snow

April showers are supposed to bring May Flowers, but what about April SNOW showers? Yeah, it's possible.
Since 1895, there's only been 31 years where is has NOT snowed in the month of April in Waterloo.
However, the NWS Climate Prediction Center says that April will begin with a warm up:
Above-normal t…

Ah yes, snow in March. Fun stuff, right? The record amount of snow to fall on March 15th in Waterloo is 9.5." That record was set in 1923 and I think it's safe that record will hold.
However, it's quite likely that after this storm system rolls through, it will be the sec…

**Updated Friday 3/12 at 5 AM**
Mother Nature can be cruel.
After setting record high temperatures in parts of Iowa on both Tuesday and Wednesday, there’s a chance that the state could get drilled by Winter Weather early next week…seriously...

The amount of snow encompassing the United States this week is wild. As Iowans, we are accustomed to dealing with deep drifts and bitter cold every winter. But other parts of the nation are not. As of 2/16, 73% of the country had snow on the ground...
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A video of several pandas playing in snow went viral this week.

Nearly two feet of snow fell to start the new year

We've been lucky enough to avoid sub-zero temperatures for the most part, but our luck is about to run out.

Cedar Rapids has nearly reached its normal annual snowfall, but it appears more is on the way soon.

After the latest storm system on Monday and Tuesday dumped Southwestern Iowa with over a foot of snow and a four-day total of over 11” in Waterloo (from 1/23-1/26), the snow is starting to add up across the state.
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities says that the current snow depth in Wat…

At least one city in the Midwest saw more snow yesterday than they've seen in a single day since the 1970s!