A PLEASURE, AS ALWAYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOOKING FORWARD TO MONDAY. NOW IOWANS WILL HAVE TO BRAVE THE BRUTAL COLD TO CAUCUS THE 2024 IOWA CAUCUSES ARE ON TRACK TO BE THE COLDEST IN MODERN HISTORY. THE COLDEST CAUCUS NIGHT WAS BACK IN 1972. THE WIND CHILL WAS 21 BELOW ZERO. RIGHT NOW, MONDAY’S FORECAST CALLS FOR A HIGH OF FIVE BELOW A HIGH OF FIVE BELOW THE WIND CHILL EXPECTED TO BE ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. YIKES. OF COURSE, THE WEATHER NOT MAKING IT EASY ON CAUCUS. GOERS. YEAH, THANKFULLY WE HAVE THE CREWS OUT THERE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN TO KEEP OUR ROADS CLEAR. SNOW PLOWS HAVE BEEN OUT IN FULL FORCE TRYING TO GET THE JOB DONE. SNOW PLOW DRIVERS ARE URGING PEOPLE NOT TO PARK O
Iowa caucus weather: How low will the temperature go?
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Updated: 6:02 PM CST Jan 15, 2024
Iowa Caucus Day 2024 will go down as the coldest in modern history. The state's caucus first gained national prominence in the 1970s. Since then, high temperatures in Des Moines on Caucus Day have varied from a mild 49 degrees in 1984 to a frigid 16 degrees in 2004.On Monday, we reached 1 degree — well below that 2004 mark.Iowa caucus updates: What to know in final 24 hours before Monday's caucusesIOWA CAUCUS PRIMER:What you need to know about 2024 caucuses2024 US presidential caucuses, primaries, explainedMaps: A look at Iowa caucus results from the past 20 yearsHow will the Iowa Republican caucuses work in 2024?How will the Iowa Democratic caucuses work in 2024?What if we factor in wind, and look closer at the evening, when Iowa voters brave the elements to reach their caucus location?Once again, 2024 will take set a new Caucus Day record. This year's caucus gets going at 7 p.m. If you go back into history, the coldest wind chill in Des Moines on a caucus evening was -21 degrees before the Democratic caucuses on 1972, the first time Iowa started the presidential nominating process for either party.We're currently forecasting wind chills around -20 to -30 degrees Monday evening.Skies will be dry, but the arctic air and frigid breeze will be brutal. Des Moines high, low temperatures each caucus day since 1972Feb. 3, 2020: 36°/29°Feb. 1, 2016: 47°/27°Jan. 3, 2012: 40°/10°Jan. 3, 2008: 30°/4°Jan. 19, 2004: 16°* (Coldest high)/2°Jan. 24, 2000: 41°/5°Feb. 12, 1996: 30°/22°Feb. 10, 1992: 44°/24°Feb. 8, 1988: 36°/10°Feb. 20, 1984: 49°/22°Jan. 21, 1980: 33°/24°Jan. 19, 1976: 42°/7°Jan. 24, 1972: 25°/-4°* (Coldest low)WATCH: What to know about 2024 caucusesWATCH: Will Iowa’s deep freeze influence turnout for the caucuses?PAST CAUCUS RESULTS
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Caucus Day 2024 will go down as the coldest in modern history.
The state's caucus first gained national prominence in the 1970s. Since then, high temperatures in Des Moines on Caucus Day have varied from a mild 49 degrees in 1984 to a frigid 16 degrees in 2004.
On Monday, we reached 1 degree — well below that 2004 mark.
Iowa caucus updates: What to know in final 24 hours before Monday's caucuses
IOWA CAUCUS PRIMER:
What if we factor in wind, and look closer at the evening, when Iowa voters brave the elements to reach their caucus location?
Once again, 2024 will take set a new Caucus Day record.
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Coldest wind chills during a caucus evening in Des Moines.
This year's caucus gets going at 7 p.m. If you go back into history, the coldest wind chill in Des Moines on a caucus evening was -21 degrees before the Democratic caucuses on 1972, the first time Iowa started the presidential nominating process for either party.
We're currently forecasting wind chills around -20 to -30 degrees Monday evening.
Skies will be dry, but the arctic air and frigid breeze will be brutal.
Des Moines high, low temperatures each caucus day since 1972
- Feb. 3, 2020: 36°/29°
- Feb. 1, 2016: 47°/27°
- Jan. 3, 2012: 40°/10°
- Jan. 3, 2008: 30°/4°
- Jan. 19, 2004: 16°* (Coldest high)/2°
- Jan. 24, 2000: 41°/5°
- Feb. 12, 1996: 30°/22°
- Feb. 10, 1992: 44°/24°
- Feb. 8, 1988: 36°/10°
- Feb. 20, 1984: 49°/22°
- Jan. 21, 1980: 33°/24°
- Jan. 19, 1976: 42°/7°
- Jan. 24, 1972: 25°/-4°* (Coldest low)
WATCH: What to know about 2024 caucuses
WATCH: Will Iowa’s deep freeze influence turnout for the caucuses?
PAST CAUCUS RESULTS
