A Closer Look at our Dry Streak...

Are you watering your lawn?

So it's now been 21 days since we had any measurable rain in the Quad Cities!  We aren't quite into top ten territory for consecutive days with no rain but we are closing in on that list!  Here's a look at the longest precip free stretches in recorded Quad Cities weather history...

# of days    Streak ended on:
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
t8. 28          07/10/1989
t8. 28          09/23/1979
t8. 28          01/19/1954


So we're at 21 days once Monday ends, and when you watch Ten at 10 tonight on CBS4 you won't see any rain chances coming over the next 7 days - if the forecast doesn't change we'll be into a tie for the 8th longest dry spell in QC history!  Full disclosure - there's about a 5-9% chance for rain this Wednesday and Friday, but those %s are a little too low to include on the 7-day forecast!