A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued beginning at 3am Wednesday morning and will expire at 6am Friday morning for the following counties, Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury. A Winter Weather Advisory has also been issued beginning at 6am Wednesday morning and expiring at Noon Friday for the following counties, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Wind Chill Advisory Once More
A Wind Chill Advisory has been issued tonight through tomorrow morning for the eastern 4/5ths of the state. Wind Chills will drop to between -20 and -30 tonight into tomorrow morning. Actual temperatures will be in the single digits and teens below zero with winds generally between 6-12mph.
Below Zero Again!
It’s becoming a repeating pattern every night this year so far, lows falling below zero across the state. The western part of the state had a reprieve a few nights ago with some clouds, but clear skies last night dropped readings well below zero once again. Spencer won as the coldest location in the state …
Sick of Wind Chills?
Another Wind Chill Advisory is in effect through late tomorrow morning (9-12pm) for the following counties, Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek, Adair, Adams, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie, Ringgold, Sac, Taylor, Union, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Clarke, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Emmet, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, …
Cold Morning In Store
The eastern and northeastern parts of the state remain under clear skies which will lead to very cold temperatures by sunrise. Readings at midnight have already dropped into the teens below zero at Mason City, Waterloo and Cedar Rapids. Meanwhile in the western part of the state, clouds and some light snow has been falling …
Cold, Cold, Cold
Above is the low temperatures for the ASOS stations across the state this morning. It was brutal across the state, and adding to the arctic cold, winds were between 7-14 mph, creating very dangerous wind chills. This is expected to continue tonight as well, with possibly even COLDER temperatures in store. It wouldn’t be surprising …
2009 Year in Review: Precipitation
The chart above shows the precipitation amounts for the year for selected cities in Iowa and bordering states. Many locations in the state were above average for precipitation for the year except in the northern parts of the state into Wisconsin and Minnesota. Numerous locations in eastern Iowa into neighboring western Illinois were over 10 …
2009 Year in Review: Temperatures
The chart above is the 2009 temperature departures for the year. Of the seven cities selected, only Des Moines (+0.3°) was above their 30 year average for the year. Cedar Rapids was the furthest from their 30 year average (-2.2°).
Wind Chills an Issue Tonight
A Wind Chill Warning has been issued from 6pm this evening until 9am Saturday morning for the following counties, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster, Winnebago, Worth, Wright, Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and Winneshiek. Winds will be between 10-15mph throughout …
Cold Start to New Year
Here were the actual temperature readings from across the state as the New Year began at Midnight. A very cold start to 2010 indeed!