Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
Nine years ago, the towns of Parkersburg and New Hartford were decimated by arguably one of the most destructive tornadoes in this states history. The tornado was the first F5 or EF5 tornado in Iowa since one hit Jordan on June 13, 1976, and the second deadliest in Iowa since official record-keeping began in 1950 …
What a beautiful Saturday we had today! Besides a bit of southerly winds, sunshine was plentiful and temperatures were warm enough to open windows and even be outside with shorts on. It felt like spring for sure and many even did spring yard activities consisting of raking and cleaning out flower beds. Lack of snowcover, …
The past couple of days have really felt like spring with highs in the 40s north ranging to the 60s south. In some cases it felt on the verge of summer with highs topping out in the 70s in southwestern Iowa, pretty impressive for late February! The warm air was pumped northward as a large …
The past two days offered relief from the arctic air that was in place earlier this week. In typical Iowa fashion, the weather made a 360 degree turn from the cold air, and today it was some 30-to-40 degrees warmer. Areas in the south and central part of state had highs soar to the 40s to …
The recent weather has many questioning not just around Iowa, but all over the Midwest how odd it has been lately. The biggest thing coming into conversation is the abundance of rain and the lack of snow and incredible December warmth that has been in place since fall started. Basically, we are totally lacking a …
We are approaching a very historical marker in Des Moines this week. We are coming very close for the latest freeze record, a record that currently goes to November 11th. As of today, November 10th it has yet to freeze at Des Moines. The coldest so far being 34 and the forecast the next couple …
It felt more like summer today then it did early November as highs climbed to the upper 70s to just shy of 80. Levels which are more typical for the end of August! These temperatures were brought on by strong southerly winds up to 30MPH with a warm airmass that is entrenched across the eastern …
Today, the only way you would have known it’s actually fall is from the scattering of color we currently have in our landscape. Other than that, today was a very summer-like day across the state. Temperatures were 20-30 degrees higher than average for this time of year with highs in the mid 80s to the lower …
Numerous Records were broken this morning across the state as temperatures nose dived below zero. Here is the list. …RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT WATERLOO IA… A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -15 DEGREES WAS SET AT WATERLOO IA YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF -13 SET IN 1913. (This occurred before Midnight last night …
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 529 PM CST MON FEB 17 2014 …RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT WATERLOO IA… A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 4.7 INCHES WAS SET AT WATERLOO IA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 4.0 INCHES SET IN 2008. $$ KS