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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"
The ranking is listed in parentheses (__) when within the "Top 10".
 
Temperatures for October 2022 were around normal to 2 degrees below normal.
Precipitation totals for October 2022 were around 1 to 2 inches below 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