A 'Cool' Summertime Week Ahead

Well the holiday week is finally over, it brought with it temperatures that were above normal as well as the occasional thunderstorm. Now, the week after looks to bring us with a little cooler than average temperature and less of a chance at thunderstorms. A look back to the beginning of this week, highs were in the 90s throughout the state; in fact every station expect for one of the Davenport ones were at least 91 degrees, with a highest of 100 that was measured in Webster City. Thunderstorms developed in the early nighttime hours from Sioux City to Emmetsburg to the IA/MN border. These continued to work their way south and east into the night, putting a couple of tenths of an inch of rain down. None of these storms managed to reach severe limits while in the state however...

This morning we do have some lingering thunderstorms hanging on, stretching from Atlantic to Ames. Expect some isolated thunderstorms over the southeastern half of the state during the afternoon hours, otherwise partly cloudy to clear skies will hold across the state. Highs near 90 in the southeast, mid 80s in the northwest; Lows tonight in the mid 60s to lower 70s from northwest to southeast with some thunderstorms still possible in the southeast.

Tuesday will have another round of thunderstorms moving across the state, with some portions of the state having some chance of severe weather during the afternoon hours. The frontal passage during the day here will bring down temperatures to below normal readings, highs in the upper 70s in northwest Iowa while 80s still expected in front of the system. By Tuesday night the system will likely exit the state, allowing for low temperatures to fall into the 50s throughout much of the state.

The rest of the week looks to remain dry, with little in temperature fluctuation as well. Highs in the upper 70s and lower 80s look to hold firmly across the state at least until the weekend, when west winds may once again bring in the summertime heat for the next week. Lows during this time will also be fairly steady, mid 50s to lower 60s across the state of Iowa...