On this date back in 1976, Rockford recorded a low temperature of -6 degrees. The coldest ever for November 29th. The high temperature for the date was only 11 degrees, which was a record low-maximum. Taking the high and low together, this date was 29 degrees below average!
In fact, the entire month of November 1976 was an unusually cold one. The average temperature was 28 degrees for the month, making it the coldest November on record in Rockford at an impressive 9.2 degrees below average!
This cold fall was just a taste of what lie ahead for the coming Stateline winter. A blocking high over the Arctic forced the Polar low further south than normal that winter, forcing cold air into the Midwestern US. Temperatures across the Stateline in the winter of 1976-77 rain about 8 degrees below average, making it the 3rd coldest winter on record.
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