A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued until 10pm this evening for the following counties in Iowa, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott, Keokuk, Washington, Louisa, Jefferson, Henry and Des Moines. Gusty winds over 25mph are blowing the light fluffy snow around this evening. Visibilities will be reduced …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
What a Difference a Day Makes
Yesterday morning -34° at Waterloo, just a day and a few hours later at 11am this morning the temperature has blasted upward to 23°. A few places have even cracked the freezing mark, a long cry from the -15 to -35 degree readings. This is due to a warm front that has moved across the …
Dramatic Temperature Swings
This morning, it was brutually cold with readings in the 15 to 35 degree below zero range, but now at late afternoon all locations in Iowa (except Dubuque) have risen above zero! Some places have even reached the 20s ABOVE zero. Temperatures will hold steady or slowly rise (especially in the eastern half of Iowa) …
More Record Cold
Another morning of bitter cold across the state. Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Ottumwa, Waterloo have tied or set new records for the date. Burlington fell to -21° which broke the previous record of -20° in 1977. Cedar Rapids for the third straight day broke another record dropping to -28° which blew away the previous record …
Big Time Records Fall
Numerous records fell today from the blast of arctic cold. Spencer tied a record with a low of -27°. Sioux City set a new record this morning with a low of -20°. Burlington tied their record for the date with a low of -18°. Dubuque set a new record low for the date with a …
Bitter Cold
How’s waking up to a temperature of -28° with a wind chill of -52° sound? That what it was at 8am this morning in Cedar Rapids. By far the coldest readings seen in the state since last February and in some places since the 1996 Arctic outbreak. Here are some of the lows seen across …
Near Record Lows
Tonight temperatures will plunge to record or near record lows. Records for Thursday morning are generally in the low to mid -20s, the forecast is for temperatures to fall into the -20s in areas north of Interstate 80, while to the south it will drop only into the teens below zero. Wind chills will be …
Dangerous Wind Chills through Friday
A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect for the following counties, Lyon, Sioux, Plymouth, Cherokee, Woodbury, Ida, Adair, Cass, Madison, Audubon, Crawford, Dallas, Guthrie, Mahaska, Marion, Polk, Warren, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Wapello, Wayne, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Van Buren and Lee. This will be in effect at least …
Final Tally of Jan 13th-14th Snow
Another storm, another round of snowfall across the state. The heaviest snowfall from this storm fell in roughly the same areas that had the heavy snow in the last storm. Anywhere from 4 to as much as 9 inches fell across an area from Parkersburg to Clinton. Unlike the last storm, the snow this time …
Welcome to Arctic Weather
At mid-afternoon locations in the northeastern part of the state have failed to crack 0. Cedar Rapids reported -8° at 2pm along with Mason City and Charles City. SW Iowa has warmed nicely, into the teens, with single digits elsewhere. Any snow that falls with the storm tonight will be very powdery snow (very little …