The average high temp started going down in Chicago as of yesterday. After peaking at 85 degrees, it is now 84.

One last great weather day before we turned unsettled and wet for a good part of the upcoming work week. Hopefully, most of us see some rain as many spots, especially across Northern Chester County missed the rains last week. Below normal temperatures look to continue all week but with increasing humidity with the rain. The sun looks to it will return by Friday. Note: below on the climate records there is an errant snow report in the data set that is being corrected.

Cloudy and mild this morning, 62. So many fires and so much smoke. If we had a summer like last year with little lightning, we could have escaped many fires after such a dry/warm winter.

.16" so far, we’ll see how much more falls before it winds down. Now standing at 1.11" for July.

Chance for storms tonight. We need it bad, no rain in 27+ days now. Everything is drying to a crisp. Forecast says 99% chance for rain. Not going ti hold my breath