National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1115 AM CDT WED AUG 1 2012

...JULY 2012 WAS MUCH HOTTER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL AT DUBUQUE AND MOLINE...

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT DUBUQUE FOR JULY 2012 WAS 78.2
DEGREES. THIS MAKES JULY 2012 THE SIXTH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. THERE
WERE 14 DAYS AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES WITH ONE OF THOSE DAYS TOPPING OUT
AT 100 DEGREES.  THE LAST TIME DUBUQUE REACHED 100 DEGREES WAS
AUGUST 1, 1998.

THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FOR DUBUQUE WAS 0.46 INCHES FOR JULY 2012.
THIS MAKES JULY 2012 THE SECOND DRIEST JULY ON RECORD.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT MOLINE FOR JULY 2012 WAS 80.7 DEGREES.
THIS MAKES JULY 2012 THE SIXTH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD. THERE WERE
22 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES WITH 5 OF THOSE
DAYS WITH TEMPERATURE AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES.

THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FOR MOLINE WAS 0.45 INCHES FOR JULY 2012.
THIS MAKES JULY 2012 THE SEVENTH DRIEST JULY ON RECORD.

                 DUBUQUE               |                  MOLINE
                ---------              |                 --------
                                       |
     WARMEST JULY        DRIEST JULY   |      WARMEST JULY        DRIEST JULY
      AVG TEMPS            PRECIP      |       AVG TEMPS            PRECIP
   ---------------     --------------- |    ---------------     ---------------
 1 1901       82.2   1 1894       0.02 |  1 1936       85.0   1 1936       0.14
 2 1936       81.1   2 2012       0.46 |  2 1901       83.0   2 1913       0.18
 3 1916       80.3   3 1910       0.47 |  3 1916       82.6   3 1991       0.41
 4 1935       79.2   4 1946       0.53 |  4 1935       81.0   4 1886       0.43
 5 1921       79.0   5 1936       0.71 |  5 1921       80.9   5 1914,      0.44
 6 2012       78.2   6 1927       0.84 |  6 2012       80.7      1894      0.44
 7 1931       78.1   7 1916       0.85 |  7 1955       80.5   7 2012       0.45
 8 1887       77.8   8 1991       0.87 |  8 1987,      79.4   8 1916       0.46
 9 1934       77.7   9 1886       0.89 |     1983      79.4   9 1890       0.85
10 1955       77.5  10 1930       0.94 | 10 2006,      79.2  10 1881       0.91
                                       |     1934      79.2
                                       |     1919      79.2