A Warm Start To October

September 2013 will be remembered for above average temperatures (more than two degrees) and below average rainfall (more than two inches).

October will get off to a very warm start with high temperatures for the first two days about 15 degrees above average in the mid-80s.

October ranks behind November (first) and September (second) and just ahead of December (fourth) as the month with the biggest drop in average temperatures from the beginning of the month to the end of the month.

In October, the averages on the first day of the month are 70° and 47°.  By Halloween, those drop to 58° and 38°.

A typical October sees about 2.97" of rain in the Quad Cities.

CBS4 Meteorologist Anthony Peoples