Moline, IL – October 2026 delivered unusually persistent warmth across eastern Iowa and western Illinois, with temperatures running as much as 8.9 degrees above normal and several communities recording one of their warmest Octobers on record.
According to the National Weather Service Quad Cities office, monthly average temperatures finished approximately 6 to 9 degrees above normal across the region, placing several reporting stations among their 10 warmest Octobers.
Several Communities Reach Historic Rankings Cedar Rapids, Iowa, recorded an average temperature of 59.6 degrees, 8.9 degrees above normal, ranking as its fifth-warmest October in the available climate database…