Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
Northern Iowa is nearing peak color this week and the color is nearly as good as it’s going to get and color is abundant and easily found. Peak will arrive by the end of this week here. A bit farther north peak color can already be found in northern Wisconsin where it is quite beautiful …
Fall color continues to increase this week especially in the north. Much of central Minnesota to northern Wisconsin is now enjoying high color conditions and should peak by this weekend. Reports from my family in northern Wisconsin where I’m from say fall color is good in that area this year. Closer to home northern Iowa …
Today, the only way you would have known it’s actually fall is from the scattering of color we currently have in our landscape. Other than that, today was a very summer-like day across the state. Temperatures were 20-30 degrees higher than average for this time of year with highs in the mid 80s to the lower …
We’ve had several nights now that have been in the low-to-mid 40s south to the mid 30s north. This has triggered some color change in earlier changing trees and a few of the mid-season species as well. This week the “Low” color category now covers the entire state of Iowa and even into northern Missouri …
It’s that time of year again! This is my first post of the fall color of the season and really there is not much to talk about right now in terms of fall color. Not only does it not really look much like fall it really doesn’t feel much like fall in terms of the …
We have reached late summer and the prairie continues to be bursting with ever-changing beauty. Right now sunflowers of many types are taking center stage alongside with continuing Indian grass and big blue stem that are in bloom. Goldenrods, Asters and others are also beautiful at this time. With all these plants in bloom now …
Did anyone feel the heat and humidity today? We sure are making up for some lost times we didn’t have this heat earlier in this summer. Today on warm southerly breezes highs soared to the low 90s in the far northern part of the state to the upper 90s across the south. The hottest overall …
As one can see it really is a sea of grasses! Grasses are the prime feature blooming in this prairie and all other prairies across the state. Grasses are one of the most important factors of a prairie and are often overlooked and ignored as most attention is on the crown jewels of the prairie- …
We really do live in a beautiful state and you can tell by taking a stroll through one of our native or restored prairies. We are now reaching the fourth month in a row of constant flowers that have continued to grace this native prairie remnant on the great western trail here in Cumming. There have …
Today we reached peak high temperatures as a part of our first significant heat wave of the summer which started late last week. Highs today rose from the mid 90s in the north to just a few degrees shy of 100.F in the south. Heat index values ranged from 100 to 110 especially in …