forecast http://kplu.org en Average July 4th: sunnier and warmer than you might think http://kplu.org/post/average-july-4th-sunnier-and-warmer-you-might-think <p>The weather for the 4<sup>th</sup> of July this year is looking pretty good, with scattered clouds in the forecast and highs in the low seventies.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>That&rsquo;s actually pretty typical, says Carl Carniglia with the national weather service in Seattle.&nbsp; He looked back at local statistics from the late 1800s to the present and found the historical data contradicts the cliché of rainy weather for Independence day.</p><p> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:10:58 +0000 Bellamy Pailthorp 2002 at http://kplu.org Average July 4th: sunnier and warmer than you might think