***OFFICIAL 2026 WEATHER THREAD***

[nfrine]

6.1" of rain over the past 13 days. 30 miles east of Ames.

 

[cydsho]

Gully washing .3” in last 10 days in W Iowa. South of Hiway 6 plenty of rain. Guy in Clarinda said 25” since first of May

Yeah, parents in Page county have had at least 3 separate storm totals of 6 inches or more. Several fields were replanted.

 

[FLYINGCYCLONE]

I got .55” this morning. That gets me over 2” since April 15.

 

[AltoonaFish]

2.6 inches today in the geographical center of iowa today.

 

[cyfanatic]

Might take the kids for a ride tonight and see how Dry Creek and Indian Creek are doing. They have been quite full but never seem to flood like they seemed to do growing up.

I loved seeing how much of Armstrong Field (Linn-Mar's old football stadium) would get covered by water that spilled out of Indian Creek!

 

[Agclone91]

Just checked my gauge in N. Ames, we had 2.5 inches since yesterday and KCCI has Gilbert with 2.75. They list Story City and Roland at 3.9 inches of rain. It just poured this morning a couple of times with some wind before sun up.

That's wild. I'm at 0.9" on the West side of town.

 

[RedDog]

If he can drive 94 mph, it will be like it’s perfectly calm since the wind and rain would be going the same speed as him.

I pulled back the throttle on Big Spirit to let the leading edge of a downpour hit my outboard. The storm was moving at 38 mph and I did this for almost a half mile. It was as much fun as catching musky.

 

[mkadl]

I dont own a rain gauge because someone always tells me what they got. Close enough.

 

[1SEIACLONE]

That's wild. I'm at 0.9" on the West side of town.

I believe KCCI had the official total at the Ames airport at around 1.6 inches yesterday.

 

[houjix]

Gully washing .3” in last 10 days in W Iowa. South of Hiway 6 plenty of rain. Guy in Clarinda said 25” since first of May

It's only 23", thank you very much.

 

[wxman1]

I loved seeing how much of Armstrong Field (Linn-Mar's old football stadium) would get covered by water that spilled out of Indian Creek!

I think they finally remedied that by putting in a bridge that doesn't block most of the creek...

 

[Agclone91]

I believe KCCI had the official total at the Ames airport at around 1.6 inches yesterday.

The storm tracked from the Northwest and we were on the very Southern edge so I can believe that given what I'm hearing from the North side of town.

We've been in this house for almost 6 years, and for some reason North Ames ALWAYS gets more rain than we do. Weird stuff.