***OFFICIAL 2026 WEATHER THREAD***

[1UNI2ISU]

I LOVE the hot weather but we're getting to the point of being ridiculous here.

 

[AltoonaFish]

It’s so darn hot I saw a squirrel putting gold bond on his nuts.

 

[Kinch]

Yikes. Some of the reports of the tornado in Wisconsin.

Awful.

 

[RagingCloner]

It’s so darn hot I saw a squirrel putting gold bond on his nuts.

I just farted and im not sure if i **** myself or just blew sweat off my butthole

 

[MeowingCows]

 

[Clonehomer]

Man, I miss those commercials. They were the only reason to listen through the break of sports talk radio. Same goes for the Office Linebacker on TV.

When did commercials stop being fun?

 

[StClone]

Awful.

Yeah we saw it developing after passing us and went out over the lake. Want to see SM videos of this.

 

[BigTurk]

Anybody know much about sump pumps? I bought a new house which has a submersible one. However, it's dead so I need to replace it when I take possession of the house in a few weeks. Fortunately, the house is about 20 years old and has never had any water issues, so it's not an urgent situation.

I've never seen a sump pump like this one. It does not have a discharge pipe that runs upward out of the sump pit. Instead, the discharge pipe runs up about a foot from the pump and then runs horizontal through an opening in the side of the sump pit. I'm guessing it must drain directly into Ankeny's storm drain system?

Anyway, I'm wondering if I need to put a check valve in the discharge pipe since it does not run vertical like a typical discharge pipe.

I've got that. I don't have a check valve. It hasn't been an issue but I live on top of a hill so that probably helps.

 

[Pope]

Heat index in Ankeny is 121 as of 4pm. Whoopie!

 

[wxman1]

Yeah we saw it developing after passing us and went out over the lake. Want to see SM videos of this.

Where are you at?

 

[ClonerJams]

Buckled concrete on University by Trice

 

[StClone]

Where are you at?

West of Appleton, Portage County.

 

[t.m.]

I know this is primarily an Iowa thread, but the Chicagoland weather today is stormy, with large amounts of rain.

 

[t.m.]

I admit, at first I thought "where's the after?", then you finally notice the background...

 

[cydnote]

I admit, at first I thought "where's the after?", then you finally notice the background...

 

[JP4CY]

I admit, at first I thought "where's the after?", then you finally notice the background...

Reminds me of Cedar Rapids tree loss.

 

[jsb]

Heat index in West Des Moines of 120. Real temp of 94 and Dew Point of 83. Yesterday the Dew Point at the airport was 81---the first time it's been 81 since 2001.

 

[PolCy83]

A buddy and his wife left Buffalo this morning to return to Iowa. They've been stuck on the Interstate between Gary, IN and Chicago for nearly five hours now. A tornadic thunderstorm passed over them while on the Interstate. They only had some minor hail damage, but traffic never started moving again. Turns out electric lines were knocked down across the Interstate, including live power lines draped over a tanker full of gasoline.

 

[MeowingCows]

 

[BoxsterCy]

Yay, I guess. If you have 99° you might as well get 100°. Sort of like basketbll where one point more to get to 100 is a thing.