Coldest Start to the New Year in Over 40 years!

The start to 2018 could be a record start.  Record cold, that is.  The coldest high temperature recorded on January 1st in Rockford was a whopping 4 degrees, set back in 1974.  The current forecast high for January 1st, 2018 is 4 degrees.  If temperatures fail to make it above 4 degrees Monday, it'll be the coldest start to the new year in 44 years!  That's pretty impressive.


Temperatures will struggle to warm for roughly the first week of January, but a pattern change could bring temperatures back up near average (mid 20's) by next weekend.