Observer sites. The NWS Cooperative site at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb reached 100° on July 6th and 101° on July 7th, which was the first triple digit observation since the July 1995 heat wave.īelow is a table showing the amount of daily, July, and all-time records broken in the first week of July 2012.That reading was reached on July 5th, tying the record set on July 14, 1995. The NWS Cooperative site at the Chicago Botanic Gardens tied an all-time record high of 105° in their 30 year period of record (since 1982).These were the first 100°+ readings at Polo in almost 24 years, since 104° on Aug. The NWS's longtime observer in Polo, IL observed 100° on July 6th and 102° on July 7th.

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