October 22 Rainfall Totals

Moderate to heavy rain occurred through the morning hour throughout much of Iowa, with additional bands of rain moving through western and southern Iowa during the afternoon/evening hours. As we near the end of October 22nd, another band of light to moderate rain is working north/northwestward through much of western and central Iowa. Storm totals thus far have been fairly impressive, several areas have surpassed the two inch mark, with another night and day full of showers for them to incur. Beings the event isn't over yet, I won't go through a long list of reports, simply highlight a few of the airports across the state that have received the most.

Totals are 48 hour totals ending at 11 PM October 22

Lamoni - 2.11"
Sioux City - 2.10"
Estherville - 1.30"
Des Moines - 0.99"
Marshalltown - 0.37"
Ottumwa - 0.37"
Mason City - 0.25"
Waterloo - 0.05"
Iowa City - 0.04"
Quad Cities - 0.02"
Dubuque - 0.00"


Expect the rain to continue over western and central Iowa tonight, expanding eastward slowly to include eastern Iowa tonight and through tomorrow. The heaviest rainfall amounts through tonight and tomorrow should occur over central and eastern Iowa, thus the next storm totals update may be a little more even across the state. If you don't enjoy the rainy weather, you can always head west into Nebraska and Kansas where over a half foot of snow is forecasted/occurring!