Here is the chart for the temperature departures for 2008 in Iowa. It shows that after a warm early part to the year, temperatures fell below the yearly average by springtime and never fully recovered. A slight uptrend brought the levels closer to normal in the summer and into fall, but a cool November and …
Category: Year in Review
Year in Review: Precipitation
Here is the final precipitation totals for 2008 at selected cities across Iowa and surrounding states. Most places in Iowa were 5-15 inches above average for the year. The notable exception is in NW Iowa where rainfall was near or slightly below average. This extends northward into Minnesota and the Dakotas.
Year in Review: A Wide Range
Here are some links to the weather events of 2008 in Iowa and surrounding states. NWS Quad Cities NWS Des Moines
Year in Review: Warning List
It’s been awhile since I blogged about the warning list but now that 2008 is behind us, tabulations have been completed on the 2008 Warnings Lists for Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado Warnings. In Iowa, Des Moines led in both catagories (509, 130). Here is where NWS offices that include some parts of Iowa finished 2008 …
Year in Review: Tornadoes
The NWS in Des Moines has compiled the list of tornadoes in Iowa for 2008. The data can be accessed here. It shows that Iowa had 105 tornadoes for 2008, of which 60 were classified as EF0’s 36 as EF1’s, 6 EF2’s, 2 EF3’s and of course Parkersburg’s EF5. Only two tornadoes this year were …