It has been pretty evident for weeks that September was going to end up in the state record books for precipitation, the only question was the final total. State climatologist Justin Glisan says the preliminary numbers show a statewide average of about 8 inches. ...
There’s still more than ten days left in September — but it is already one of the wettest in history for some parts of Iowa. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the amount of rain so far this month is unprecedented. “It’s been extremely unusual,...
State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the heat dome that settled over Iowa in August had an impact on both temperatures and the amount of rainfall. “The average temperature preliminarily is about 1.2 degrees above the 30 year climatology. So warmer than average...
State Climatologist Justin Glisansays Iowa and the entire upper midwest saw a warmer July with the average temperature about 77 degrees — or three degrees above average. “So, with 154 years of records, preliminarily the 25th warmest July on record, with...
June is normally the wettest month of the year in Iowa and State Climatologist Justin Glisan says around half of the state did see record precipitation. “If you take a line from the northeast corner to the southwest corner, basically stations southeast of that...
