Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Record setting heat is expected over the next several days from the Intermountain West through the northern Plains. Furthermore, fire weather concerns increase with dry and breezy conditions. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorm threats for the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys, central Appalachians and Southeast today. The threat shifts to central Gulf Coast and across central Texas this week. Read More >

Overview

A wide swath of 6 to 10 inches of snow fell across parts of eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois from the late evening of Feb. 11 into the early morning of Feb. 13.
Much of the area saw completely snow-covered roads with numerous accidents, towing restrictions, and school and business closures on Feb. 12.

Official Snowfall Totals

Moline, IL Davenport, IA Dubuque, IA

2.3" 4.6" 6.8"

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Storm Reports / Snowfall Map
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Local Storm Reports
Courtesy IEM

Snowfall Maps
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Reported between Midnight and 9 AM,
Wednesday February 12, 2025.

....IOWA....
Oskaloosa                         5.0
Lowden                            4.4
Iowa City 2.0 WSW                 4.0
North Liberty 0.7 SSW             4.0
Pella                             4.0
Iowa City 1.4 NNE                 3.5
Amana 4.7 W                       3.0
Iowa City                         3.0
Keosauqua                         2.7
Wellman 4.0 E                     2.5
Solon 0.3 ESE                     2.5
Sigourney                         2.5
North English                     2.5
Fairfield 5.7 NNE                 2.2
Marion 0.4 NNW                    2.0
Robins 0.4 SSE                    2.0
Grinnell                          2.0
Belle Plaine                      2.0
Park View 0.2 WSW                 1.8
NWS Johnston*                     1.8
Vinton                            1.7
Marshalltown                      1.6
Boone                             1.6
Farmington 2.4 W                  1.5
Farmington 3.5 W                  1.5
Clinton 1.3 NNE                   1.5
Shellsburg 2.9 S                  1.5
Cedar Rapids 5.8 N                1.4
Robins 0.8 SE                     1.4
Washington                        1.4
Marion 0.9 NE                     1.3
Bellevue 12.2 NW                  1.2
Anamosa 3 SSW                     1.2
Eldridge 0.7 SSW                  1.0
Cedar Rapids 2.1 NW               1.0
Cedar Rapids 2.7 NE               1.0
Muscatine 2N                      1.0
De Witt                           1.0
Columbus Jct                      1.0
Bellevue LD12                     1.0
Davenport 4.3 NE                  0.8
Fairfax 4.0 NW                    0.8
Donnellson                        0.8
Wapello 5.4 SE                    0.7
Salem 1S                          0.7
Davenport 0.9 WNW                 0.6
Farmington 0.4 NNW                0.5
Farmington 0.3 NW                 0.5
Dubuque 1.0 SE                    0.4
Fayette                           0.4
Elkader 6SSW                      0.4
New London 1.5 SW                 0.3
Yarmouth 1.9 SW                   0.2
Riverdale 0.5 N                   0.1
Camanche 1.2 W                    0.1
Hampton                           0.1
Mount Auburn 2.2 NNW              0.0
Mason City                        0.0
Oelwein 1E                        0.0
Dubuque LD11                      0.0
....ILLINOIS....
Mount Carroll 6.8 NNW             2.6
Gladstone LD18                    2.0
Freeport                          1.0
Moline 0.7 NNE                    0.9
Stockton 3.4 NNE                  0.6
Stockton                          0.6
Dallas City 3.0 SSE               0.5
Walnut 5.3 ENE                    0.5
Geneseo 2.0 NW                    0.5
Hanover 0.2 NW                    0.5
Stronghurst 0.4 SSW               0.4
Colona 0.5 ESE                    0.2
New Windsor 2.0 N                 0.2
Morrison 3.2 E                    0.1
Winslow 4.3 ESE                   0.1
East Dubuque 1.7 SE               0.1
Colchester 3.5 NE                 0.0
Warsaw 5.8 SE                     0.0
Davis 1.5 NNE                     0.0
Lena 0.3 SSE                      0.0
Steward                           0.0
Mendota                           0.0
Augusta                           0.0
Aledo                             0.0
Romeoville                        0.0

Reported between Midnight and 9 AM,
Thursday February 13, 2025.

....IOWA....
Monticello                        9.0
Parnell 0.1 SSW                   8.5
Cedar Rapids 2.1 NW               8.2
Lowden                            7.3
Clinton 1.3 NNE                   7.0
Solon 0.3 ESE                     6.5
Sigourney                         6.5
Dubuque LD11                      6.0
Robins 0.4 SSE                    5.5
Camanche 1.2 W                    5.1
Nichols 2.5 NNW                   5.0
Ames US 30                        5.0
Bellevue LD12                     5.0
NWS Johnston*                     5.0
Calamus 2.0 NE                    4.9
Robins 0.8 SE                     4.7
Anamosa 3 SSW                     4.6
Farmington 2.4 W                  4.5
Farmington 3.5 W                  4.5
Marion 0.9 NE                     4.5
Wellman 4.0 E                     4.3
Park View 0.2 WSW                 4.2
Clinton 1.7 NNW                   4.1
Iowa City 1.4 NNE                 4.0
Marengo 2.6 SSW                   4.0
Toledo                            4.0
De Witt                           4.0
Columbus Jct                      4.0
Marion 0.4 NNW                    3.9
Davenport 4.3 NE                  3.8
Bettendorf 2.4 ENE                3.7
Farmington 0.4 NNW                3.5
Farmington 0.3 NW                 3.5
Grinnell                          3.5
Washington                        3.5
Yarmouth 1.9 SW                   3.0
Mount Auburn 2.2 NNW              3.0
Rickardsville 0.2 W               3.0
Marshalltown                      3.0
Iowa City                         3.0
Davenport 0.9 WNW                 2.8
Fayette                           2.8
Rathbun Reservoir                 2.6
Wapello 5.4 SE                    2.5
Donnellson                        2.5
Oskaloosa                         2.4
Davenport 2.9 W                   2.3
Boone                             2.2
Muscatine 2N                      2.2
Keosauqua                         2.1
Keokuk LD19                       2.0
Belle Plaine                      2.0
Hampton                           1.2
Oelwein 1E                        1.1
....ILLINOIS....
Galena 0.8 WSW                    9.7
Hanover 0.2 NW                    7.8
Stockton                          6.7
Elizabeth                         6.5
Lena 0.3 SSE                      5.5
East Dubuque 1.7 SE               5.5
Freeport                          5.2
Mount Carroll                     5.0
Mount Carroll 6.8 NNW             4.5
Winslow 4.3 ESE                   4.5
Geneseo 2.0 NW                    3.5
Moline 0.7 NNE                    3.3
Streator                          3.0
St Anne                           2.6
Colona 0.5 ESE                    2.3
Aledo                             2.1
New Windsor 2.0 N                 2.0
Stronghurst 0.4 SSW               1.9
Romeoville                        1.8
Mendota                           1.7
Bentley                           1.7
Colchester 3.5 NE                 1.5
Galva 0.4 NW                      1.5
Ottawa                            1.5
Steward                           1.3
Augusta                           1.2
La Harpe                          1.0
Gladstone LD18                    0.0
....MISSOURI....
Memphis                           1.5
....WISCONSIN....
Beloit-College                    5.8
Monroe                            5.0
Brodhead                          4.7
Whitewater                        4.0
Steuben 4SE                       3.0
La Crosse WFO                     2.1
Viroqua                           1.6
....MINNESOTA....
Grand Meadow                      1.3

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Record Heat for the Intermountain West and Northern Plains; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats

Event Summary: Feb. 12, 2025