Weather

Bands of heavier show across Eastern Iowa and Northeast Missouri led to some localized higher amounts.

How is it that a river’s level can be measured at three feet, but the stream is so shallow, rocks are visible? The Gazette spoke with Quad Cities National Weather Service Hydrologist Matt Wilson to answer one curious Iowan’s question.

But severe weather events, like last year’s Winter Storm Elliott, could bring unexpected impacts.

Statewide average precipitation was 3.12 inches in October, but state is still 7 inches short of moisture this year.

Commissioner Doug Ommen says consumers can take preventative steps to protect themselves against the pressures caused by the exploding cost of reinsurance.

A strong cold front is bringing evening temps to low 30s and high 20s, promising frozen frights for trick-or-treaters.

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning that starts at 1 a.m. Saturday and expires at 9 a.m. in the northern counties and 8 a.m. in counties father south. The warning means that temperatures as low as 28 to 30 degrees are expected.

Belle Plaine is scraping the bottom of its water reserves and is searching for reprieve and solutions. It’s not the only Iowa town suffering amid the record drought.

The weather service said the advisory is generally north of Highway 30, but “patchy frost is possible” farther south down to the Interstate 80 corridor.

This is the first year that exceptional drought has been recorded in Eastern Iowa.

A look at Iowa’s most extreme weather and how records are determined and recorded.

The twister was short-lived and produced no known damage or injuries