Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
A QUIET END AND BEGINNING: As we end 2015 and begin 2016, both days look dry with sunshine with temperatures in the upper teens through the 20s today and a few degrees warmer on Friday. Heading into the first weekend of the New Year, temperatures will slowly rise a few degrees as some Pacific air …
It’s easy this time of year to get a little sick of Snowcover and has many to wonder what good is having snow anyway? Actually snowcover has many benefits especially to landscaping and I’m going to discuss just how a nice thick blanket of snow can do wonders for the yard and garden! Currently …
RELATIVELY BENIGN: A quick moving system will be moving through the state today with a chance of some light snow. Accumulations will be minor with an inch or less being commonplace. It will be cool with readings in the 20s to around 30 for highs. The clouds will slowly break up as we head to …
Updated 11:35 AM 12/29 Monona 11.5 Calmar 10.5 Otho 10.5 Waterloo 10.3 Fort Dodge 10 Janesville 10 Nashua 10 Denver 9.8 Tripoli 9.8 Cedar Falls 9.5 New Sharon 9.5 Knoxville 9 Mason City 9 New Hampton 9 Milford 9 Rock Rapids 9 Marquette 9 Decorah 9 Churdan 8.7 Lambs Grove 8.7 Carpenter 8.5 Spillville 8.5 …
No Video Today Due to Storm COLD HERE TO STAY: The year is going to end with cold and more typical temperatures across the state. After the storm that brought sleet, freezing rain and several inches of snow, temperatures will be in the 20s to lower 30s today. There will be some lingering snow showers …
Roads have gradually continued to deteriorate across the state this morning, and in many areas are completely covered in snow or a mix of snow, ice, and/or slush. Officials have enacted tow bans in several counties, highlighted in red in the map below. Scanner traffic suggests Boone County may also be joining this list but …
Precipitation is currently overspreading the state southeast of a line from Prairie Du Chien to Nebraska City at the five o’clock hour with precipitation ranging from snow for the vast majority, to sleet for Clinton, Davenport, Muscatine, Fairfield, and Bloomfield, to freezing rain for those in far southeast Iowa in Burlington, Keosauqua, Mount Pleasant, and associated …
A significant snow and icing event is on the way today as a surface low moves through the area. The entire state is under a Winter Storm Warning for the majority of the day today due to either heavy snow or icy conditions. This is a very tough forecast to nail down due to considerable …
Out of curiosity, we went over to the Iowa Environmental Mesonet’s website this evening to produce these two maps that show when the last Ice Storm Warning or Blizzard Warning was issued. It’s been a long time for both! For the Des Moines weather office, it’s been about six years since the last Ice Storm …
Not a lot of big changes to mention with the new forecast package this afternoon. A major winter storm is still pegged to impact the region beginning early Monday morning and continuing into Tuesday morning. Deep and unseasonably high will overspread the state along the low pressure system, and this will assist in yielding significant snow …