Record cold afternoon

It's hard to believe that we are talking about record cold temperatures on the 20th of May, but that's exactly what happened this afternoon.  The cloudy skies and rain showers didn't allow temperatures to warm up much this afternoon and kept us in the middle and upper 40's. 

Officially in Rockford, the high only reached 47 degrees, nearly 30 degrees below our average high.  That 47 degrees broke the record for the coldest high temperature on this date.  Previously, the record was 51 degrees set back in 2002.  Not only did we break the coldest high temperature record, but it was also the coldest temperature any time during the month of May since May 3rd, 2011!

Thankfully temperatures tomorrow will rise nearly 20 degrees above what our high was this afternoon.  We should be back into the middle 60's for Thursday.  But for tonight, you may need to throw the extra blanket on the bed.