Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
UP THE HILL: A few early morning snow showers in our northeastern counties will give way to some partial sunshine by the afternoon hours. The rest of the state should see sunshine all day. Highs will range from the upper 20s northeast to the lower 40s southwest. More sunshine and warmer temperatures will be on …
UP DOWN TURNAROUND: The next several days will feature a wide ranging plethora of weather across the state from bitter cold to warmth. From snow to perhaps some rain by later in the week. Yes it is Iowa in January, prepare for anything. Today will be no different as temperatures are not going to be …
The title and featured image sums the weather situation across the region nicely over the next week as a Roller Coaster of Temperature Swings. Mother nature will be granting us as a break from the recent bitterly cold today with high temperatures in the teens to 20s (better than the single digit highs we’ve been seeing as of late!) before saying “eh, never mind” by Tuesday as we head back into the upper single digits to high teens. Wind chills on Tuesday morning will likely be sitting in Wind Chill Advisory range (-20°) and headlines for this will probably come out today or tomorrow. But, have no fear, we’re heading back up with highs in the upper teens to mid 30s by Wednesday and upper 20s to upper 30s Thursday. And then…. guess what? Down the roller coaster we go. Things will slide cooler and cooler with low 20s to mid 30s Friday, teens and 20s Saturday, and upper single digits to mid 20s Sunday.
Today was Iowa’s first real shot at cold, and coming out of a very mild December, this cold really felt like it had a punch to it. Low temperatures this morning were basically below zero statewide from -15° or colder across the north to around -2° across the south. Even though today was very sunny, …
A bitterly cold day of several in the forecast makes it’s debut today with high temperatures across the state ranging from a quality 3 degrees in Sioux Falls to right around the freezing point in the southeast at 32. Temperatures are already frigidly cold this morning, in the lower single digits for many, with wind …
BITTER COLD ARRIVING: The cold air from the northwest will be moving into the state today. This will change the precipitation over to a rain snow mix and then to snow by the time the precipitation ends Saturday morning. The northern and western counties will have had snow from the beginning and will see that …
SOME RAIN, SNOW, WIND: A wintry mix will start out the morning for most of the state with only the southern counties seeing rain for most of the day. The central counties will see a mix of snow, sleet and possibly freezing rain switching to all rain by the late morning hours. The northern counties …
RAIN AND SNOW: You can say goodbye to the sun for a while as clouds will be increasing through the day with a chance of some rain and snow in our western counties by the afternoon. The rest of the state should see the mix of wintry precipitation as we head into the evening and …
SEASONABLY WARM: A few warm days ahead with clouds on the increase as well ahead of the next system coming the middle of the week that looks to last until the first part of the weekend. Ahead of that however, we will see warmer readings with temperatures in the 20s and 30s for highs today …
Two tornadoes were confirmed from the event back on the 23rd of December. (The other 2 not listed were in the Illinois counties that NWS Quad Cities serves. Yes I know, there’s snow on the ground and it’s cold. TORNADO # 3 – HIAWATHA…IA… RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.25 …