weather

Despite climate change causing temperatures to rise in other parts of the U.S., here in Iowa, things are holding steady.

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Frost Advisory for 35 counties in Iowa Monday night into Tuesday morning. The Advisory includes the counties of; Butler, Bremer, Chickasaw, Fayette, Hardin, Grundy, and Black Hawk.
Low temperatures are expected to bottom-out in the mid-30s...

On Thursday, April 8, a bolt of lightning destroyed a pine tree at a High School in Wautoma, Wisconsin.
 
According to the National Weather Service: Air is a very poor conductor of electricity and gets extremely hot when lightning passes through it. How...

Will we have hotter than average weather this summer? YES according to the Farmers Almanac.

A highly-confusing weather term is set to be combined with other, more conclusive language.

After being treated to our first 70*+ day of 2021 on Monday, below normal temps will settle in Wednesday and Thursday, but FEAR NOT, the mercury will look to rebound for the first week of April.
The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center says that there’s a 60-70% chance o…

Cedar Rapids currently slated for 2-5 " of snow and a wintry mix

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 last time Cedar Rapids set a record high temperature was a very unusual day.