IOWA — It’s been a wet September in Central Iowa. Totals are now coming in from the last day of September, and the Des Moines monthly total just fell short of the wettest September ever from 1914. We are firmly in place as the second-wettest September on record with 14.50″ of rain.
This keeps us in place as the 3rd wettest month overall behind September 1914 and June. We are in 7th place for the wettest year on record.
The month of September brought an average temperature 4.4° above normal and 20 days with measurable precipitation.
October began as September ended — with heavy rain falling over parts of northwest and western Iowa. Near Carroll, Audubon, and Jefferson, estimates of 2 to 4″ of rain fell overnight. A flash flood warning was in effect in that part of the state through the early morning.
Here is a look at a few of the rain totals from around Central Iowa during the last 24 hours.
- Eagle Grove 4.13″
- Story City 3.30″
- Ogden 2.72″
- Webster City 2.24″
- Fort Dodge 2.03″
- Audubon 2.02″
- Boone 1.95″
- Hampton 1.70″
- Ames 1.52″
- Marshalltown 1.07″
- Waukee 1.04″
- Ankeny 1.00″
- Urbandale 0.94″
- Des Moines 0.74″
- Pella 0.69″
- Centerville 0.61″
- Osceola 0.52″
- Grinnel 0.49″
Rain will continue to fall this morning and become more scattered in nature. It will stay cool in the mid to upper 60s. The heaviest rain will fall in eastern Iowa the rest of the day. A Flood Watch continues through late Thursday night.
There are some Flash Flood Warnings in Western Iowa and river flood warnings now in Central Iowa near and around the Des Moines Metro. You can see the latest levels of Central Iowa rivers here.
The rain will move out late in the day and the clouds will clear overnight. Temperatures will drop to the upper 40s through morning.
High pressure builds in with sunshine and dry weather. High temperatures will stay in the 60s. No rain is in the forecast Friday through Tuesday…