[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AGnBk-i_Qw?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] HOT!: It was a very warm day, if not HOT for January standards with highs well into the 50s and 60s due to the dry ground and lack of any significant cloudiness across the state. A cold front will move through the state by the morning hours that will keep temperatures from approaching …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Record Highs Everywhere!
Record Highs abounded today across the state and the upper Midwest. Some of these records that were broken were over 100 years old. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES WAS SET AT CEDAR RAPIDS IA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 54 SET IN 1956. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES WAS …
2011 Year in Review: Temperatures
2011 was near average when it came to temperatures across the state. During the year the new 1981-2010 normals came out. Some stations re-calibrated the numbers for the whole year while others used them only since August 1st when they went into effect. Outside of Des Moines finishing the year just under 2° above the …
Iowa Forecast Video 1/5/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoLgGegCRZ0?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] VERY WARM: There could be some record highs later today across the state, with the abnormal warm weather continuing. Temperatures today will easily get into the 50s across the state outside the far northeast which may be stuck in the upper 40s. Some places in western Iowa may even get into the 60s! …
2011 Year in Review: Precipitation
It was a relatively dry year across the state in 2011, outside of Dubuque which had a deluge of rain one night (over two days) in which 10-11″ fell. July’s total rainfall for Dubuque was 16.01, 12″ above average. Otherwise the rest of the state ended the year a few inches below average. Northern Iowa …
Iowa Forecast Video 1/4/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ratD5884I4?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] WARMING UP: Temperatures are on the way up, back to above seasonal averages with readings in the 40s and even a few lower 50s by Thursday and Friday. A cold front will move through Friday night but will only drop readings back into the 30s which is still slightly above average. Readings will …
Iowa Forecast Video 1/3/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t88TGI9Wd7I?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] CAUCUS NIGHT: There will be no problems weatherwise regarding the 2012 Iowa Caucuses. Skies will be clear to partly cloudy with readings in the mid 20s to mid 30s across the state. It will be a bit breezy out of the southwest, but nothing compared to the wind event of the last two …
Iowa Forecast Video 1/2/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk4MjTl5Xuw?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] MORE WIND: It will continue to be windy today, but not with the ferocity of Sunday, when winds gusted close to 60mph. Saylorville Lake had a wind gust to 72mph yesterday. Winds today will be in the 20-30mph range with gusts approaching 40. Wind chills will be a factor especially in the morning …
Iowa Forecast Video 1/1/2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11agtSbVthY?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349] WINDY TODAY: That is an understatement with regards to the wind. Sustained winds of 25-40mph will be likely today as the storm system departs the state early this morning. Wind gusts will be the main factor with 50mph plus gusts through at least the evening hours. A High Wind Warning is in effect …
Wind Storm For 2012
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has upgraded the Wind Advisory to a HIGH WIND WARNING, which goes into effect at Midnight tonight through Midnight Sunday night for the following counties, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Muscatine, Keokuk, Washington, Louisa, Jefferson, Henry and Van Buren. TIMING…WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO …