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Heavy rain yesterday sends us over the mark for June

By Sean Kennedy,

2026-06-22

A complete washout from Father’s Day yesterday in the Quad Cities as lots of heavy rain spanned from early in the morning to early in the evening.

Rain totals from across the Quad Cities showing many areas receiving over 2 inches of rain from yesterday’s showers.

After that rain came down and numbers were added in continues to increase just how much rain we have gotten for June.

With the average rain for June in our area being 5.01″ we are now just shy of 7 inches of rain for the month this year at 6.98″

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