Hiawatha,IA January 2014

We had a bit of varitiy in weather the past 2 days in our area. Saturday was relatively cold and snowy and Sunday was sunny and beautiful. A a clipper system rode along the edge of the jet stream on Saturday pushing snow into our area from the northeast. Generally 1-3 inches were reported with the highest amounts in Buchanan and Delaware counties. Snow did come down heavy at times and there was some traffic troubles reported in the Iowa City area, but other then that it was a typical January clipper Some of the amounts were as follows, Independence, 4.0″ Hiawatha 1.0″, Bertram 1.50″, Iowa City 1.30″ Sunday the jet stream completely pushed through Iowa sending a warm front through the state making way for clear skies and warm temperatures. Here in Hiawatha we got 1″ of snow Saturday all of which melted completely and we even lost a little of the old snowcover as well. Snowcover across the areas is now generally ranges from 3-4″ of snow depth in areas of Buchanan and Delaware counties very patchy in areas southwest of there, Waterloo to Cedar Rapids to officially no snowcover in areas near Iowa City and South. Open areas and fields have really melted off nicely and lows of grass is showing, shaded areas, woods and northern exposed hills still has a fair amount of snowcover. This is the least amount of snow I’ve had on the ground here in Hiawatha since Mid December. In total with yesterdays snow I’m up to 17.25″ of snow for the season which is over half of the seasons average. Below is a list of highs seen across Eastern Iowa today. Note that the warmer temperatures were in areas that lost snowcover as the day went on, and cooler temperatures were seen where higher snow depths were.

Washington 48.F
Williamsburg 46.F
Downtown Cedar Rapids 45.F
 Downtown Iowa City 45.F
Iowa City 44.F
 Waterloo-Cedar Falls Airport 44.F
 Marion 43.F
Hiawatha 43.F
Cedar Rapids Eastern Iowa Airport 42.F
Vinton 42.F
 Independence 41.F 
 Shellsburg 42.F
Central City 40.F
Monticello 39.F
Manchester 39.F