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Plenty of warm days

01 Nov 2010 05:35 AM
With October now in the books, a look back on the number of days where the high was above average shows plenty of warm days were to be had for the month. In fact, October saw the largest number of days above normal for high temperature since last November and made for the eight month in a row where there were more than 15 days above average for high and low temperature. Based on IEM calculations, this is only the third time on record for Des Moines to have such a streak last eight months (1987 and 2006). November looks to start off on the cool side with mostly dry weather expected.

Voting:
Good: 51
Bad: 15

Tags:   oct10  

Better October than last year

22 Oct 2010 05:55 AM
The featured graph presents the daily high temperatures for the last four months of the year for this year and last along with the climatology and a blue line indicating the latest day of the year to have experienced a given temperature. The blue dots for this October show how much warmer it has been than last year's cross symbols. Last year did see a very mild November, so perhaps this November will be payback for all the warm weather we experienced this year. Highs today will be in the mid to upper 70s, which is well above the average near 60.

Voting:
Good: 65
Bad: 18

Tags:   oct10  

Still avoiding cold air

21 Oct 2010 05:53 AM
The featured map presents the percentile value of lowest temperature so far this fall versus previous falls. A good portion of the state is shown over 90%, which means the minimum temperature this year has been warmer than 90% of the previous years. The forecast does not contain any cold air outbreaks, but our chances of rain will be increasing.

Voting:
Good: 27
Bad: 6

Tags:   oct10  

Driest October so far

20 Oct 2010 05:47 AM
After an extremely wet summer, October has certainly reversed the trend and been extremely dry! In fact, according to IEM estimates, the driest first 19 days of October statewide on record. The featured charts presents this year's paltry total of 0.05 inches. It was only 3 years ago that the largest statewide accumulation occured just under 5 inches! The forecast does have increased chances of rain, so maybe our total for the month will increase!

Voting:
Good: 27
Bad: 2

Tags:   oct10  

Over achieving highs

11 Oct 2010 05:46 AM
Our recent stretch of dry weather has been accompanied by very warm day time temperatures. The featured chart presents the daily high and low temperature percentile value so far this month for Ames. High temperatures have been at or near record high temperatures for the past few days. Slightly cooler weather is expected this week, but still well above average values.

Voting:
Good: 20
Bad: 5

Tags:   oct10