***Official 2024 Weather Thread***
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More than what we are use to seeing? Maybe in the last few years..........but there is a reason why many, many decades ago they coined that area "tornado alley". Tornado's in that area are the usually norm in the spring.
He’ll yeah! Bring on the 70s in March. Ready to get the patio furniture out
It really is. Nothing beats the upper Midwest being habitable in the winter now.
If this is now the standard winter, I will gladly accept it. No need to go south for the winter.
It's probably just make next winter suck because none of us will be used to it after this one
What kind of weather gathering machine do you have? I am looking at a Davis? What info does it gather?
I actually have installed two of these:
Ambient Weather WS-2902 Home Wi-Fi Weather Station with Wi-Fi Remote Monitoring and Alerts
Ambient Weather's best-selling Personal Wi-Fi Weather Station, the WS-2902, allows you to monitor your home and backyard weather conditions with a brilliant, easy-to-read LCD color display. Monitor indoor and outdoor conditions, including wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, UV, solar...
ambientweather.com
One is at our home and one is at an important rural location with internet available. I have used Davis and Accu-Rite units and this seems to be a fantastic blend of durability and accuracy at a decent price point.
"Monitor indoor and outdoor conditions, including wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, UV, solar radiation, barometric pressure, indoor/outdoor temperature (F and C), indoor/outdoor humidity, dew point, heat index, wind chill, and more..."
My neighbor has a Davis and likes it. He said he has seen over 10” of rain per hour on it a couple times. Only lasted a very short time, thank goodness.
We did have isolated spots that got 11 inches in one hour in central Iowa not that long ago. Ankeny in particular got nailed and Larry Cotlar was killed in that storm.
