Iowa weather: A windy and sunny day after yesterday’s rain (2024)

TEMPERATURES NOT TOO BAD TODAY. AND YEAH, IT’S PRETTY NICE. START TO OUR WEDNESDAY. WE PICKED UP A GOOD AMOUNT OF RAINFALL YESTERDAY AND AS EXPECTED, SOME TOWNS PICKING UP OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HERE. WITH THE STORMS THAT CAME THROUGH ON TUESDAY OVER HALF AN INCH IN DES MOINES, CLOSE TO AN INCH UP TOWARDS AMES. WE WERE OVER AN INCH IN GRINNELL, HALF AN INCH FOR PLACES LIKE MARSHALLTOWN. AND THEN WE DID HAVE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING UP IN ALGONA, WHERE THEY PICKED UP OVER THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL. AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK, IT’S ACTUALLY LOOKING REALLY DRY. WE’VE GOT REALLY NO BIG RAIN CHANCES HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEXT EIGHT DAYS. SPEAKING OF ALGONA, WE’VE GOT A PRETTY VIEW HERE UP IN THE CITY. WE’VE GOT A FEW HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE UPPER 70S. WE’VE GOT STRONGER WINDS TODAY SUSTAINED RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT 18MPH. WE’VE GOT A WEAK DISTURBANCE, A LITTLE ENERGY WAVE KIND OF PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA, AND THAT MAY SCRATCH ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. SO A FEW EXTRA CLOUDS, A CHANCE FOR A SHOWER STORM IS POSSIBLE HERE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BOONE ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. OTHERWISE, I THINK THE REST OF US WE’RE GOING TO STAY DRY WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS WE HEAD INTO OUR WEDNESDAY TEMPERATURES ARE COMFORTABLE IN THE UPPER 70S. WE’VE GOT LOWER HUMIDITY OUT THERE TODAY. THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. WINDS OUT OF THE WEST SOUTHWEST, SUSTAINED ANYWHERE BETWEEN ABOUT 15 TO 20MPH HERE FOR THE LUNCH HOUR. WIND GUSTS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT, UP TO ABOUT 25 30MPH. SO WE WILL HAVE A BREEZY DAY TODAY AND TOMORROW. THOSE WIND GUSTS STAYING OUT OF THE WEST HERE UP TO ABOUT 25 30MPH. THEY’LL GET A LITTLE BIT STRONGER AS WE HEAD INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS RIGHT AROUND LUNCHTIME. STRONGEST GUSTS FOCUSED ACROSS NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN IOWA, WHERE WE COULD SEE GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35, MAYBE 40MPH. IT WILL BE SUNNY AND DRY AGAIN AS WE HEAD INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. NEXT 12 HOURS LOOK LIKE THIS A COMFORTABLE AFTERNOON DOON WE SET I-CUBS ARE PLAYING. GREAT DAY FOR BASEBALL. ANY KIND OF AFTER WORK ACTIVITIES HERE. TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 80S TODAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS HERE AGAIN, THAT WEAK DISTURBANCE MAY BRING A SHOWER OR TWO ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. OTHERWISE WE CLEAR THINGS OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WE’RE BACK TO A MOSTLY SUNNY START TO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. TOMORROW LOOKS AWESOME AS WELL. WE’LL KEEP THE BREEZE AROUND, BUT MORE SUNSHINE EXPECTED HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW. THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON THOUGH COMFORTABLE, WE’LL KEEP THE BREEZE WITH US. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S AS WE HEAD CLOSER TOWARDS SEVEN AND 8:00 HERE THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WE FALL BACK INTO THE UPPER 50S FOR MOST SPOTS. A LITTLE BIT COOLER IN THOSE OUTLYING AREAS. TOMORROW’S FORECAST, UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. WE’LL KEEP THE BREEZE AROUND. MORE SUNSHINE EXPECTED HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW. EIGHT DAY FORECAST LOOKS LIKE THIS UPPER 70S ON THURSDAY. WE’LL KEEP IT INTO THE LOW 80S FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. GREAT LOOKING WEEKEND FOR THE POOL. OUTDOOR THINGS. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO HERE. WE’RE LOOKING REALLY NICE. TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY STAY AT BAY HERE RIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EVEN INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.