Category: Historical Weather

Historical Weather, Severe Weather, Storm Reports

Historical Wx: Dunkerton Tornado of 2000

This tornado would be remembered more for being similar to the Parkersburg-New Hartford Tornado 8 years later. Some of the same areas were hit by this tornado and again in 2008. Here is the watch that was issued just after 6pm that Thursday Evening. URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 264 STORM PREDICTION …

Historical Weather, Winter Weather

Record Low Max Set in Waterloo, Record Snowfall for Des Moines

…RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT WATERLOO IA… A RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 39 DEGREES WAS SET AT WATERLOO YESTERDAY…THURSDAY MAY 2. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 42 DEGREES SET IN 1909. RECORD EVENT REPORT…CORRECTED FOR DATE AND TIME IN HEADER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 150 AM CDT FRI …

Historical Weather, Severe Weather

Two Years Ago We were Quiet, The South However was Not

With our weather nice and warm this weekend, an anniversary of an outbreak that will be etched in the memories of those who were and those who weren’t effected by the April 27th 2011 outbreak comes around again today. Our weather that day was quiet and cool as the system that went on to produce …

All of Iowa, Historical Weather

Some Interesting Records Set

RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 0206 AM CDT SAT APR 20 2013 …RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED AT MASON CITY… A RECORD DAILY LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 35 DEGREES YESTERDAY TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET BACK IN 1928 FOR APRIL 19. $$ KLP RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES …

All of Iowa, Historical Weather, Winter Weather

Historical Wx: April Blizzard of 1973

When you think of April, you think of trees budding, grass beginning to turn green, flowers starting to poke out of the ground and bloom, farmers getting into their fields to prepare for Spring Planting and the first days you’re able to open the windows and let the fresh warm spring air in after a …

All of Iowa, Historical Weather, Winter Weather

Snowfall Totals from 2012 Blizzard (12/19-20th 2012) FINAL

Here are a list of snowfall reports from across the state and region. These are the FINAL totals as of the last update. There may be a few more additional after this time that will get inserted in later on. UPDATED at 8pm (12/21) Strawberry Point 15.2″ Sinsinawa WI 14.5″ Ankeny 14.5″ Dubuque Airport 14.2″ …

Historical Weather, Winter Weather

Record Daily Snowfall and Rainfall for Des Moines (12/19/2012)

RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1237 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 …RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL AND SNOWFALL SET AT DES MOINES IA… A RECORD RAINFALL OF 0.78 INCHES WAS SET AT DES MOINES IA YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 0.61 SET IN 1987. A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 5.6 …