Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
RESPITE BEFORE MORE HEAT: A wonderful day in store today across the state with readings in the upper 70s northeast to the middle 80s in the western counties. Humidity will be tolerable for the most part and skies will be partly to mostly sunny to start. A system will move into the area later this …
WARMTH AND STORMS: Temperatures will remain warm but not as warm as we have been seeing over the last few days. Humidity levels will be a bit lower as well. Highs today will range from the 80s to the lower 90s across the state. It will be mostly sunny today and tomorrow, but more thunderstorms …
Today we reached peak high temperatures as a part of our first significant heat wave of the summer which started late last week. Highs today rose from the mid 90s in the north to just a few degrees shy of 100.F in the south. Heat index values ranged from 100 to 110 especially in …
The National Weather Service in Des Moines has opted to upgrade the Heat Advisory to an Excessive Heat Warning for Warren, Marion, Mahaska, Clarke, Lucas, Monroe, Wapello, Decatur, Wayne, Appanoose, and Davis counties, which will go into effect at noon and remain until 7 p.m. A Heat Advisory remains in effect for the afternoon and …
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a High Wind Warning for Ida county until 6 a.m. this morning and Woodbury county until 5 a.m. this morning. Rapidly weakening thunderstorms are producing strong winds, sometimes 45 to 60 MPH which could produce damage to weak structures and trees. A High Wind Warning means a …
After another hot and muggy day with a severe weather risk that was ultimately kept to the north of the state, Iowa is preparing for a redo with a somewhat cleaner setup. Before we get into any of the nit and gritty details, it’s important that there is a lot of wild cards at play …
Severe Thunderstorm Watch #407 has been issued to replace Tornado Watch #406, effective until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for much of northeast and north central Iowa, including the following counties: Allamakee, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winnebago, Winneshiek, and Worth. Threats Include: Scattered Damaging Winds and Isolated Significant Gusts to …
Another hot and muggy day is expected across the area today with temperatures in the low-to-mid 90s with dew points in the mid-to-upper 70s, creating heat indices in the 100° to 110° range. This will create a very unstable atmosphere over much of the upper midwest and will be key in enhanced storm development later …
The National Weather Service offices across the state have issued Heat Advisories for today and tomorrow. Temperatures today across Iowa will be in the low 90s, and with dew points in the mid 70s, heat indices in the 100 to 105° will prevail across much of the state. Tomorrow only looks to get hotter with …
After a relatively quiet weather period over the Midwest for the past several days, things are looking to cook back up in the area with a marginal risk of severe weather across the entire state today, an enhanced risk over northeast Iowa tomorrow, and another enhanced risk of severe weather over eastern Iowa tomorrow. Hot temperatures …