Some snow was reported this (Thur) morning in far northwest Iowa, as well as southwest Minnesota.
Meteorologist Amanda Penning with the National Weather Service Office in Sioux Falls, says the snow was very light. Accumulations in northwest Iowa have been between a quarter to a full inch, with slightly higher amounts in southwest Minnesota…
Penning doesn’t consider October 31st as being early to experience the first snowfall of the season…
Storm Lake received about an inch of rain from Wednesday afternoon into this (Thur) morning.
The new Iowa Drought Monitor map released this (Thur) morning shows almost 88 percent of the state is in moderate to severe drought, but that’s based on data before storms that started Wednesday. More rain is expected in the area this weekend and beyond, especially Saturday night through Monday night.