Another morning of bitter cold across the state. Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Ottumwa, Waterloo have tied or set new records for the date. Burlington fell to -21° which broke the previous record of -20° in 1977. Cedar Rapids for the third straight day broke another record dropping to -28° which blew away the previous record …
Arctic Air Report
Frozen White Pine trees and Crystal blue skies! Northwest Wisconsin has been under an Arctic Blast Since Tuesday, Highs were not even above zero on Wednesday or Thursday and Wind chills got to as low as -40 below zero, this caused a lot of problems across the area, schools closed, and cars were shut down, …
Big Time Records Fall
Numerous records fell today from the blast of arctic cold. Spencer tied a record with a low of -27°. Sioux City set a new record this morning with a low of -20°. Burlington tied their record for the date with a low of -18°. Dubuque set a new record low for the date with a …
Bitter Cold
How’s waking up to a temperature of -28° with a wind chill of -52° sound? That what it was at 8am this morning in Cedar Rapids. By far the coldest readings seen in the state since last February and in some places since the 1996 Arctic outbreak. Here are some of the lows seen across …
Near Record Lows
Tonight temperatures will plunge to record or near record lows. Records for Thursday morning are generally in the low to mid -20s, the forecast is for temperatures to fall into the -20s in areas north of Interstate 80, while to the south it will drop only into the teens below zero. Wind chills will be …
Very cold night ahead!!!
Image from NWS With this image from the NWS We can see that Very cold temperatures are forecasted for tonight, as Arctic air continues to come in from the northwest. everyone should be ready for extremely cold temperatures tonight which will last though Thursday night. Weather map for Wednesday Night Thursday and Thursday Night. Update …
Dangerous Wind Chills through Friday
A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect for the following counties, Lyon, Sioux, Plymouth, Cherokee, Woodbury, Ida, Adair, Cass, Madison, Audubon, Crawford, Dallas, Guthrie, Mahaska, Marion, Polk, Warren, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Wapello, Wayne, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Van Buren and Lee. This will be in effect at least …
Final Tally of Jan 13th-14th Snow
Another storm, another round of snowfall across the state. The heaviest snowfall from this storm fell in roughly the same areas that had the heavy snow in the last storm. Anywhere from 4 to as much as 9 inches fell across an area from Parkersburg to Clinton. Unlike the last storm, the snow this time …
Welcome to Arctic Weather
At mid-afternoon locations in the northeastern part of the state have failed to crack 0. Cedar Rapids reported -8° at 2pm along with Mason City and Charles City. SW Iowa has warmed nicely, into the teens, with single digits elsewhere. Any snow that falls with the storm tonight will be very powdery snow (very little …
Bitter Cold and More Snow
If it wasn’t bad enough with temperature readings this morning well below zero, another round of 1 to as much as 5 inches of snow is expected late tonight through Wednesday with another Alberta Clipper that will scream southeastward across the state. Winter Weather Advisories are being issued for the NE half of Iowa for …