Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
Saturdays warm sunshine! many people were surprised at today’s Warm temps and sunshine, We had a warm Saturday across the area and its all thanks to the Sunshine that stayed out all day and a Warm air mass behind a warm front, today’s highs were Much warmer then I predicted! Not only was the entire …
Temperature readings at mid-afternoon (3pm) across the state really show where the snow is and isn’t. Here are some of the haves (Snowpack) Ames 38° Mason City 38° Dubuque 38° Waterloo 39° and some of the have nots (Little to no snowpack) Lamoni 61° Red Oak 61° Mt. Pleasant 57° Ottumwa 55° Keokuk 61°
Temperatures at midday have risen above freezing all across the state. 30s were contained to the northern and eastern parts of the state where there is still more snow cover while the southwestern part of the state, where there is less snow cover, temperatures have risen into the upper 40s and lower 50s. Gusty southwest …
Forecast for Saturday, Saturday Night, Sunday and Sunday Night, fronts may be edited to show effects on the area, Please note that I added two fronts to the map to show for two different days and the effects that both fronts will have on us. Forecast Updated This weekend a Warm front and Cold front …
A massive arctic high settled into the upper midwest from January 30th through February 4th in 1996. Temperatures nosedived below zero and stayed there for up to a week in some places. Schools were closed statewide in Minnesota and many schools in Iowa were closed during the peak of the cold spell on the 1st …
Winds are beginning to shift to the south in the western part of the state this afternoon. That will bring in warmer weather on Saturday with many places going above freezing for the first time in awhile. However it will not last as another push of cold air will move in on Super Bowl Sunday …
Gusty northwest winds are blowing in more cold air into the state today. Temperatures however remain near average at early afternoon with mainly 20s across the state. Some scattered flurries are being reported which will not amount to much. A cold day will be on tap tomorrow followed by a warm day Saturday that could …
For a book that has been out of print for over 20 years, I recently recieved a copy of Tornado Accounts of Tornadoes in Iowa Second Edition by John L Stanford (former Professor at Iowa State). The book (Second Edition) was written and compiled in 1987. (A first Edition was written in 1977). This is …
Forecast for Thursday, Thursday Night, Friday and Friday Night. Wednesday we had high temperatures in the teens for the first time in 4 days! we even had some nice sunshine earlier! Tonight: there will be a weak system passing though, mainly light snow, accumulations will range from a half inch to 1 inch if were …
Low this morning fell back below zero again. Temperatures were as low as -16 in Jefferson and -15 in Ames. Only extreme southeast Iowa held on above zero due to clouds from the weak disturbance that brought light snow to the state yesterday. Tonight will be warmer with southerly winds ahead of another weak storm …