Temperatures dipped close to freezing this morning throughout most of the northern part of the state. The temperature fell to 32 at Spencer, 33 at Dubuque, 34 at LeMars, Monticello, Charles City, Oelwein, Sheldon, Clarion and Estherville. Des Moines only dropped to 41 (due to urban heat island). Temperatures tomorrow morning will be a few …
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Weekend Football Forecast
Nicholls State at Northern Iowa (Thursday Night) Mostly Sunny High 62° After the game low to mid 50s (Indoors) Friday Night Football: Partly Cloudy Kickoff: 55° (east) to 66° (west) Winds east 5-10mph. End of game 47°-56° Saturday Kansas at Iowa State in Ames Tailgating: Partly Cloudy Temperatures in the low to mid 50s. Kickoff: …
October at a Glance
The month of October is here and cooler weather will come this month. Leaves changing colors, frosty mornings, and possibly even the first snow. October has had heat waves and blizzards (both in 1997), so the weather can be quite volitile this month. The average temperatures drop off considerably this month. Below are the average …
Clouds Moving In
Some clouds have moved into the eastern part of Iowa this evening. This will keep temperatures up in the eastern part of the state, however the entire state will see lows tonight in the 40s with a few upper 30s in the cooler clear locations. Tomorrow, temperatures will be a degree or two cooler with …
Cool Weather For Days
Temperatures will be in the 60s today and that will continue for the next 7 days. Sunny to Partly Cloudy skies will prevail at least through Saturday before a storm moves in Sunday into Monday. There is a chance of 30s for the next few mornings in some of the cooler locations, no frost is …
Drier and Cooler
The rain has pushed out of the state this morning, leaving behind cooler and drier weather to the state. It has cleared west of Interstate 35 and sunshine should return to the eastern part of the state by mid to late afternoon. Rainfall amounts from this storm were anywhere between a few tenths all the …
Midnight Update
The complex of thunderstorms has moved well into Iowa at this time. The strongest storms were located from Fort Dodge to the Omaha Metro, with the light to moderate rain extending north into Minnesota and westward into Nebraska where four counties in and around Norfolk are under severe thunderstorm warnings until the bottom of the …
Storms into Western Iowa
Thunderstorms, some that have been recently severe in Nebraska are moving through the Siouxland area near Sioux City at 10:15. The rain shield extends as far east as Forest City and Garner. All of the rain currently is north of US Hwy 30. However the complex will overtake most of the state tonight into tomorrow …
8:30 Update
A few showers and embedded thunderstorms have developed NW of Fort Dodge. These storms are moving east at about 25 mph. A large complex of showers and thunderstorms was moving into SW Minnesota north of Sioux Falls. That will miss Iowa as it moves off toward Mankato and other communities SW of the Twin Cities.
Evening Update
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 11pm tonight just to the west of Iowa, in Nebraska and South Dakota. There has been several warnings in both states this afternoon including a tornado warning in South Dakota. These storms are moving east at 25 mph. The storms should reach the Missouri/Big Sioux River Valleys …