Today is the date of Iowa’s all time record low of -47° set at Elkader in 1996. This was a part of a major cold spell that occurred over a 5-6 day period at the end of January and early February. On Feb 3rd 1996 numerous records fell, with Des Moines dropping to -26 (still …
Month: February 2010
Advisories Issued in Western Iowa
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory beginning at Noon on Thursday through Noon on Friday for the following counties, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby. There is also a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from Noon Thursday until 6pm Friday for Plymouth and Woodbury counties, and from 4pm …
New Snowfall totals across the area.
Snow Covered Dormant garden February 2nd. Snow showers continued overnight and lasted into middle to late parts of the day, We had some pretty healthy snowfall totals for a weak system like the one that just past. It was bit more then I had forecasted for our area, but accumulations were still on the light …
Series of Storms to Move through
After a 1-3 inch snowfall yesterday into this morning, the state will be in store for several storm systems that may bring more snow along with some freezing rain and rain to the state over the next week. The next storm will move into the state late on Wednesday night from the west. Some freezing …
An Interesting Record
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 115 AM CST TUE FEB 2 2010 …RECORD CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 5 INCH SNOW DEPTH AT DES MOINES IA… AS OF MONDAY FEBRUARY 1ST…THE OFFICIAL OBSERVING SITE AT THE DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REPORTED AT LEAST 5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND FOR A RECORD …
Accumulating Snow Beginning to End
Most of the accumulating snow is over the eastern portions of the state late this evening, with only a few light snow showers occurring in the NW and NC parts of the state. 1-3 inch snow totals have been common across the state from this storm system. Roads have become snow covered in many places, …
light snow chances with light accumulations. Moderate Temperatures the next 3 days.
Regional View. Happy February 1st! Now, A small low pressure system will be exiting the area early Tuesday, minor snowfall accumulations between 1-3 inches will fall across southern Minnesota, Southwestern Wisconsin, and northern Iowa. after snow moves out skies will be mainly cloudy across the Upper Midwest, then we got partly sunny skies on our …
A Look Early on Monday Morning
A few radar returns are scattered across the state early this morning, but none of the reporting stations across the state are reporting any kind of precipitation falling. Only reports of light fog or haze are being reported in scattered locations. A band of some light snow will move into the western part of the …