Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Watching Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Heavy lake effect snow will continue in the Great Lakes into Wednesday before another storm brings a widespread general snow followed by another round of heavy lake effect snow. A wide-ranging winter storm will produce great swaths of heavy snow, sleet, and treacherous freezing rain from the southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South starting Friday and shifting toward the East Coast through Sunday. Read More >

Climate/Almanac Data - Jan Normals - Jan Records

JANUARY

Site (Click site name for report)	Avg Temp	Norm 1991-2020	Dept From Norm	Precip Total	Norm 1991-2020	Dept From Norm	Snow Total	Norm 1991-2020	Dept From Norm
Burlington	30.5°	24.3°	+6.2°	1.77"	1.45"	+0.32"	NA	NA	NA
Cedar Rapids	25.0°	19.6°	+5.4°	1.42"	0.95"	+0.47"	NA	NA	NA
Davenport	28.4°	21.9°	+6.5°	1.80"	1.14"	+0.66"	7.2"	NA	NA
Dubuque	25.3°	18.8°	+6.5°	2.38"	1.32"	+1.06"	9.6"	10.7"	-1.1"
Iowa City	27.7°	22.8°	+4.9°	1.56"	1.04"	+0.52"	NA	NA	NA
Moline	30.9°(9)	23.3°	+7.6°	2.17"	1.66"	+0.51"	5.7"	10.8"	-5.1"

The ranking is listed in parentheses (__) when within the "Top 10".

January 2023 was about 5 to 7.5 degrees above normal. It was the ninth warmest January in Moline!
Precipitation totals were about 1/3 to 1 inch above normal.
Snowfall totals were about 1 to 5 inches below normal.

Please see Jan Records for monthly record information.

The climate maps below are courtesy of the Midwest Regional Climate Center.

These maps become available around 10:30am on the first of the month.


Average Temperature	Average Temperature Departure from Mean	Accumulated Precipitation	Accumulated Precipitation Percent of Mean	Accumulated Snowfall	Accumulated Snowfall Percent of Mean