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The Work Week will Begin with Unsettled Weather from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes

Unsettled weather is forecast to continue through the first half of the work week from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes as a frontal system moves through. Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms and flash flooding will be possible each day. Meanwhile, scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected across the Southwest and California, with isolated flash flooding possible. Read More >

Overview

A large upper level storm system tracked across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri Thursday night and Friday morning.  This system brought a long duration snow event to the region, with totals mainly between 2 and 6 inches of snow.  This was also the most snow to ever fall on Halloween for much of the forecast area. For more, see our Halloween Climatology Page.

Official NWS Obs:

Moline: 4.7"

Davenport: 4.5"

Dubuque: 6.0"

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Surface Map 06z 10/31
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