Lack of Rain Is One For The Record Books

Tuesday marks the 29th consecutive day with no measurable rain at the Quad City International Airport in Moline, Illinois, the official reporting station for the Quad Cities.

Our last measurable rain was on August 5, 2013, when 0.49" fell.

So, where does this place us in the record books?

# of days with            Streak ended on:
no measurable
rain

1.  45                        11/15/1952
2.  40                        01/23/1944
3.  36                        11/21/1999
4.  35                        01/06/1940
5.  32                        09/17/1893
6.  31                        02/05/1919
7.  30                        12/10/1904
8.  29                        **2013** (still going on )
9.  28                        07/10/1989
9.  28                        09/23/1979
9.  28                         01/19/1954

While there are very slight chances of rain (less than 10%) in the forecast, it looks like the best bet of seeing rain is not until the middle of next week.  If it doesn't rain before then, that could push us up to #3.

CBS4 Meteorologist Anthony Peoples