Iowa Weather: 02-20-2026 6 AM ET
The Iowa Weather Podcast by The Weather Podcast, Inc.
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Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly, and you're listening to the 6 AM Iowa Weather Podcast. It's Friday, February 16th.
Folks, grab that coffee and let me paint the picture. Step outside right now and you'll feel the mid teens. Not terrible. Not friendly either. The kind of cold where your car door handle sticks just enough to annoy you.
Here's the deal. We're gaining almost three extra minutes of daylight today. Sunrise at 6:33, sunset at 5:18. Those little wins matter in February.
Now the weather story. Western Iowa is the wild card. A slight chance of flurries riding in on northwest winds. Nothing to cancel plans over. Just enough to dust your windshield. Highs near 34 degrees out there, dropping to 19 tonight.
Drive east toward Des Moines and central Iowa climbs to 35 degrees. Partly cloudy. Northwest winds at 9 to 16 miles an hour. Tonight you're ...
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