It was a very frosty start this morning for some as the mercury dipped below freezing across northern Illinois. Overnight lows Monday morning were as cold as 28° near Sterling and Dixon and 31° here in Rockford. With the low temperature dropping below the freezing mark this morning it marks the first September freeze in Rockford since September 29th, 2003 and the earliest freeze in Rockford in 17 years, since September 22nd, 1995. While this wasn't considered a killing freeze (temperature has to drop below 28°) it may have been in Sterling if the low temperature is actually correct. Looking ahead temperatures will warm for the last week of September with highs in the 70s and overnight lows in the 40s.
Let us know if you had any frost this morning or experienced any damage to uncovered plants/vegetables. Send photos to:
weather@wtvo.com
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