Much of the western Midwest has already seen plenty of sub freezing weather this October. The featured map displays the number of hours below freezing based on the hourly NCEP RTMA. This analysis is very high resolution and nicely shows the impact of various water bodies, including the Missouri River in South Dakota. Much of Iowa is analyzed between 12 and 24 accumulated hours thus far. The weather forecast has temperatures above freezing for most of the state for the coming seven days.

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