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. …
Winter looks to make its return to at least part of the state this evening and on through the day on Friday. Rain or in some locations a rain/snow mix is expected to start later this afternoon with those area seeing a mix switching to all snow overnight. Northwest Iowa will see the heaviest totals …
Today felt more like we are approaching summer instead of mid winter as warm southwesterly breezes brought unprecedented warmth into our state. Highs ranged from the lower to middle 70s across the south to 50s and 60s across the north with numerous daily record high temperatures being broken, in some cases by quite a few …
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 …
Snow will continue to taper off today, however winds will pick up resulting in blowing snow, especially in those areas that received higher amounts overnight. A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for much of northern Iowa through the day today. A Winter Weather Advisory also remains in effect for several counties where they received …
The National Weather Service has expanded the Winter Storm Warning area in a few places this morning ahead of today’s storm. Things look on track for heavy snow across northern portions of the state with the heaviest across the northwest where they may see over a foot in some locations. A Winter Weather Advisory runs …
At this hour much of the state remains under an Ice Storm Warning with northern and eastern Iowa under a Winter Weather Advisory. The primary concern remains to be the accrual of ice on streets, sidewalks, trees, and power lines as most of this will fall as freezing rain. Far northwest Iowa may see some …
The Iowa Department of Public Safety has issued an AMBER Alert for two brothers abducted from Des Moines, Iowa on December 28th. Landon Griffin, 12, and Morgan Griffin, 11, were abducted by their non-custodial mother Mary Andrea Purcell, 35. Purcell may be driving a Gold or Brown 2003 Chevrolet Suburban with Iowa plates C R …