Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
The past seven days have seemed like they came strait out of a week in April or even May! We’ve had an unprecedented warm spell with many days being in the 60s and three of those days in the 70s which is more 70+ degree days in February then Des Moines has ever had before. …
I was going to make a post about how to create winter interest in the garden but it seemed like we really didn’t have much of one this year. This month we’ve really only had 4 days with temperatures cool enough to call winter-like and the one time we did have a 3″ snowfall it …
Today the first flower of 2017 opened an award that goes to this single Snowdrop ( Galanthus Elwesii ) This is exactly one week later then last years first making it the second year in a row with mid winter blooms. This bloom comes earlier then the average first flower, typically Snowdrops bloom here about …
Wow did today’s weather make it feel like spring is around the corner, with a little less wind it would have been even better! Today’s warm spell was brought to us by a clipper system that impacted areas north and east of Iowa. Northeast Iowa did see a bit of snow from this system but …
Fall colors are continuing to quickly spread southward with the warm weather that we’ve been having. North Iowa, most of Minnesota and Wisconsin are now past peak or even leafless. Peak color conditions can be found in south Iowa and across parts of Illinois, and Nebraska. Missouri and Kansas along with southern Illinois is next …
Fall color is really being accelerated this week after last weeks cold snap and the past warm-up. North and northeastern Iowa which is famous for it’s fall color is experiencing high color conditions and they are just about to peak. Peak fall color is expected to hit this upcoming weekend in north Iowa including Spencer, …
Fall color is rapidly spreading across the heartland this week as we continue to roll through October. Moderate color can now be found across north Iowa. Mason City, Estherville, Orange City and Decorah are all reporting moderate color conditions ( 50% ). Color is this area is beginning to become abundant even brilliant in a …
It is that time of year once again! This is the first fall color report of the 2016 season but there really isn’t much to report, as least in Iowa. A warm late-summer time frame and plentiful summer rains seems to be putting a delay on fall colors across the state. Northern Iowa is reporting …
I had a learning experience over the past few weeks and I’d like to share what I learned with others! As I was strolling around the garden one evening looking at all the beautiful Black-Eyed Susans in bloom ( Yellow sunflowers above ) I noticed some dead dried leaves that appeared to have been eaten …
A few months ago Iowa Natural Heritage foundation, Warren County conservation and myself organized a volunteer event to help restore Cumming Prairie – a rare prairie remnant along the Great Western Tail in northwest Warren county. The restoration involved cutting out the numerous invasive non native trees, vines, and weeds that formed a thicket and …