Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
Snowy scene in our neighborhood January 20th 2012 A blast of actual winter hit the region this week and many were feeling it! Thursday we had cold temperatures that barely reached above zero and Friday we had a strong clipper system bring some descent snow to parts of the area. I thought it would be …
Regional weather view. A strong clipper system will cause a few issues in the Upper Midwest for the start of the weekend. A low pressure system will slide southeast, and bring heavy snow with it. Significant accumulations are possible in Northeast Iowa, Far southeastern Minnesota, Northern Illinois, and Southern Wisconsin. It clears out Saturday, and …
Regional weather view. A more active pattern will continue across the Upper Midwest. The next system will effect Minnesota with some minor snow. One big story will be the very cold arctic air showing it’s face for the 1st time across the Upper Midwest. The next system arrives Friday. Local and metro views. weather view. Note; In this forecast, highs …
New Feature There are a couple things new this morning. One of those new things is the starting of a new page here at my blog which I am excited to get going! Some viewers may have noticed a new tab bar has popped above the posts, and just below the header. The tab has …
Winter scene from a Rochester park. January 12th 2012 As odd as this is to say, winter has finally arrive to Southeastern Minnesota in the sense that this is the first time we’ve had a snowpack lasting more then one day since well before Christmas! two things were really noticed today, and that’s the snow …
Regional weather view. A significant change is in store for the Upper Midwest. It will go from a very mild pattern to way more winter-like for the middle part of this week. A storm system will impact the region Wednesday and bring snow, and it has the chance to bring significant snowfall to areas shaded …
West Downtown neighborhood January 10th 2012 Another beautifully mild day and sunny with highs in the mid to upper 50s and a low above freezing occurred here in Southeastern Minnesota! Today was a day that felt much like spring and nothing like winter with a high of 57.F at my location! Birds were signing and …
Front yard view Rochester,MN January 5th 2011 I left the snowcovered hills of Wisconsin this afternoon and arrived back in Southern Minnesota, and what a stunningly beautiful day to arrive back! As I left, the snow that fell in the New Years system was melting fast as the temperature was 44.F in my Clayton,WI yard. …
Regional weather view. A very un typical pattern continues to influence the Upper Midwest, instead of arctic airmass’s and snow, the region continues to have a mild winter more typical of Southern states! Highs on Thursday will be in the mid 60s in parts of Iowa, to as warm as the upper 40s in Southern …
2011 was a year of extremes across Southeastern Minnesota. Everything from extreme heat, fairly cold temps, to heavy rain and drought were experienced. This post will take a quick look at yearly extremes at Rochester. Becuase my station is too new, all the data was either gathered by me from an online search, or from …