Month: March 2012

Uncategorized

Public Information Statement regarding March Record Highs

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 950 AM CDT SAT MAR 17 2012 …UNPRECEDENTED MID MARCH WARM SPELL RECORDS… TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN FAR ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS IOWA FOR MOST OF MARCH…ESPECIALLY SINCE THE 14TH WITH MANY LOCATIONS BREAKING DAILY RECORDS ON EACH OF THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF …

Gardening, Uncategorized

Historic Record Warmth- Summer in March 1st 80s of the season! Warmth brings on the 1st Daffodil blooms of the season!

Budding out Elm Trees March 16th 2012 Stunning, Weird, Wild, Beautiful, Awesome are all words that can be used to describe this extremely nice weather we’ve been having this week. A record setting March heat wave has been impacting the region since Tuesday, and since that day highs have easily reached the 70s, and today …

Agriculture, All of Iowa, Drought

Iowa Forecast Video 3/16/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouq7bu5GSyI?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MORE WARMTH: It’s beginning to become a broken record, talking about the record warmth across the state. Readings in the 70s and lower 80s when the average high temperatures should be in the middle 40s, but nobody is complaining. There is still a slight chance of an isolated shower or storm today through …

All of Iowa, Historical Weather

Record Event Report for Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Contributor Edit: AT 1159 PM THE TEMPERATURE IN OMAHA FELL TO 49 DEGREES…WHICH WAS THE LOW FOR THE DAY. THIS ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 14. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 48 DEGREES SET IN 1945. Here is more records that fell across the area on Wednesday (March 14th), the 2nd consecutive day …

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 3/15/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8lKsxQasf8?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MAYRCH: A combination of May and March with temperatures like May and the calendar saying March. This will continue at least through the weekend and perhaps into early next week. There is also a slight chance of a shower or storm becoming more numerous this weekend and early next week with a slow …

All of Iowa

Iowa Forecast Video 3/14/2012

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKzpPkb-AUQ?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349]   RECORD WARMTH: The warm weather continues across the state and record warmth at that. Some locations hit or tied record highs yesterday and many more will tie or break them today and possibly for many days to come. There is also a chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm this afternoon and …