Gradual Warm Up This Week

It was an unseasonable cool weekend here in the Quad Cities.  The calendar said late July, but Mother Nature decided to give us a preview of early October!  The high temperature on Saturday was a chilly 67° at the airport in Moline.  That was just two degrees shy of the record low maximum temperature for that date, which was 65° (set back in 1981).  And speaking of records, the temperature was in the upper 50s at race time for the 39th annual Bix 7 road race, which is the coldest ever!  The previous record was set back in 2004 with 61°!

Here's a look at Sunday's stats, along with a fantastic sunset!

We were just one degree shy of our record low in the Quad Cities!  Burlington, IA had a record low of 52° Sunday morning, as did Dubuque, IA with 50°.

The forecast for this week does show a gradual increase in the temperatures through much of the week, before seeing yet another cool down by next weekend.

We also have a few chances of rain in the forecast, which is good news as we are sitting just a little over 2 inches below average for this month.  Overall, we are almost 8.5 inches above average for the year!