Currently 74 with an ENE wind of 10 mph making no difference, so it feels like 74 degrees. Dew Point 64, Humidity 71%, Barometer 29.96 & rising, Visibility 10 mi, Sunrise 6:06 am, Sunset 9:12 pm. A mix of sun and clouds will give way to a cloudy afternoon with a slight chance of a stray thunderstorm popping up. High 93. E winds 10 – 15 mph.

Partly cloudy with a low of  66. E winds 10 – 15 mph.

We did manage to set new record high temperatures here both Sunday – 93 degrees breaking a record from 1911 and Monday – 94 shattering a record from 1919. Not sure about today, but it’s possible that before the remnants of Alberto come up this far to bring us rain on Wednesday and Thursday, we could set another one. It’s been a spate of much higher than normal temperatures here lately – and after such a cold, miserable spring, this is amazing. Once the rains arrive we’ll drop back to some sort of normalcy with our temperatures but thank goodness for A/C units the past handful of days.

The enormous bright yellow duck currently resting in Rockford is there to highlight an upcoming summer event (Rockford Rotary Big Daddy Duck Race) and, unless there are more than one of these fantastic large ducks floating around, it sure does look like the one that I originally saw floating around in a harbor in Japan. I find this astonishing. Had breakfast Sunday morning in a restaurant with a window facing right out at that gigantic yellow creature and it sure was fun. I’ll miss it when it finally leaves for its next gig – where ever that might be.