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Snow in the Rockies; Showers and Thunderstorms Along the Gulf Coast; Potential Winter Storm for Northern Mid-Atlantic and Interior New England

A winter-like pattern will continue over much of the Lower 48 over the next few days, with snow stretching from the Rockies today into the Middle Mississippi Valley on Monday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along the Gulf Coast and Southeast on Monday. As the storm moves northward late Monday into Tuesday, winter weather is possible from the Central Appalachians to Interior New England. 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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