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Saturday Weather Trivia, August 10
Answer: 1983. During the 1983 State Fair, the temperature hit 108°F on August 16! The warmest State Fair nighttime low occurred the next day with a low of 80°F. The average temperature during the...
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Saturday Weather Trivia, August 17
Answer: Stratosphere. The ozone layer is located in the bottom of the stratosphere and absorbs harmful ultraviolet light from the Sun. Without this layer, life on Earth would be much different. This...
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Sunday Weather Trivia, August 18
Answer: 0. The Atlantic has had 5 tropical storms this year but none have reached hurricane criteria. The names of those storms were Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian and Erin (Erin is still ongoing in...
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Saturday Weather Trivia, August 24
Answer: Occluded Front. Cold fronts typically move faster than warm fronts. As a low pressure system intensifies, the cold front will catch up to the warm front close to the low. It signifies the...
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Sunday Weather Trivia, August 25
Answer: 19°F! Never, ever leave a child or pet in the backseat for even a few minutes. Even in 80°F weather, the interior of a car can rise to a dangerous 99°F in 10 minutes! Twenty-eight children...
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Saturday Weather Trivia, August 31
Answer: 74°F! The first 2012 home Hawkeye game was September 8 vs. Iowa State. The game was close but the Cyclones came away with the W. This year’s first game at Iowa City is vs. Northern Illinois...
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Saturday Weather Trivia + 2012 Drought Info
Answer: Flash Drought. A flash drought is a rapidly developing drought. The current drought across Iowa developed in a month to a month and a half. It happened so quickly due to very little...
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Sunday Weather Trivia, September 8
Answer: 2012. So far this year, Iowa has experienced 15 tornadoes. Last year, only 16 tornadoes were confirmed in Iowa. Such low tornado seasons haven’t happened in consecutive years since 1996-1997...
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Saturday Weather Trivia, September 14
Answer: Trace! The last time it snowed in Waterloo in September was on September 26, 1942.
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Sunday Weather Trivia, September 15
Answer: 3:44 pm. This time is when the autumnal equinox will occur. In theory, both hemispheres will receive 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of night. It also indicates that our days will continue...
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Saturday Weather Trivia, September 21
Answer: 12.3″. This was the greatest amount of rain to fall in a 3-day period since records began in Boulder in 1897. To compare, Waterloo’s highest 7-day total is 9.6″ which fell on July 15-21,...
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Weekend Weather Trivia, October 12-13
Answer: October 25, 1914. Waterloo had only hit 39°F as of October 12. Well, Sunday morning the low was right around 33°F and areas of frost were reported. Answer: 1983. During 1983, only 4 named...
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Saturday Weather Trivia, October 19
Answer: Penumbral Eclipse. A penumbral eclipse is when the Earth’s shadow partial covers the moon. Last night, Eastern Iowa was unable to see it because of cloud cover. If we would have had clear...
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Sunday Weather Trivia, October 20
Answer: April 15, 2014. While the next solar eclipse will occur November 3, 2013, the next lunar eclipse will not occur until April 15, 2014. More information on eclipses can be found at NASA.
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Saturday Weather Trivia, October 26
Answer: 13.0″! This snow amount was reported SW of Mineola. Many other locations recorded over 4″ of snow. More information on this event can be found at the NWS-Quad Cities site.
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Sunday Weather Trivia, October 27
Answer: 1970. Dubuque recorded just 0.3″ of snow on Halloween in 1970. Since 1947, Dubuque has only recorded snow twice on Halloween. The second time was in 1989 when just a trace of snow was...
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Saturday Weather Trivia, November 2
Answer: Africa. Iowa will not be able to see the solar eclipse this time but mark your calendar for August 21, 2017. That will be the next chance to see a solar eclipse in North America. More...
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Sunday Weather Trivia, November 3
Answer: Benjamin Franklin. Ben Franklin came up with the idea of DST in an essay titled “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light.” The essay was published in the Journal de Paris in...
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Saturday Weather Trivia, November 9
Answer: Camille. Camille hit Louisiana and Mississippi in August of 1969. Camille recorded a pressure reading of 909 mb when it made landfall. Winds were estimated at 190 mph with a storm surge...
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Sunday Weather Trivia, November 10
Answer: 37°! Keokuk reached 79°F at noon and dropped to 14°F by midnight. That is a 65 degree drop in just 12 hours! The high temperature in Keokuk on the 12th was only 17°F which was 62 degrees...
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