Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
Did anyone notice the cold this morning? Today brought the coldest temperatures of the season, including a low of -22.F at Ames. It should be noted -20 below air temp or colder is not seen every year in this section of Iowa, so it is impressive. Here in Cumming, the low was -10.F the first …
Anyone feel anything different this morning? If you waited until today to shovel out your drive way, don’t worry you will! Especially if you have to do it by hand. Many are still shoveling out from a major snowstorm that hit over the weekend. The storm impacted an area from Nebraska all the way to …
Snowstorm Cumming, IA 2/1/15 Morning Update: Here in Cumming just SW of Des Moines we have gotten 8″ of wet heavy snow causing tree branches to break. Evergreens are getting the worst. Snowfall totals are ranging from 8-10″ so far in Central Iowa including the Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and Davenport metro areas to …
Winter. It’s not a season that many people think of as being important in the horticulture realm. When people think of winter they think of cold, snowcover and gray skies. Not a lot of which we had lately. Anyway, I feel winter is just a season of missed opportunity and it is actually in fact …
Everyone knew Friday was going to be a beautiful day, however what came as a surprise to many including myself was just how warm it got today! Temperatures ranged from the middle 40s around Marshalltown to the lower 60s towards Osceola. Sunny skies quickly depleted most of the snow cover in Southern and Central Iowa …
We have an ongoing ground blizzard taking place here in Iowa this evening causing many issues including total white out conditions and a no travel advisory being declared for the northern 1/3rd of Iowa. Anywhere from 45 to 50MPH wind gusts have been common with a few reports as high as 60MPH from such places …
Welcome to winter 2015! The areas first significant snowfall of the season arrived through the day yesterday delivering between 3 to as much as 7 inches of snow to south central Iowa. The snow came down quite intense at times creating near white out conditions in areas. It was this snow that lead to a …
Prairie remnants, a very rare look into Iowas past. I’ve done a few posts on prairie plantings in the past and now I’d like to turn attention to a very rare land type to raise awareness about them. Prairie remnants as they are called, are areas of land containing prairie plants that were “lucky” …
After a cold 10 days straight, a much welcomed warm up was brought into Iowa as a low pressure system opened the gates to the warmer air over the southern U.S. This sent 40s and 50s and even near 60 degree temperatures to the region. The warm up completely took away the snow cover in most …
This is a post made to make my viewers aware I’ve made a move at the end of October from Des Moines proper to Cumming. The reason for the move is because a to be closer to Ted Lare Garden Center, where I work. The move cut 45 minutes of driving out of my day …