Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 21 October 2026

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Daily Feature

Spring/Fall Weather
Date: 20 Oct 05:30 AM
Votes: Good: 17   Bad: 1 Abstain: 1

It is difficult to imagine more perfect fall weather than what we had on Monday with most locations having highs in the 60s, lows in the 40s and not much for wind. The featured chart looks into the daily frequency of having a high in the 60s, a low below 50°F, and a max sustained wind speed below 20 MPH for Des Moines. This type of weather is clearly isolated to the spring and fall seasons with combined frequency peaks, shown by the black line, occurring during each season. The month of October has the highest frequency at around 17%, so this is the time of year for such wonderful weather!

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NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 12 AM 20 Oct 2026 - 12 AM 21 Oct 2026 CDT

Summary By WFO Watches
Type USIA ARXDVNDMXOAXFSD US
Tornado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Svr Tstorm 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flash Flood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0---

ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

IEM Cow Report

SVR+TOR Warnings Issued:   3 Verified:   0 [0.0%]
Polygon Size Versus County Size            [10.6%]
Average Perimeter Ratio                    [7.0%]
Percentage of Warned Area Verified (15km)  [0.0%]
Average Storm Based Warning Size           [1231 sq km]
Probability of Detection(higher is better) [0.00]
False Alarm Ratio (lower is better)        [1.00]
Critical Success Index (higher is better)  [0.00]

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