Des Moines, Mason City, and Waterloo suffered through their fourth, third, and fifth coldest Octobers on record.
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Record Cold
- Thread starter Jeff Duda
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The nationwide results are in, and October was indeed a cold one, with the lone exception of Florida, and possibly Georgia and Alabama. Oklahoma had its coldest October ever.
It was also awfully wet. The Midwest and southern states had some of their wettest Octobers ever. Iowa, Arkansas, and Louisiana did indeed have their wettest October ever.
Source: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091110_octoberstats.html
(Hopefully I'm not violating any rules by posting this in this manner. I can change the post if I am.)
It was also awfully wet. The Midwest and southern states had some of their wettest Octobers ever. Iowa, Arkansas, and Louisiana did indeed have their wettest October ever.
Source: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20091110_octoberstats.html
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MatthewCarman
Looks like another winter storm is hitting central CO with up to 26 inches of snow possible in the NWS forecast. This same area was hit hard by a snowstorm in October that brought up to 24 inches of snow to some areas. Is this common for CO for this time a year?
It's the time of year to break cold records again, and in Iowa there certainly were many to do so. I know Boone, Estherville and Sioux City at the very least all broke/shattered record lows, with lows dropping below -30 F in the NW part of the state. We tied a record low here in Ames at -18. Looks like Spencer may have dropped to -37! I'm sure that means it was even colder in portions of SD, MN, and ND.
Larry J. Kosch
EF2
Record Low in Lincoln NE
Looks like Lincoln NE may have set a record low this morning (01/04) of -21 F degrees!
The old daily record for that day was -12 F back in 1969. And it came within one degree of tying the all-time low temp of -22 F set back in 1974.
Looks like Lincoln NE may have set a record low this morning (01/04) of -21 F degrees!
The old daily record for that day was -12 F back in 1969. And it came within one degree of tying the all-time low temp of -22 F set back in 1974. Michael Riedl
EF2
Here in Wichita we will probably have highs in the Single digits for the first time in twenty years. Hard to believe 1990 was twenty years ago!!! Wow, how time flies.
Ryan Finley
I thought El Nino was supposed to bring warmer than normal temps! Hopefully the 3 month outlook stays the same.
David Mikulec
EF2
Our cold air is being brought to you by the "Greenland Block". A whole different monster.
Michael Riedl
EF2
Looks like -15 for a low at Lincoln NE (LNK) this morning. Link is time sensitive...Looks like Lincoln NE may have set a record low this morning (01/04) of -21 F degrees!
http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KLNK.html
Larry J. Kosch
EF2
Corrected!
I stand corrected!
Apparently the erroneous low temp was reported by a local tv station and not according to the official temp, which is recorded at the Lincoln Airport. Still breaks the record low for the date!
I stand corrected!
Apparently the erroneous low temp was reported by a local tv station and not according to the official temp, which is recorded at the Lincoln Airport. Still breaks the record low for the date! 
