Following near record warmth Wednesday afternoon Thursday hasn't been quite as warm, but temperatures have remained above average - despite a cold front coming through earlier in the morning.
The day started off with cloud cover and a few light showers but those were quick to move out with sun-filled skies for the rest of the afternoon. This helped to warm temperatures into the mid and upper 60s area wide, with Rockford's high reaching 68 degrees. And here's a little fun fact for you - the low temperature Thursday morning was the same as what the average high temperature should be for the 29th of October! That is 56 degrees. Now, Friday may see some 50s thanks to the quick return of cloud cover in the morning and a brisk northeast breeze. But we look to warm right back up into the weekend and next week.
Looking back over the month of October our average temperature to date is 58.3 degrees. That is almost six degrees above the monthly average (to date) and places this October, so far, as the 7th warmest month-to-date on record. Just within the last week and a half temperatures have been well above average, some nearly 15-20 degrees!
October usually doesn't average a lot of precipitation with 2.63 inches being recorded for the month. So far this month we've added up 1.92 inches which places us at a 0.55-inch deficit. We'll make up for some of that late Friday into Saturday with the next chance for rainfall, but likely not enough to keep us out of at least a little bit of a precipitation deficit to end the month.
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