The chart above shows temperature departures for 8 cities across the state of Iowa. All cities selected are running between 9-12° below average for the first 11 days of the month. This will likely continue through this week, with temperatures expected to remain below average for the next week, but there will be a slow …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
First Snowstorm
A Winter Weather Advisory continues tonight through early tomorrow afternoon for the following counties, Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Palo Alto, Lyon, Osecola, Dickinson, Sioux, O’Brien and Clay. Snow is beginning to fall across northwest Iowa tonight. Snowfall accumulations of 2-5 inches are possible in the advisory area, with the heaviest snow likely to fall along …
Winter Weather Advisory Later Tonight in NW Iowa
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued beginning at 10pm this evening and will be in effect until 10am Monday morning for Dickinson, Lyon and Osceola counties in NW Iowa. A swath of snow will fall across South Dakota, Minnesota and extreme NW Iowa Sunday night into Monday morning. Total accumulations of 2-5 inches can …
Beginning to Feel a lot like December
The first flakes of snow have fallen across the state today. Rain and snow mix continues over the southern part of the state, while it is beginning to clear in western Iowa. Temperatures early this afternoon are still in the 30s to around 40, typical readings usually seen in the later part of November and …
Growing Season Ends Tonight
A Freeze Warning is in effect later tonight through Tomorrow morning for most of the state. The only exceptions are Lyon County in NW Iowa (which was under a freeze warning last night) and Muscatine, Scott, Louisa, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Van Buren and Lee counties in east central and southeast Iowa, which is under …
Weekend Football Forecast Week #7
Here is the Weekend Football Forecast for October 8-9th. Friday Night Football Kickoff: Partly Cloudy (east) Mostly Cloudy (west) 39°-47° Winds light and variable. End of Game: Increasing Clouds (east) Mostly Cloudy (west) Winds light and variable. Saturday Iowa State at Kansas in Lawrence, KS (11:30am) Tailgating: Cloudy with a 20% chance of rain Upper …
Rain Moving Out, Colder Weather Coming
The light to moderate rain that had fallen across most of the state this morning into the early afternoon hours is moving out of the state. Some drizzle or sprinkles are possible through the evening, but nothing more than that. Colder weather will move in tonight and will last through the early part of next …
The First Flakes This Weekend
The first flakes of snow is forecast this weekend. It will not accumulate and will be mixed with rain. Temperatures will be much colder than they were today, with highs in the mid 40s and low in the upper 20s to around 30. The next chance of rain will come tomorrow with a storm system …
Sprinkles and Wind
The wind has picked up this afternoon. Winds are sustained between 20-30mph with gusts over 40mph. A few sprinkles are also occurring. These won’t amount to much and will only last a minute or two before moving off. Skies will begin clearing later this evening, with sunshine returning on Wednesday. Temperatures will be in the …
Morning Rain
Rain and some rumbles of thunder continuing moving across the state early this morning. The heaviest rain is currently over the eastern part of the state, east of Interstate 35. There’s also some light to moderate rain over NW Iowa as well. It is moving off to the east around 25mph. It should clear out …