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For those needing a place to cool off from this week's temperatures, several local organizations are opening their doors.

Thursday, June 3, is Heat Awareness Day. Heat is the #1 weather-related killer in the United States, resulting in hundreds of fatalities each year. It is NEVER safe to leave a child, disabled person, or pet locked in a car on a hot day. 24 child...

The National Weather Service in Des Moines says that the upcoming first weekend of June will be HOT in Waterloo. The ‘normal’ high temperature for the first week of June is right around 80*. Beginning this Friday and continuing through the weekend, the high temperatures are forecast to be right at 90* and only cooling off to the upper-80s for highs on Monday and Tuesday, June 7 and 8. During that

The first month of the year is NEVER a warm one in Iowa. The "normal" average high temperature in January is in the upper-20s while the average low hovers around 10*. The warmest it has EVER been in Waterloo (According to records kept by the National Weather Service) occurred on 1/26/2002 when the mercury reached a towering 65*...

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*...

It's been a hot one in the Copper State. On Monday, October 13th, the city of Phoenix reached its 143rd day of 100° heat or higher. According to the National Weather Service in Phoenix, this ties the previous record for a calendar year with 1989...

However, the beginning of the month has been rather chilly

From Summer to Winter in Less Than One Day

A possible swing of high temperatures of 35* could occur in just 48 hours!

Possible Record-Breaking Heat This Week in Iowa