Temperatures have warmed nicely on Thanksgiving with 50s and 60s reported in Iowa. For Ames, today is the warmest day since the first of the month (23 days). The featured chart presents the number of days prior to Thanksgiving that were cooler than the high temperature on Thanksgiving. This year's total is the second longest on record! Reality will set back in with highs back below average by next week.

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Forecasted high temperatures for Thanksgiving look to be well below freezing. The featured chart presents the high and low temperature for Thanksgiving's past at Des Moines. This should be the coldest day since 1995 and only warmer than way back in 1985. Another big story are the driving conditions over the upper midwest with icey and snowy expected to cause travel difficulties. For Iowa, these impacts look to be limited over the northern half of the state. Regardless of the cold and ice, have a great Thanksgiving!

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The featured chart shows the observed frequencies of precipitation for the 7 days around Thanksgiving for Ames. The chart does not indicate any increased observance of precipitation on or near Thanksgiving. The actual forecast for this week has precip chances every day until Friday, with a chance of some snow on Wednesday into Thursday.

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