On February 3, 1996, the town of Elkader, in Clayton County, tied a state record with a frigid temperature of -47*.
**The town of Washta (Cherokee County) also claims that it was also -47* in 1912.
A day later, the city of Tower, MN, set a record of -60*...
The high temps in January weren't anything to get too excited about, and thankfully it didn't get terribly cold...but all that is about to change for the first weekend of February.
In January, the mercury in Waterloo failed to get higher than 40*...
So far in December, Waterloo-area residents have been spoiled with above normal temperatures in over half the days so this month, highlighted with a record-high of 60* on 12/10.
...but all that is about to change.
According to the National Weather Service in Des Moines, Tuesday's high temperatures once again reached the 40s and those temperatures continued through the overnight hours into early We
Dreaming of a White Christmas? A 'White Christmas' is defined as having at least one inch of snow on the ground on the morning of December 25th. Although some consider it a ‘White Christmas’ if it’s actually snowing on Christmas Day.
Regardless, according to Climate...
This afternoon, Mother Nature is playing a bit of a trick on Iowa. All week, we were teased with "Temps will reach into the 70s on Thursday"...WRONG.
As of 2:30, the temperature in Waterloo is 45*. It's 43* in Oelwein. In Charles City, it's 39*...
Bundle up, it's about to get CHILLY in Iowa. The National Weather Service in Des Moines released its 6-10 day outlook and it's going to be C-C-C-COLD.
We can expect HIGH temps maybe in the 30s with low temps dipping into the teens. Ouch...