Rockford, IL Weather Forecast
Winnebago County, Illinois
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Rockford, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Rockford, IL at a glance
Rockford is home to about 146,120 people in Winnebago County, across 65 square miles. It ranks 5th by population of 441 places in Illinois with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Cherry Valley, 5 miles away.
- County
- Winnebago County
- Population
- 146,120 2023 est.
- Land area
- 65 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,245
- Forecast point
- 42.2588°N, 89.0646°W
How well can the network see Rockford?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMKX (Milwaukee, WI), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,100 ft above Rockford. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Rockford can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KRFD (Rockford Intl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Rockford
- Cherry Valley, IL5 mi
- Loves Park, IL6 mi
- Machesney Park, IL8 mi
- Winnebago, IL9 mi
- Belvidere, IL9 mi
- Davis Junction, IL10 mi
- Roscoe, IL12 mi
- Poplar Grove, IL13 mi
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