Weather forecast is for 'a very normal summer'

Eastern Washington University geography professor Bob Quinn has been quite accurately forecasting the weather for decades, and teaching others along the way, too.

As he retires after 49 years of work at the university, Quinn offered one final look at the months ahead, particularly, summer, which officially began June 20.

“Fundamentally I think we’re going to have a very normal summer,” Quinn said. “Of course that means hot and dry.”

But not terribly blazing hot, he said. Like 2015, when, according to the U.S. Weather Service, the average daily temperature was 72.7 degrees, up from the previous...