Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
Today was Iowa’s first real shot at cold, and coming out of a very mild December, this cold really felt like it had a punch to it. Low temperatures this morning were basically below zero statewide from -15° or colder across the north to around -2° across the south. Even though today was very sunny, …
A bitterly cold day of several in the forecast makes it’s debut today with high temperatures across the state ranging from a quality 3 degrees in Sioux Falls to right around the freezing point in the southeast at 32. Temperatures are already frigidly cold this morning, in the lower single digits for many, with wind …
BITTER COLD ARRIVING: The cold air from the northwest will be moving into the state today. This will change the precipitation over to a rain snow mix and then to snow by the time the precipitation ends Saturday morning. The northern and western counties will have had snow from the beginning and will see that …
SOME RAIN, SNOW, WIND: A wintry mix will start out the morning for most of the state with only the southern counties seeing rain for most of the day. The central counties will see a mix of snow, sleet and possibly freezing rain switching to all rain by the late morning hours. The northern counties …
RAIN AND SNOW: You can say goodbye to the sun for a while as clouds will be increasing through the day with a chance of some rain and snow in our western counties by the afternoon. The rest of the state should see the mix of wintry precipitation as we head into the evening and …
SEASONABLY WARM: A few warm days ahead with clouds on the increase as well ahead of the next system coming the middle of the week that looks to last until the first part of the weekend. Ahead of that however, we will see warmer readings with temperatures in the 20s and 30s for highs today …
Two tornadoes were confirmed from the event back on the 23rd of December. (The other 2 not listed were in the Illinois counties that NWS Quad Cities serves. Yes I know, there’s snow on the ground and it’s cold. TORNADO # 3 – HIAWATHA…IA… RATING: EF-1 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.25 …
NEW YEAR BEGINS: The first few days of 2016 will feature plenty of sunshine and near seasonal readings in the 20s and 30s for highs and lows in the upper single digits and teens. A disturbance will drop through the Great Lakes late Saturday night into Sunday with a chance of some snow showers there. …
A QUIET END AND BEGINNING: As we end 2015 and begin 2016, both days look dry with sunshine with temperatures in the upper teens through the 20s today and a few degrees warmer on Friday. Heading into the first weekend of the New Year, temperatures will slowly rise a few degrees as some Pacific air …
It’s easy this time of year to get a little sick of Snowcover and has many to wonder what good is having snow anyway? Actually snowcover has many benefits especially to landscaping and I’m going to discuss just how a nice thick blanket of snow can do wonders for the yard and garden! Currently …