August heat dome had a big impact on Iowa temperatures and rainfall patterns

State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the heat dome that settled over Iowa in August had an impact on both temperatures and the amount of rainfall. “The average temperature preliminarily is about 1.2 degrees above the 30 year climatology. So warmer than average overall, but not exceedingly warm,” he says. Glisan says it will end up […]

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