This morning was a very chilly morning for Iowa and the entire Midwest, thanks to a huge area of high pressure which brought a large chuck of cold air southward across the middle of the country. Lows for the first time this season fell into the middle to upper 30s. Frost was reported in such …
Author: Derek McKay
September 9th storm report-Central Iowa
Southern Iowa is still dealing with the effects from flooding from our recent rains September 9th when a frontal boundary caused the storms to develop that dropped 3-5″ of rain in some areas, but especially in Madison and Warren counties. Flash flooding was reported in Winterset, Norwalk, Spring Hill and Indainaola areas and included the …
September 4th warm temperature report
Today was a toasty and windy day across Iowa as strong southwesterly winds brought the highs into the lower to middle 90s. Heat index values were over 100.F. The warmth was thanks to a low pressure system to our north causing the warm air to surge in on winds that gusting to 30MPH at …
August 31st Severe Weather Report
Severe storms tracked all the way from eastern Nebraska and western Iowa before reaching the local area around 9pm last night in the form of a very large line that stretched across the entire state. This line produced wind damage, heavy rain and flash flooding in our areas as in dropped another 2-3″ of rain …
August 28th rainfall report
What a wet month this is turning out to be, more bouts of heavy rain impacted central Iowa yesterday, first in the morning, and then again in the evening hours. The morning storms brought half inch to an inch. The photo above was taken in Downtown Des Moines as a low cloud deck was set …
August 25th Warm temp report
Yesterday and today brought very hot weather and high humidity to southern Iowa as a warm front lingered and eventually passed north of our area drawing in the heat. Highs were in the lower to middle 90s for about 4-5 days and dewpoints were in the middle to upper 70s each day producing heat index …
Central Iowa rainfall reports
A stationary front is to thank for bringing the resent rainfall across southern Iowa late last night and this afternoon. The rain was needed to continue to add moisture to lawns and crops after a warm and fairly dry end to July and start to August. Even more added news is the rain was not …
It’s dry-is it really time to start watering plants?
June was very wet with 9.16″ of rain falling in Des Moines. 4.22″ above normal, Flooding was an issue at that time, but now, the weather has turned warm in the 80s and its been dry, gardens are really starting to dry out. Looking at precipitation July ended the month 2.58″ below normal. I’ve noticed …
Iowa Prairies & Using native grasses in your garden!
100s of miles of lush green tall grass prairie as far as you could see, beautiful shades of grasses and rare flowers covering the landscape with a spotty tree here or there is what you used to be able to see in Iowa before it was plowed for farmland. Before becoming populated Iowa was …
A pallet of color! Incorporating annuals into your garden
Many of gardeners have seen annuals in beautiful pots and hanging baskets that grace our yards an cities streets, but what about adding them into our perennial flower beds? Today I’m going to talk about how you can use annuals in perennial flower beds as well, if fact some flower beds are nothing but annuals …