Recapping Last Night's Rain Event

If you are a late-nighter or an early riser, you may have heard a few rumbles of thunder. That's because we had line of showers and thunderstorms pushed through the region overnight ahead of an advancing cold front. Overall, rainfall totals ranged from 1.28" up in Janesville, to .72" here in Rockford, to .32" down in Rochelle. One of our first warn weather watches, Jim Bailey from Southwest Rockford, sent in a report where he recorded 1.04" in his backyard.

All we can say is, it's about time that we saw a rain event bring us a decent amount of rainfall. In fact, the last time that we got anything significant here in the Stateline was back on July 18th. The official rainfall total observed for that day was 1.66". That pretty much puts it into perspective on how dry we have been over the past couple of weeks. With high pressure in command, our rain chances have been pretty much limited. This has led to a few spots in our region to being placed under the abnormally dry category on the drought outlook. But the good news is, this recent rainfall should bring back some color to your lawn!

Today marks the 91st day that the Rockford International Airport has received 0.01" of rainfall or greater since the beginning of the year. That contains about 42% of the year and places 2019 tied for second place on record for most days with measurable precipitation!