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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · DJ Baker

    A wet and rainy start to our October with wonderful weather by the weekend (opens the original)

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    (Rockford News First) - It’s hard to believe that we are done with September and already in October. I feel like it’s been a very quick month and even year! Looking back at the month of September, and it start off very hot and humid with the 2nd tying for the hottest day of the year at 96 degrees. The back half of the month turned very wet, with 7.4 inches of rain falling in Rockford. This puts this past month the 15th wettest on record. We’ll add on to our rain totals through today with more wi

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · DJ Baker

    Widespread showers expected Wednesday and Thursday with a pleasant weekend ahead (opens the original)

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    (Rockford News First) - We’ve had a few showers move into the region early on this morning, and that will be a trend that will continue through most of today. We’ll have some off and on showers with a few pockets of heavy rainfall scattered throughout. Highs today will top out in the middle to upper 60s with clouds hanging steady overhead. We’ll see more rainfall throughout tonight once again on an off and on again basis. With the elevated dew points and rain, temperatures won’t fall all too far

  3. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · DJ Baker

    Patchy fog possible tonight with a wonderful start to the week (opens the original)

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    (Rockford News First) - We have had a wonderful Sunday here across the stateline with plenty of sunshine to start the day. A few fair weather clouds have moved in overhead, but it’s still quite nice to be outside. Highs today topped out in the lower to mid-70s across the region, as we are in a stretch of some lovely weather. Heading into tonight, a few fair weather clouds will move in overhead as the high pressure system overhead slightly weakens. These clouds won’t give us any rain or any issue

  4. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · DJ Baker

    Perfect bonfire weather tonight with a bright and pleasant end to our weekend (opens the original)

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    (Rockford News First) - It has been a phenomenal day across the stateline! We’ve had some sunshine return to the region with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures topped out in the lower to mid-70s for a very nice afternoon. Heading over the next few hours, temperatures will quickly start to fall thanks to our dry air. However, this will make for a perfect night for starting a bonfire! There won’t be much wind, and the ground is still quite wet from last weeks heavy rainfall. This means the chances

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · DJ Baker

    Mostly cloudy Wednesday ahead with pleasant weather the rest of the week (opens the original)

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    (Rockford News First) - We are officially in fall with the autumn equinox occurring at 7:05 p.m. yesterday. This afternoon, it sure will feel like fall! We’ll have temperatures topping out in the middle to upper 60s with a fair mix of sunshine and clouds. We will be a bit breezy with winds out of the northeast near 20 mph. This will be one of the main reasons why we are a few degrees below normal. Temperatures will fall to the lower 50s to upper 40s tonight with a fair mixture of clear skies and

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