IEM Daily Feature
Friday, 15 February 2019
Friday, 15 February 2019
Hours Below Zero
Posted: 15 Feb 2019 05:33 AM
Some parts of Iowa enjoyed a brief warmup for Valentine's Day before a cold front swept
the state clean of the warm air and blew around the snow again causing travel troubles.
The wind and cold temperatures combined to produce sub zero wind chills again. The
featured chart presents stats on the frequency of having sub zero wind chills during the
Dec, Jan, Feb winter season for Des Moines. Of course while this February is only half
done, the totals this year aren't too bad when compared with other previous winters and
even less than last winter. The brutal winters of 1978 and 1979 are noticeable on this
chart. The current forecast indicates we will add to our totals with not much significant
warmth for the rest of this month.
Voting:
Good = 14
Bad = 0
Abstain = 1
Voting:
Good = 14
Bad = 0
Abstain = 1