Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
West Downtown neighborhood January 10th 2012 Another beautifully mild day and sunny with highs in the mid to upper 50s and a low above freezing occurred here in Southeastern Minnesota! Today was a day that felt much like spring and nothing like winter with a high of 57.F at my location! Birds were signing and …
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXIt-P3Ah88?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] RECORD HIGHS?: There may be some more January record highs across the state today with warm air filtering into the state ahead of a cold front expected on Wednesday. 50s will be widespread across the state with only far northeastern Iowa seeing a few upper 40s. COLD BLAST: Cold air, or in many …
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mTtgnTrXsM?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] CONTINUED WARM: The warmer than normal weather will continue for a few more days before another cold balst comes in from the northwest. In the meantime, temperatures will be in the 40s across the state with maybe a few 50s, with partly to mostly sunny skies. COLD PUSH: Wednesday will be a transition …
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL1q0w2TpAk?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MORE WARM DAYS: The temperatures will stay above average a few more days heading into the new week. Yesterday saw readings in the 30s and 40s, about 20 degrees cooler than it was on Thursday. Temperature will again approach the 50° once more early this coming week before a cold front comes through …
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Laf6NT8OyGw?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MORE ABOVE AVG: Even though the temperatures are coming down back to the 30s to mid 40s across the state. We’re still 10-15° above the levels for early January. This isn’t going to last as an Arctic front will be making an appearance by mid-week. This will put an end to the warm …
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES WAS SET AT 252 PM TODAY IN OTTUMWA IA. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 56 DEGREES WHICH WAS SET IN 1933. A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 54 DEGREES WAS RECORDED AT 1201 PM TODAY IN DES MOINES IA. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE…WHICH WAS …
The abnormally high temperatures across the state on Thursday were well over 30°+ above the average for this time of year. So here is a chart below comparing the record highs that were set yesterday with temperatures that are normal for January 5th. You’ll be amazed by the results. The Iowa Cities are on the …
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AGnBk-i_Qw?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] HOT!: It was a very warm day, if not HOT for January standards with highs well into the 50s and 60s due to the dry ground and lack of any significant cloudiness across the state. A cold front will move through the state by the morning hours that will keep temperatures from approaching …
Record Highs abounded today across the state and the upper Midwest. Some of these records that were broken were over 100 years old. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES WAS SET AT CEDAR RAPIDS IA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 54 SET IN 1956. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES WAS …
Front yard view Rochester,MN January 5th 2011 I left the snowcovered hills of Wisconsin this afternoon and arrived back in Southern Minnesota, and what a stunningly beautiful day to arrive back! As I left, the snow that fell in the New Years system was melting fast as the temperature was 44.F in my Clayton,WI yard. …