June temperatures in the Quad Cities are running 5.7° below average and we haven't even officially hit 80° yet. However, that will occur today and tomorrow as a warm front moves through pushing highs well into the 80s and close to 90° in our southern hometowns later Tuesday.
Yesterday's 78° high at the Quad City International Airport, in Moline, Illinois, was the warmest reading this June. Looking at the first eleven days in the past five Junes, in 2008, we had already reached the 80-degree mark or higher nine of the eleven days.
However, in 2009, we had only reached 80° or higher in just three of the first eleven days.
From 2010-2012, the average was seven of the eleven days with highs at or above the 80-degree mark. As a matter of fact, in 2011, of the seven days of 80° or higher in the first eleven days, four of those days were 90° or higher!
In the Quad Cities, we've only hit the 80-degree mark 13 times in 2013. The warmest day was 90° on May 14th.
After today and tomorrow's warmth, temperatures for the rest of the week will be closer to average. Here is NOAA's Climate Prediction Center's temperature forecast for June 18-24, 2013.
Outside that dome of heat across the central and southern Plains, we may have to deal with several periods of strong to severe thunderstorms that may also bring heavy rain.
Have a great day!
CBS4 meteorologist Anthony Peoples
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