Prolonged, Intense Heat Wave; Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Rockies; Severe Weather in the Central US

Extremely dangerous heat will persist from the Midwest to the East Coast into late this week. Monsoonal moisture may produce excessive rain and considerable flash flooding and debris flows, especially near recent burn scar areas in New Mexico and west Texas. Severe storms are possible this evening from the southern/central Plains into the Great Lakes, and the northern/central Plains Tuesday. 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	52.2°	54.2°	-2.0°	1.91"	3.09"	-1.18"	NA	NA	NA
Cedar Rapids	50.3°	50.7°	-0.4°	1.90"	2.91"	-1.01"	NA	NA	NA
Davenport	51.6°	52.5°	-0.9°	1.08"	2.70"	-1.62"	T	NA	NA
Dubuque	50.1°	49.9°	+0.2°	0.97"	2.93"	-1.96"	0.0"	0.5"	-0.5"
Iowa City	51.9°	53.1°	-1.2°	0.82"	2.98"	-2.16"	NA	NA	NA
Moline	52.7°	53.7°	-1.0°	0.86"	2.81"	-1.95"	T	0.3"	-0.3"