The Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM) collects environmental data from cooperating members with observing networks. The data are stored and made available on this website.
Estherville Freezing Streak
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 05:33 AM, Views: 421
Tags: feb18
Since February 3rd, Estherville (NW Iowa) has been below freezing. This makes for an eighteen day plus stretch of hourly temperatures below 32 degrees. The featured chart shows the longest such stretches during the month of February for the site. Note that the period of record only goes back to 1987. The current forecast has a chance of breaching 32 degrees either today or on Saturday, but after the upcoming powerhouse storm the temperatures return to well below freezing again for another extended stretch.
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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.
Precipitation
Besides point observations of precipitation, the IEM also processes gridded rainfall products made available by NOAA. This information is archived and made available in GIS ready formats.
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