Below Average Rainfall for August

It's been 14 days since there has been any measurable rain at the Quad City International Airport, where official weather data is recorded.  You may be noticing the grass isn't growing as fast and your plants looking a tad thirsty.

The month started out on a wet note, with 0.27" of rain falling on August 2nd, and 0.49" of rain falling on August 5th.  If you recall, on August 5th was an off and on, light to moderate rain event which kept the temperatures in the lower to mid 70s!

Normally we should be sitting at 2.65" for the month, so we are 1.81" below average.

The latest model trends show a better chance for rain coming in on Thursday, which is some great news.  There is a little discrepancy in how much rain we will get out of the system, but any rain is good news especially for the farmers out there.  Here is the Weather Prediction Center's forecast for the next 5 days...

I do agree that the heavier bulk of rain will fall to the north of the Quad Cities.  Of course, amounts will be fine tuned as we get closer and have a better idea of what the atmosphere will do.

By the way, we are still sitting a little over 7 inches above average for the entire year.