The Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM) collects environmental data from cooperating members with observing networks. The data are stored and made available on this website.
'23-'24 Snowfall Departures
Posted: 25 Apr 2024 05:30 AM, Views: 193
Given the forecast to end April and the following week outlooks from CPC, Iowa may have seen the last snowfall of the season. So it is a good time to check in on how this season's total compared with climatology. The featured map presents NWS daily climate reporting site snowfall departures. A negative value indicates an accumulation below a climatological average. Most of the Midwest is shown in red with some very large departures found, including Mason City with 26 inches below average for the season! The lack of snow and associated snow cover have certainly helped spring be very warm over the region this year.
Rate Feature
Previous Years' Features
2023: Chilly End to April
2022: Windiest April?
2019: Large Gap
2018: April 4 PM Temps
2014: MOS Forecasts
2012: 80s for some
2011: 11 days below 60
2007: Heavy rain along Hwy 20
2006: Rain and cooler
2005: Reality Check
2003: Slipping South
2002: Brisk Thursday Morning
Steamboat Rock (US20), IA Webcam:
Most Popular (List Apps)
16 April NWS Data Outage [resolved]
Posted: 16 Apr 8:53 AM
15 April NWS Website Outage [resolved]
Posted: 15 Apr 9:54 PM
15 April GOES Outage [resolved]
Posted: 15 Apr 10:52 AM
3 April NWS Data Outage
Posted: 3 Apr 1:08 PM
2 April NWS Data Outage
Posted: 2 Apr 8:40 AM
Sign up for the Daily Bulletin
Current Website Performance:
Bandwidth: 39.8 MB/s
Total Website: 3,262 req/s
API/Data Services: 37.1 req/s
API Success: 100%
Soil Temperatures
Data from the Iowa State Soil Moisture Network is found on this website and daily soil temperature averages are used to produce the highlighted analysis.