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The Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM) collects environmental data from cooperating members with observing networks. The data are stored and made available on this website.

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Woefully short
Posted: 06 Nov 2009 06:37 AMPermalink | Past Features | Tags
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Outside of a warm week or two this growing season, there was not much heat to speak of and our growing degree total was some 400 units short of average. The record cold in July really hurt as it should be the month where we accumulate the most GDDs. A very wet October did not help the still standing crops any as mold is now a major problem with the corn and soybean crops.

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2008: Snowfall common for today?2006: Democratic IEM
2005: Drought continues2003: It is November
2002: Fallish

IEM Data Networks:

ASOS  +  AWOS Airport stations reporting atmospherics.
DCP River gauges.
IaDOT RWIS Weather and roadway pavement data.
ISU AgClimate Ag, soil, & weather data.
NRCS SCAN Current soil and weather data.
USDA-ARS-NSTL Flux Various heat and CO2 fluxes
NWS COOP Climate observations.
School Net School weather stations.
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