Sometimes the weather at the Rock County Airport is somewhat different from what we experience here (we live near downtown). For example, the airport reported temperature extremes of 43°/72° for the 19th and 52°/81° for the 20th, and mostly cloudy afternoon skies on both days.
| Date | Day | Low (°F) |
High (°F) |
Precipitation (inches) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/31 | Tue | 33.4° | 43.5° | |
| Cloudy in the morning, with west or northwest winds. Mostly sunny from about 1 to 3 pm, then mostly cloudy | ||||
| 10/30 | Mon | 40.8° | 48.7° | Rain (trace) |
| Mostly cloudy with gusty west winds, and occasional sprinkles | ||||
| 10/29 | Sun | 30.6° | 48.6° | |
| Season’s first freeze. Clear and calm early; increasing clouds during the afternoon. Southwest breezes after 9 am, becoming south after 2 pm | ||||
| 10/28 | Sat | 36.0° | 45.7° | Rain (trace) |
| Sprinkles before sunrise; cloudy with west or northwest winds | ||||
| 10/27 | Fri | 36.5° | 42.8° | |
| Cloudy and colder, with brisk west winds becoming southwest after 1 pm | ||||
| 10/26 | Thu | 36.9° | 61.5° | |
| Fair early, then increasing clouds. Southeast winds | ||||
| 10/25 | Wed | 35.8° | 52.0° | |
| Cloudy and calm in the morning; clearing after 1 pm | ||||
| 10/24 | Tue | 45.1° | 48.4° | Rain 1.30″ |
| Light rain until noon. Cloudy with brisk northwest winds | ||||
| 10/23 | Mon | 48.2° | 58.3° | Next day |
| Cloudy and calm. Some sun during 5 pm hour. Light rain after 9 pm, with west or northwest breezes | ||||
| 10/22 | Sun | 51.4° | 68.4° | Rain 0.67″ |
| Occasional rain between 4 am and 6 pm, heaviest during 6 am hour. Temperatures falling all day. Light south winds until 10 am, then stronger northwest | ||||
| 10/21 | Sat | 59.2° | 75.4° | |
| Sunny with south winds; becoming mostly cloudy after 5:30 pm | ||||
| 10/20 | Fri | 48.2° | 74.5° | |
| Sunny with south winds | ||||
| 10/19 | Thu | 46.9° | 67.1° | |
| Sunny, with winds calm to light and variable | ||||
| 10/18 | Wed | 47.7° | 68.9° | |
| Sunny, with south winds becoming stronger southwest after noon | ||||
| 10/17 | Tue | 46.0° | 68.7° | |
| Sunny with brisk southwest winds | ||||
| 10/16 | Mon | 41.2° | 60.6° | |
| Clear, with light west winds after 11 am | ||||
| 10/15 | Sun | 43.7° | 66.2° | Rain 0.05″ |
| High temperature around 3 am, then a bit of drizzle between 3 and 4 am. Temperature dropped to 51.3″ by about 11 am, recovered to 56.8″ around 4 pm, then fell again. Cloudy, with strong, gusty northwest winds. Low temperature at midnight | ||||
| 10/14 | Sat | 59.7° | 65.5° | Rain 1.21″ |
| Rain and thunderstorms, mainly between noon and 7 pm. Cloudy with 100% humidity all day. East winds shifting to south between 2 and 4 pm. Temperature rising late; high at midnight | ||||
| 10/13 | Fri | 55.2° | 67.1° | Rain 0.54″ |
| Cloudy, with very light southwest breezes becoming north or northeast after 4 pm. Rain between 6 and 10 pm | ||||
| 10/12 | Thu | 56.3° | 60.6° | Rain 0.07″ |
| Light rain in early morning, then sprinkles or drizzle off and on throughout the day. Cloudy with light south or southeast winds | ||||
| 10/11 | Wed | 50.7° | 59.5° | Rain 1.19″ |
| Low was late Tuesday evening. Rain ending around 7 am. Cloudy with northeast winds | ||||
| 10/10 | Tue | 55.0° | 62.1° | Rain 0.30″ |
| Cloudy with northeast winds. Light rain, mainly after 2 pm | ||||
| 10/9 | Mon | 52.0° | 73.8° | |
| Fair to partly cloudy; calm before 2 pm, then light northerly breezes | ||||
| 10/8 | Sun | 52.7° | 75.2° | |
| Sunny with south breezes, stronger in the afternoon | ||||
| 10/7 | Sat | 66.4° | 72.5° | Rain 0.06″ |
| Intermittent light rain. Cloudy except for brief bursts of sun in late afternoon. Breezy, from the south until 5 pm, then shifting to west by 9:30 pm | ||||
| 10/6 | Fri | 58.1° | 67.6° | Rain 0.05″ |
| A bit of light rain overnight, a bit in the afternoon, and a bit more in the evening. Cloudy with east or southeast breezes becoming south after 7 pm. High temperature in late evening; afternoon high was 66.6° | ||||
| 10/5 | Thu | 50.0° | 71.8° | Rain 0.02″ |
| Mostly cloudy and generally calm. Thunderstorm around 9 pm | ||||
| 10/4 | Wed | 61.5° | 70.5° | Rain 0.26″ |
| Thunderstorm around 3 am. Sunny in the morning, with light north or northwest breezes | ||||
| 10/3 | Tue | 64.6° | 81.1° | |
| Mostly cloudy with south winds | ||||
| 10/2 | Mon | 59.2° | 81.1° | |
| Mostly cloudy with south winds. Gradually clearing between 5 and 8 pm, with winds continuing. Still about 70° at midnight | ||||
| 10/1 | Sun | 47.3° | 69.6° | |
| Clear and calm early; becoming mostly cloudy from midday onward, with south or southeast winds | ||||