The Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM) collects environmental data from cooperating members with observing networks. The data are stored and made available on this website.
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'25-'26 Season Snowfall Departures
Posted: 05 Feb 2026 05:30 AM, Views: 196Tags: winter2526
The winter season snowfall started off quickly during late November and into December, but has slowed considerably since for parts of the Midwestern US. The featured map presents current season to date snowfall departures are reported from NWS CLImate reporting sites. Negative values colored in red denote accumulated snowfall departures below average for the season. Not all of Iowa is indicated below average with Waterloo and Dubuque both slightly above. Accumulating snow does not appear likely over the coming days as much warmer temperatures are forecast into next week.
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Data from the Iowa State Soil Moisture Network is found on this website and daily soil temperature averages are used to produce the highlighted analysis.
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The IEM combines data from participating networks into products like maps shown above and web applications to analyze the data.