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Precision Agriculture Weather Forecast For CLINTON CountyFor Your Farm PointAgCast...Click here. Regional Hourly Observations For CLINTON County Issued at 200 PM CDT FRI APR 26 2024 NORTHEAST IOWA CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS CEDAR RAPIDS RAIN 49 48 97 E32G43 29.63F FOG TC 9 CHARLES CITY * CLOUDY 48 48 100 SE31G41 29.70F FOG TC 9 CLINTON * LGT RAIN 47 32 56 SE24 29.85F TC 8 DECORAH * CLOUDY 48 45 87 SE15G25 29.80F TC 9 DUBUQUE LGT RAIN 47 44 90 SE23G37 29.85F TC 8 MONTICELLO * LGT RAIN 48 46 93 E24G37 29.79F FOG TC 9 OELWEIN * PTSUNNY 48 48 100 E20G30 29.77F FOG TC 9 WATERLOO LGT RAIN 50 46 86 E18G29 29.73F TC 10
Current Agricultural Weather Conditions in Iowa Based on observations at 200pm CDT, Friday April 26, 2024 Across Iowa...temperatures are near 57 degrees west, near 57 degrees central, and near 49 degrees east. Current sky conditions are light rain west, cloudy central, and light rain east. In the west, relative humidity is near 96%, and the dew point is near 56 degrees. In the central part of the state, relative humidity is near 86%, and the dew point is near 53 degrees. In the east, relative humidity is near 93%, and the dew point is near 47 degrees. There is patchy fog west. Winds are from the southeast at 21 mph with gusts at 29 mph west, where conditions are not favorable for spraying due to strong winds and light rain. Winds are from the southeast at 15 mph central, where conditions are not favorable for spraying due to strong winds. Winds are from the east at 18 mph with gusts at 28 mph east, where conditions are not favorable for spraying due to strong winds and light rain. Based on current available observations, the highest temperature is 68 degrees at Clarinda. The lowest temperature is 47 degrees at Mason City, Dubuque, and Clinton.
Current NOWCAST not available: Nowcasts are not issued routinely during fair weather. Only when precipitation or other significant weather is occuring in this county will these forecasts be issued. Currently, there is no short term forecast in effect. 
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Hazardous Weather Outlook For CLINTON County,IA 351 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 DAY ONE TODAY AND TONIGHT Showers and a few non-severe thunderstorms will lift across the Outlook area today. Tonight, scattered thunderstorms are possible. A few of the storms could produce large hail to around quarter size and damaging winds to 60 mph. The Storm Prediction Center has much of the Outlook area in a level 1 out of 5, or Marginal risk for severe weather, with a level 2 out of 5, or Slight risk for portions of eastern Iowa and northeast Missouri. DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY Additional rounds of thunderstorms are expected late Saturday afternoon through Sunday. Severe weather will be possible with large hail and damaging winds the main threats. Tornadoes can't be ruled out, but they appear to be a lower threat at this time. The rounds of heavy rainfall could eventually lead to some flooding issues as well. The Storm Prediction Center has the entire Outlook area in a Slight risk, or level 2 out of 5 for Saturday. On Sunday, a Slight risk covers much of the area along and south of Interstate 80, with a Marginal risk to the north. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT Spotter activation will likely be needed at times through Sunday. GENERAL STORM MOTION OF THE DAY: Toward the northeast at 40 to 50 MPH.
7-Day Forecast For CLINTON County, IA 115 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 THIS AFTERNOON TONIGHT SATURDAY SATURDAY NIGHT SUNDAY SUNDAY NIGHT MONDAY MONDAY NIGHT TUESDAY TUESDAY NIGHT WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THURSDAY
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Almanac Information Friday April 26, 2024 the 117th Day of Year --------------------------------------------------- SUN Declination 14.010000 Distance 0.999718 AU Rise 07:15 EDT Set 21:09 EDT Transit Meridian 14:11 EDT Civil Twilight Begins 06:46 EDT Ends 21:38 EDT Calculations made for central point in the state. Time in ET -- and will vary due to location and elevation -- Priddy Historical Weather And Climate Facts For Today APRIL 26TH HISTORIC WEATHER EVENTS ...1834... Killer frosts were reported in the Deep South. The frost was quite severe around Huntsville AL, and highlighted a backward spring in the South that year. (David Ludlum) ...1978... An unusually strong occluded front swept out of the Gulf of Alaska and produced the first April thunderstorm of record at Fairbanks. Pea size hail fell northeast of Fairbanks from thunderstorms whose tops were less than 8000 feet. (The Weather Channel) ...1984... Severe thunderstorms associated with an intense cyclone spawned a total of forty-seven tornadoes in two days from Louisiana to Upper Michigan. The tornadoes killed 16 persons and injured 259 others. (Storm Data)
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