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Great Lakes Snow through Friday; High Winds in the Northern and Central Plains

A clipper storm will drop south from Canada today bringing wintry weather from the Upper Midwest to the Great Lakes through Friday. This system is expected to bring strong northerly winds to much of the northern and central High Plains this afternoon through Friday, with gusts up to 60 mph expected. Read More >

Climate/Almanac Data     -      Oct Normals     -     Oct Records
 
OCTOBER
 

 Site (Click site name for report)

Avg
Temp
Norm Dept
From
Norm
Precip
Total
Norm Dept
From
Norm
  Burlington 52.7° 55.4° -2.7°         5.72"          (8th wettest) 3.12" +2.60"
  Cedar Rapids 49.3° 50.6° -1.3° 3.87" 2.62" +1.25"
  Davenport 50.6° 51.7° -1.1° 6.70" 2.97" +3.73"
  Dubuque 48.1° 50.0° -1.9°         6.42"         (8th wettest) 2.66" +3.76"
  Iowa City 51.2° 52.0° -0.8° 7.22" 2.87" +4.35"
  Moline 52.4° 53.2° -0.8° 4.56" 2.97" +1.59"
The ranking is listed in parentheses (__) when within the "Top 10".
 
   October 2018 was approx 1 to 3 degrees below normal.
   Precipitation totals for October 2018 were wet, about 1.25" to 4.35" 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
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A LOOK AHEAD
 
 
November
Temperature Outlook
November
Precipitation Outlook
November - January
Temperature Outlook
November - January
Precipitation Outlook
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