***OFFICIAL 2026 WEATHER THREAD***

[3TrueFans]

It’s hot

 

[FarmerCy1]

Tornado Watch issued - yay?

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/2a57be59-4b12-452b-8764-476079020a03

 

[madguy30]

It's not bad out today but I'm ready for fall nights for sure.

 

[cyclonespiker33]

It's not bad out today but I'm ready for fall nights for sure.

What do you consider bad?

 

[madguy30]

What do you consider bad?

Muggy like stepping outside and the air is thick, and I sweat just walking into a store from my car.

 

[StClone]

I saw a tornado in Webster City back in 1979 moving to Kamrar JUST LIKE now!!!

https://data.vcstar.com/tornado-archive/iowa/10014188/

 

[BigJCy]

Tornado Watch issued - yay?

 

[FLYINGCYCLONE]

Algona was at 91 degrees at 2:35, at 2:55 Algona was at 77 degrees. At 4:35 Algona was at 90 degrees. That was .09” of rain, according to the airport.

 

[mkadl]

We have 100° Shelby County. Rarely get that temp on the north side of our house. We have live here since 93 and only a handfull of times we have had it that hot. We need to invent an index that is hotter than the heat index. That way we really know how hot it is!

 

[MeowingCows]

It's not bad out today but I'm ready for fall nights for sure.

You must be doing better than I am. >110° heat index at my place currently.

 

[CloneLawman]

Hips don't lie. Neither do dew points. Current dew points in the southern 1/2 or so of Iowa are in the 70s. Not upper 70s or 80s death levels, but not a walk in the park.

 

[SaraV]

Sirens on the north side of Ankeny.

Straight line winds?

 

[AgronAlum]

Sirens on the north side of Ankeny.

Straight line winds?

Going off again and channel 5 said they don’t even think enough of the storm to keep cutting into their regular broadcast.

 

[awd4cy]

Sirens on the north side of Ankeny.

Straight line winds?

Yep,

 

[ClonerJams]

A bit breezy in Ankeny

 

[SaraV]

It was 95 degrees just as the rain started in Ankeny.

It is now 76 degrees.

Edit: According to Weather Channel app

 

[Cyforce]

Storm is drawing in some serious wind in Des Moines. Gotta be at least 50 mph.

 

[Big_Sill]

13 years living in NorthEast Ankeny. Top 5 wind event for sure, maybe # 2.

 

[CyCrazy]

Trampoline blew over the house a little bit ago, of course my neighborhood has big branches down everywhere again...

 

[ackatch]

Still 95 out here in Waukee. Looks like all the rain is going to miss us.