Here are the record highs (tied or broken) so far for today. 76° at Des Moines (tied) 77° at Atlantic (broken) 73° at Dubuque (tied) 79° at Omaha NE (broken) 75° at Mason City (broken) As more reports come in this post will be updated. Also note Des Moines also broke the Highest Minimum temp …
Category: All of Iowa
Record Highs Today
At 1pm, all reporting stations in Iowa were in the 70s. Des Moines is at 75, only a degree away from tying the record high for the date. Mason City and Waterloo are only 2 and 3 degrees away. A few stations will likely break or tie the records for the date. A report on …
Continued Warm then Snow?
The next week could see a concoction of weather ranging from Tornadoes and large hail to snow. The week will start out very warm with record or near record highs Monday. Election Day will be a tad cooler but still well up in the 60s to low-mid 70s. Wednesday and Thursday will be the transition …
Severe Weather Still Possible Wed/Thurs
The Storm Prediction Center has outlined a large area in the middle of the country for the possibility of severe weather on Day 4 and 5 (Wednesday and Thursday of this coming week) Models continue to show a large storm system developing and moving through on those days. Tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds will …
Welcome to November!
Blizzards, tornadoes, icestorms, cold snaps, clock switching, frantic shopping and Turkey bring about the month of November in Iowa. Blizzards and or snow storms are fairly common in November, but tornadoes are not. Only 3 years ago however, there was a tornado outbreak in Iowa that killed one person (In Stratford) and injured many others. …
Severe Weather Returning?
A November surprise could be in store come Wednesday with the Storm Prediction Center looking at an area from Iowa southward to Texas for an outbreak of severe weather. This is based on a storm that will develop early in the week and move through the middle part of the country on Wednesday, the models …
Continued Warm
This “Indian Summer” weather will continue through Election Day with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Although a slight cool off tomorrow into the 50s and lower to middle 60s will happen with an upper level distrubance that could bring some drizzle in the eastern part of the state, the weather will continue to be …
College Football Forecast
Iowa @ Illinois in Champaign (Kickoff 2:30pm) Tailgating: Partly Cloudy Mid 50s Light Wind Kickoff: Partly Cloudy low 60s Light Wind becoming east (blowing across the field) End of Game: Partly Cloudy low-mid 60s East Wind 5-10mph Iowa State @ Oklahoma State at Stillwater (Kickoff 2:30pm) Tailgating: Sunny low-mid 60s Light wind Kickoff: Sunny low …
A Seventh Look at Election Day Weather
This is the seventh look at election day weather. The chances of rain has diminshed siginificantly for Election Day in Iowa. The best chances will be in the NW part of the state early in the day before it moves into Minnesota. A new storm system to the west will begin to take shape and …
Very Warm and Windy
Temperatures this afternoon have climbed well into the 70s in the central and western parts of the state while upper 60s remain elsewhere. Dry air and winds out of the south gusting to 25mph will continue to bring this mild weather in for the next few days. Temperatures will continue in the 60s and 70s …