Heavy Precipitation in the West; Wintry Mix in the North; Fire Weather in the High Plains

Pacific moisture will continue to bring locally heavy coastal/lower elevation rain and heavy mountain snow to the West Coast and portions of the Intermountain West through Monday. A wintry mix will create hazardous travel across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest into early Monday. Dry, gusty winds are resulting in elevated to critical fire weather in the south/central High Plains. Read More >

Climate/Almanac Data - Jan Normals - Jan Records

JANUARY

Site (Click site name for report)	Avg Temp	Norm	Dept From Norm	Precip Total	Norm	Dept From Norm	Snow Total	Norm	Dept From Norm
Burlington	28.2°	25.8°	+2.4°	2.10"	1.24"	+0.86"	NA	6.7"	NA
Cedar Rapids	23.5°	19.5°	+4.0°	1.70"	0.92"	+0.78"	NA	6.2"	NA
Davenport	26.7°	21.2°	+5.5°	1.93"	1.19"	+0.74"	13.1"	NA	NA
Dubuque	24.1°	19.0°	+5.1°	1.79"	1.17"	+0.62"	12.9"	10.0"	+2.9"
Iowa City	27.3°	22.1°	+5.2°	1.73"	0.92"	+0.81"	NA	NA	NA
Moline	28.1°	22.6°	+5.5°	2.58"	1.49"	+1.09"	12.5"	9.4"	+3.1"

The ranking is listed in parentheses (__) when within the "Top 10".

January 2020 was about 2.5 to 5.5 degrees above normal.
Precipitation totals for January 2020 were about 2/3 to 1 inch above normal.
Snowfall totals for January 2020 were about 3 inches above normal.

Please see Jan Records for monthly record information.

The climate maps below are courtesy of the Midwest Regional Climate Center.

These maps become available around 10am on the first of the month.


Average Temperature	Average Temperature Departure from Mean	Accumulated Precipitation	Accumulated Precipitation Percent of Mean	Accumulated Snowfall	Accumulated Snowfall Percent of Mean