Dodson said on Sunday and Monday, temperatures will be roughly 15 to 25 degrees below normal. Iowa is even nearing the typical coldest day of the year, Jan. 18, and is still far below expected temperatures. In Des Moines, temperatures are usually at a high of 31 and a low of 14 during January, according to the NWS.

Enjoy Friday's warmer temperatures because "bitterly cold winds" will cause temperatures to plummet for the weekend.

Iowans who’ve been wanting to take down their Christmas lights might tackle the chore this afternoon while it’s still warm, because extremely cold weather is on the way. National Weather Service meteorologist Rod Donavon says we’ll be seeing temperature extremes on both ends of the spectrum this weekend.

A strong cold front will bring “dangerously cold wind chills” -- as low as minus 30 degrees -- to Iowa this weekend.

The National Weather Service has issued a cold weather advisory for portions of western Iowa through Tuesday morning.

We’ve seen huge temperature changes since Friday across Iowa, with air temperatures dropping about 30 degrees from 24 hours ago, and “feels like” temperatures dropping around 50

Iowa experienced a record number of tornadoes in 2024, with a total of 125 touching down in the year. See the National Weather Service's recap.

An arctic blast that arrived overnight will bring bitter cold all weekend long with potentially dangerous wind chills through Tuesday morning.

A Winter Storm Watch is put in place when snow, sleet or ice is possible and there is at least a medium confidence in the probability of heavy snowfall, sleet or freezing rain that will have a significant impact. A watch is declared if the criteria is expected to be met within the next 2 to 3 days.

In 2024, there were 125 tornadoes, which broke the previous record of 120 back in 2004. The record number resulted in six deaths and 44 injuries, and the months of April and May saw the most tornadoes with a total of 98 being reported across Iowa.

By the end of the day on Jan. 8, Sioux City had set a new daily snowfall and precipitation record, with a one-day total of 8.3″ of snow and 0.78″ of total precipitation, breaking the previous snowfall record on Jan. 8 of 4.3″ set back in 1937 and the previous daily precipitation record of 0.24″ set back in 2016.

Authorities say another person has died in the Los Angeles wildfires, bringing the number of deaths to at least 25. Forecasters with the National Weather Servic