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Areas of Excessive Rainfall from Southwest U.S. Monsoons; Monitoring Tropical Cyclone Formation Which Could Impact the Southeast U.S.

In Arizona and New Mexico, heavy to excessive rainfall from monsoon thunderstorms may bring isolated flash and urban flooding today into Sunday. Tropical wave (AL94) is likely to become a depression by late Friday or over this weekend in the vicinity of the Bahamas. Significant uncertainty remains in the track and intensity, but chances for impacts to the southeast U.S. coast are increasing. Read More >

Climate/Almanac Data     -      Oct Normals     -     Oct Records
 
OCTOBER
 

 Site
(Click site name for report)

Avg
Temp
Normal Dept
From
Normal
Precip
Total
Normal Dept
From
Normal
Snowfall
Total
Normal Dept
From
Normal
  Burlington 58.3° 54.2° +4.1° 4.59" 3.09" +1.50" NA NA NA
  Cedar Rapids 55.3° 50.7° +4.6° 6.21" (4) 2.91" +3.60" NA NA NA
  Davenport 57.8° 52.5° +5.3° 5.14" 2.70" +2.44" 0.0" NA NA
  Dubuque 55.5° 49.9° +5.6° 4.28" 2.93" +1.35" 0.0" 0.5" -0.5"
  Iowa City 57.7° 53.1° +4.6° 5.98" 2.98" +3.00" NA NA NA
  Moline 58.9° 53.7° +5.2° 4.94" 2.81" +2.13" 0.0" 0.3" -0.3"
The ranking is listed in parentheses (__) when within the "Top 10".
 
Temperatures for October 2021 were around 4 to 6 degrees above normal.
Precipitation totals for October 2021 were around 1 to 4 inches above normal
Please see Oct Records for monthly record information.
 
 
The climate maps below are courtesy of the Midwest Regional Climate Center.
These maps become available around 10am on the first of the month.
           
Average
Temperature
Average
Temperature
Departure from Mean
Accumulated
Precipitation
Accumulated
Precipitation
Percent of Mean
   
NA NA NA NA    
 
 
A LOOK AHEAD
 
 
November
Temperature Outlook
November
Precipitation Outlook
November - January
Temperature Outlook
November - January
Precipitation Outlook
NA NA NA NA