Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
A distressed arborvitae bush at my grandmas house after the snow was shaken off Jan 5th Dallas,WI This is a post reminding everyone with landscape shrubs to shake snow off of bushes as it accumulates, With this brutal winter we’ve had for snowfall it is especially important to remember this task. I’ve seen several homes …
A possible large storm system is expected to be very close to the state late this weekend. There is a chance of some accumulating snow with this system, with the heaviest accumulations right now looking to be setting up south and southwest of the state at this time. However, some minor accumulations across the state …
Light snow is currently moving through parts of the state this afternoon. It’s mainly going to effect the northern and northeastern sections of the state with no more than a dusting of snow. Travel is not expected to be impacted by this storm. Clouds will once again increase again after a short break tomorrow morning, …
The GFS Model run from this morning is showing the possiblity of a arctic cold snap coming back into the state at the middle to end of next week. The image shown above is the GFS model run a week from today. It shows a 1060mb high over Alberta heading SE toward the US. Although …
Regional Weather View The upper Midwest will be active this week with off and on snow, and off and on cold bursts. Minor accumulations are possible across much of the Northern and Eastern Upper Midwest. Temperatures will cool back down for Thursday. Local View Locally it we will have a cold day Tuesday, with sunshine …
Some light snow has been falling across the northeastern sections of the state this afternoon. Accumulations have been nothing more than a dusting or so, with the main roads not becoming too impacted by the light snow. This will be moving out of the state later this evening, with clearing skies following suit statewide tonight …
Here are the precipitation figures for 2010 for selected cities across the state and the midwest. It was a wet year once again across the state with every city sans Mason City seeing a rainfall surplus once again. Numerous locations saw 10″ surplusses, with Des Moines having the greatest amount with a 17 inch surplus. …
Here is a table of the average temperatures for 2010. Most of the state was within a degree or so of average, with all but Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa being above average by less than 2°. A warm summer and early fall led to this result, however December was rather cool with many locations between …
This is a post listing a summary of what my station seen for weather in 2010. 2010 was a very active year, many new weather experiences were met, starting from the least snowiest March, which lead into a more active then normal severe weather season. Following this we had a historically strong weather system in …
2011 is set to begin on a quieter note that the last few weeks of 2010 were. Outside of a few slight chances of snow at mid-week, no large storm systems will be making an appearance anytime soon. Temperatures will be near average for early January, with readings in the 20s to around 30 for …