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Severe Thunderstorms Possible in the South Central U.S.; Wildfire Smoke Impacts in the North Central U.S.; Severe Space Weather

Scattered severe thunderstorms may bring large hail and isolated damaging winds this weekend over parts of the south central U.S. Smoke from Canadian wildfires will bring air quality issues to parts of the north central U.S. this weekend. Moderate to Severe geomagnetic storm conditions will remain possible into early Monday following a strong coronal mass ejection from the sun. Read More >

Climate/Almanac Data     -      Sep Normals     -     Sep Records
 
SEPTEMBER
 

 Site (Click site name for report)

Avg
Temp
Norm Dept
From
Norm
Precip
Total
Norm Dept
From
Norm
  Burlington 69.1° 67.4° +1.7° 6.02" 3.52" +2.50"
  Cedar Rapids 65.7° 62.8° +1.2° 6.69" 3.16" +1.30"
  Davenport 66.5° 63.3° +3.5° 6.87" 3.06" +3.81"
  Dubuque 64.4° 62.0° +2.4° 8.93" 3.46" +5.47"
  Iowa City 67.3° 64.2° +3.1° 7.05" 3.39" +3.66"
  Moline 68.3° 65.4° +2.9° 5.17" 3.09" +2.08"
The ranking is listed in parentheses (__) when within the "Top 10".
 
September 2018 was about 1 to 3 degrees above normal.
Precipitation totals were well above normal ranging from 1.3" above normal at Cedar Rapids to almost 5.5" above normal at Dubuque.
Please see Sep 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
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A LOOK AHEAD
 
Climate Prediction Center
 
October
Temperature Outlook
October
Precipitation Outlook
October - December
Temperature Outlook
October - December
Precipitation Outlook
NA NA NA NA