Another Cool Month Is Possible

July 2013 will be remembered as cooler and drier than average in the Quad Cities.  Temperatures ended the month at 2.5° below average and rainfall was 1.73" below average.

For temperatures, that isn't too far off of what we've experienced in 2013.  Five of the first seven months this year have been below average.  Only January (+2.6°) and May (+0.7°) were above average.

As for precipitation, July joins March (-0.29") as the only two months in 2013 when totals were below average.

NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is predicting August temperatures to be below average for much of the Midwest, Great Lakes, and the Ohio Valley.

That seems logical since I'm predicting highs in the 70s again by late next week into the weekend.

As for rainfall, there's an equal chance for it to be normal, below or above average.

CBS4 Meteorologist Anthony Peoples