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Warmer this weekend
Summer's not over yet.
While the days are getting shorter and September is right around the corner, summer is far from over.
The recent stretch of relatively cool weather will give way to warmer temperatures for the foreseeable future, Weather Central meteorologist Andy Snyder said.
"We should see temperatures rise into the lower 80s today, with a high of about 83, and then into the mid to upper 80s on Sunday," Snyder said. "And we've got a warm week ahead."
Night will remain fairly comfortable, though, with a low in the upper 50s tonight and then edging into the 60s after that, Snyder said.
Humidity levels should stay low for the next several days, he said.
"We won't see anything too uncomfortable until the middle of next week," Snyder said.
The weather also should remain dry, with maybe a 20 percent chance on Monday after a dry weekend.
"We should stay dry probably until Wednesday night or Thursday," Snyder said.
Although precipitation remains well above average for the year, we're in the midst of a dry stretch.
"The last half of July was relatively dry and August has been drier than normal and it's usually the wettest month of the year," Snyder said.
There has been just 1.04 inches of rain in August, less than half the normal 2.13 inches at this point for the month.
This August has been in stark contrast to last August, when the 15.18 inches of rain made it the wettest month in Madison history. That included record rainfall of 3.39 inches on Aug. 18, 2.13 inches on Aug. 19 and 3.2 inches on Aug. 22.
