Past Fourth of July Weather

"Red, White & Boom" will be exploding over the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities tonight.  I hope you all have a great Fourth of July planned. 

It'll be a little warmer tomorrow with highs in the low-to-mid-80s and we'll have to contend with some scattered showers and thunderstorms.

On the Fourth of July in the Quad Cities, the average high is 86° and the average low is 65°.

Since our record keeping started back in the early-1870s, only two Independence Day celebrations saw temperatures of 100° or higher.  In 1901, we reached 100° and in 1911, it was 102°!  The coolest high temperature on the Fourth was 67° in 1967.

49% of the Fourths here have been in the 80s for highs, while 26% have been in the 90s!

The heaviest rainfall on the Fourth was in 2007 when 3.56" fell in the early morning hours that day.  51% of the Fourths have featured not a drop of rain and only 5% have picked up an inch or more.

Last year, it was 96° on Independence Day in the Quad Cities.

Have a safe and enjoyable holiday!

CBS4 Meteorologist Anthony Peoples