Early June weekend weather doesn’t get much less appealing than this. A wetter weekend hasn’t occurred here since the 1.25” which fell seven weeks ago April 29-30. However, Saturday’s downpours, expected to diminish to sprinkles in the afternoon, will at least go a long way toward addressing June’s 1.08” rainfall deficit.
The day’s temperatures will prove disappointing to many. The 59° predicted high, almost 20 degrees below normal and just 5 degrees from the chilliest June 10 daytime reading here ever (54° in 1883), is more typical of April than early June. Sunday’s predicted high of 67° all but guarantees the city’s the coolest weekend in a month.
Heat in the Plains broke records Friday, including triple-digit highs in Nebraska. Grand Island broiled at 103° while Hastings hit 101°. Even readings in Canada’s Yukon Territory, where 80s occurred, and in interior Alaska, including 74° at Fairbanks, stand in stark contrast to Saturday’s chill here.
--Tom Skilling, WGN-TV Meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
