Here we are on the verge of the weekend and if I had to sum it up, I would say we start warm, end up cool, with some rain in the middle for good measure. The key to our successful moments will be timing. Fortunately, the daytime hours of Friday will be summery and dry before rain arrives overnight and departs by morning. That allows for a break Saturday with another round of mild temperatures before more showers Saturday night. The system exits early Sunday, leaving us dry bu

By now, anybody who frequents this site knows full well the first half of October has been one of the warmest since the inception of records at the Moline Quad City airport back in 1873. This graphic shows the temperature departures over the past 10 days. Going even further back to the 1st, the average high this month is 77.6 degrees. For perspective, normal is 68.7. As you can see below, the entire Midwest has been basking in the exceptional warmth. My climate Guru and stati

Take a look at the 7-day temperature departures for the period October 7th through the 13th. That is flat out a blow torch, right on par with the all-time warmest start to October that dates back to 1963. Here you can see, as of the 14th, Moline with an average temperature of 65 degrees is essentially tied with 1963 for the warmest start to October. Going into the 15th, not a single reporting station in my area has hit the freezing mark, although a couple spots in NE and NW I

Back in early September we boarded the love train and while we've had to refuel a couple of times, we haven't yet reached the end of the line for our exceptional journey with beautiful weather. Only 1 of the last 34 days have we seen a high below normal, and we missed reaching that by just 1 degree October 8th. Below you can see the observed highs vs normal at the International Airport in Moline for September and October so far. September 2015 October 2025 After that incredib

Spotty light showers Saturday evening and overnight as expected did not amount to much, but a stronger storm system late this week is...