Above is the chart of temperature departures from average through Monday. Most of the state is about 5° below average for the first 60 days of the year. Dubuque has less snow on the ground and has been warmer than the rest of the state for a number of weeks now, while the western part …
Category: All of Iowa
Hitting 40
The warmup continues this week with temperatures hitting and even exceeding the 40 degree mark. Skies will remain mostly sunny allowing the snowpack to continue to melt slowly across the state. The next chance of any precipitation will move in on Saturday with a chance of rain at that time. The amounts as of now …
A Calm Cool Week for Girl’s State BB
This upcoming week looks to stay quiet with little if any precipitation effecting the state. Temperatures will be in the 30s for highs most of the week, with lows in the teens to around 20. Typically the week of Girl’s State Basketball Tournament in Des Moines brings up the numerous times over the years that …
Severe Weather Guesses
With Spring just around the corner, severe weather will soon follow. It’s time for you the reader to take a guess as to when the state of Iowa will have its first Severe Thunderstorm Warning of the year. Pick the date and what county you think it will be issued for. Also we will guess …
Middle of the Night Notes
Cold and dry weather will be the norm for the next couple of days across the state. Tonight readings will drop back into the single digits above and below zero. This will be the last night of such an occurance at least for the next two weeks. A slow warm up in temperatures will begin …
Another Sub-Zero Night
Tonight will see clear skies and light winds, which will lead to temperatures dropping back below zero. Most of the state fell below zero last night with a few locations even dropping in the teens below zero. Temperatures tonight will be similiar to this morning with a few locations dropping a few degrees lower. A …
Cold is the Word
Cold NW Winds continue to blow across the state tonight, bringing with it some blowing snow and isolated reduced visibilities and partly covered road conditions. Along with it, a Wind Chill Advisory has been issued from 2am until 9am Wednesday morning for the following counties, Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Palo Alto, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Mitchell, …
Cold and Blustery
The week begins after another snow storm moved across the state dropping anywhere between a dusting in the far northern parts of the state to 4-5 inches+ further to the south. The skies today will be partly cloudy with highs generally in the 20s. A cold front will move into the state from the northwest …
Snow for the South
The ever changing warnings and advisories further to the south have led to much of the northern parts of the state that will recieve little if any snow from this storm system. The Winter Storm Warnings are in effect through Monday in the southern two tiers of counties with Winter WX Advisories along the northern …
Very Snowy through early Monday
Winter Storm Warnings continue through Monday for most of the southern part of the state with Winter WX Advisories along the northern fringe. Winter Storm Warnings include the following counties, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery and Page from Midnight tonight until 6am Monday. Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Wapello, Warren …