Here are some highlights from the NOAA report:

- the summertime temperature was 74.5 degrees F, which is 2.4 degrees above average.

- nationwide summer precipitation was 1.0 inch below average

- Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Louisiana had their warmest (June-August) summers on record.

-Fifteen states had a summer average temperature ranking among their top ten warmest.

- Texas had its driest summer on record, with a statewide average of 2.44 inches of rain

Click on the above map for the full report.

Here is the local look of summer by the numbers.

Average Summer (June/July/Aug) Temperature
Location: Avg Temp (departure from normal)
Waterloo: 73 (+4.3)

Cedar Rapids: 72.5 (+1.3)

Dubuque: 71.8 (+1.7)

Iowa City: 74.6 (+1.6)

Average Summer (June/July/Aug) Precipitation
Location: Total Precip (departure from normal)
Waterloo: 9.89″ (-3.40″)

Cedar Rapids: 9.90″ (-3.96″)

Dubuque: 22.82″ (+9.71″)

Iowa City: 12.05″ (-2.01″)

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