Bitter cold weather continues Saturday into Sunday with a warmup coming to start the week
Think it’s cold outside? It is.
Friday the high temperature reached 6 degrees, with a low of -5 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
How cold did it get across Iowa?
Here are some of the low temperatures Weather Underground recorded on Jan. 19.
1 Muscatine.
1 Davenport.
0 Burlington.
0 Ottumwa.
0 Centerville.
0 Creston.
0 Dubuque.
0 Keokuk.
0 Fairfield.
-2 Atlantic.
-2 Denison.
-2 Audubon.
-2 Council Bluffs.
-3 Cedar Rapids.
-3 Chariton.
-3 Allerton.
-3 Albia.
-3 Waterloo.
-3 Lamoni.
-3 Knoxville.
-3 Marshalltown.
-3 Newton.
-3 Osceola.
-3 Toledo.
-3 Ames.
-3 Pella.
-3 Ankeny.
-3 Perry.
-3 Grinnell.
-3 Grundy Center.
-3 Iowa City.
-3 Mount Ayr.
-3 Guthrie Center.
-3 Iowa Falls.
-3 Johnston.
-3 Waukee.
-3 Altoona.
-3 Clive.
-3 Indianola.
-3 Sioux City.
-3 Le Mars.
-5 Mason City.
-5 Des Moines.
-5 Forest City.
-5 Hampton.
-6 Pocahontas.
-6 Boone.
-6 Carroll.
-6 Fort Dodge.
-6 Webster City.
-6 Algona.
-6 Clarion.
-6 Estherville.
-6 Sac City.
How cold will it be on Sunday?
The bitter cold continues on Saturday with wind chills reaching minus 20 to minus 30 degrees into Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Wind chills dissipate later Sunday into Monday.
🥶Although there is light at the end of the tunnel, little change in the weather is anticipated into tomorrow morning. Continued dangerous, bitter cold until improvement later Sunday. Wind chills as low as -20° to -30° this morning, and again tonight into Sun morning. #iawx pic.twitter.com/4VKPIyLOm4
— NWS Des Moines (@NWSDesMoines) January 20, 2024
Wind chill advisory until Sunday morning
A wind chill advisory remained in effect until noon with wind chills as low as minus 30. A second wind chill advisory returns from 6 p.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, the weather service reported. "The cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes," the weather service said.
How does the weather forecast look next week?
The National Weather Service calls for warmer weather next week with cloud and fog at times to keep that dreary feeling in the metro. Monday night into Tuesday see a chance of rain or snow with additional rain potentially on Wednesday night into Thursday. The weather service predicts a high in the 30s with messy conditions as snow melts.
🌫️Warmer next week, but dreary with plenty of clouds and fog at times. Rain or snow chances Mon night into Tue, and more rain chances Wed night into Thu. Highs in the 30s leading to a gradual melting of snow and messy conditions. #iawx pic.twitter.com/VSScqRDSxc
— NWS Des Moines (@NWSDesMoines) January 20, 2024
From Jan. 8-18, Des Moines saw 27 inches of snow fall on the metro, the weather service reports, making it the second snowiest period on record. The most snowfall fell from December 1941 to January 1942 when the metro saw 27.7 inches of snow. That period includes the highest 24-hour snowfall on record in Des Moines.
The 2024 totals for those 11 days make that period the fifth snowiest on record in Des Moines, the weather service reports.
Susan Stapleton is the entertainment editor and dining reporter at The Des Moines Register. You can reach out to her on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, or drop her a line at sstapleton@gannett.com.
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