JANUARY IS USUALLY THE COLDEST AND DRIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR, BUT STATE CLIMATOLOGIST JUSTIN GLISAN (GLISS-EN) SAYS THE NUMBERS WENT AGAINST THE AVERAGES THIS YEAR.
ABO1 OC….ON RECORD :06
JANUARY ALSO SAW MORE RAIN AND SNOW THAN NORMAL.
ABO2 OC….ON RECORD :13
HE SAYS HALF THE STATE SAW MORE SNOWFALL THAN NORMAL.
ABO3 OC….THE STATE :17
THE SEVERE WEATHER IN JANUARY WAS NOT LIMITED TO SNOW AND BLIZZARDS, AS TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN EASTERN IOWA.
ABO4 OC….CATASTROPHIC :10
THE TORNADOES WERE RARE AND RECORD-BREAKING.
ABO5 OC….AND IOWA :23
GLISAN SAYS THE EARLY SHORT-TERM OUTLOOK FOR FEBRUARY IS SLIGHTLY WARMER AND WETTER.
