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Last night was my coldest -16 finally some good raditional cooling, clear and calm. 12 of past 13 nights below zero. Sat to Tues my thermometer was below zero 65 straight hours.

I must say that yet another event has over performed in se Iowa! A hour ago i measured 1.9 inches. And its still falling. So im sitting at 42.4 inches for the season. Which didn't really began until dec 28th

DMX has my county staying below zero from Saturday 5 pm through Tuesday noon. If pans out it will no doubt be the longest period below zero of my life. My home has dropped below zero 7 of the past 8 nights. 11 below being the lowest.

Ottumwa airport was -13 at 5am. A stratus deck was from hwy 34 south so my home was -7. Last Friday night my home davis pro was -11. January 2019 it fell to -27. I live along a tributary to the desmoines river. I fully expect a -20 out of this air mass.

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Xmas day 1983 was the coldest day i ever witnessed in Maryland where i grew up, 18 below! Have experienced colder in Iowa.

I continue to be astounded at what this pattern is doing in my area. Another 1.5" this pm. Although im gonna measure about 1 am when I wake up To allow for the 6 hr interval. Light band after another here! 11 inches since Thursday and 41" for the season.

Ive had 9.5 inches since last Thursday

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Bottom 6 inches is solid ice. On Dec 28th we had a snow, rain, thunder sleet mix followed by single digits. Its still there! Late Jan we had 2 rains totalling 1.6 inches mixed in with snow after snow. A true glacier!!!

Another wild weather day in the Ottumwa Iowa area. Dropped to -4f this am.. 3.6" new snow Dropped to -9f this pm. Nearing 20" of snow depth now. The first 6 to 8 inches on the ground is solid ice. Since the massive ice/snow on Dec 28th . Over 35 inches of snow since Dec 28th and 2 big rains of 1.6 inches last week.

4.2 today 33.7 for season Tons of moisture in these events! Over 6 inches precip since Dec 1st. Even with 2 moderate rains still 13" of snow depth my lawn (north facing)

DMX busted bad in Ottumwa. 3.7 still snowing

My high today was 36f. And look how far south I am. My lawn has 13 inches on it. Im in a very wooded location. Definitely not KS

For sure.. Ive had 6 snow events here since Dec 28.. Now the rapid fire begins. Very reminiscent of 2014!

Here just west of Ottumwa we had a slow start and missed out on the earlier snows that Desmoines and Ames got. But since Dec 28th its been crazy! 29.5 right now 2019-2020 42.0 2018 -2019 72.4 Oct and Nov 2018 were incredible and set the tone for what I think was a record season here. Cuad Cities area crept past me at end of that season. I dont accept the official Ottumwa numbers as I have seen them to be in error.. Im consistently higher. I think they are daily numbers measure each morning. Not every 6 hour intervals.

Dmx gonna be late to the table again? Looks not another plowable event here.

Its been an amazing 35 days here. Seems no matter where the low goes I catch some snow off of them all! By far our best month ever with business!

2.5 to 3.5 different parts of Ottumwa Iowa. After over 1.6 inches of rain Saturday.. a surprise!

Past 3 winters have been amazing here! 2018-19 was near record with 72" snow west of Ottumwa. 42" in 2019-20. Sitting at 27" this season mostly all falling since Dec 28th

I was on here back in 2008 to 2010. With another name. Moved to Ottumwa Iowa from Pennsylvania in 2008.

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Only 1.5 inches here this sys. But stubborn final band! Amazingly 1.75" of precip nw of Ottumwa..

Hi fellas, Im back! We run a good size landscaping businesses which includes ton of commercial snow removal accounts. I have been weather enthusiast for 50 yrs! Glad to be back.