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Iowa rainfall totals: How much fell during soggy Sunday

As expected, eastern Iowa got the biggest soaking

Iowa rainfall totals: How much fell during soggy Sunday

As expected, eastern Iowa got the biggest soaking

TURN ON THOSE ALERTS TO MAKE SURE YOU NEVER MISS AN UPDATE. AND YOU CAN ALWAYS TRACK RADAR WITH THE vlog APP. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS NOT AS MUCH RAIN AS WHAT WE GOT YESTERDAY. BUT YOU’VE GOT SOME IMPRESSIVE TOTALS, JOHN. YEAH, WE DO. ACROSS THE STATE, MAINLY CENTRAL AND ALL OF EASTERN IOWA GETTING AROUND AND MORE THAN THAT INCH. HERE ARE SOME OF THOSE TOTALS. NEW PROVIDENCE AND MARSHALLTOWN MORE THAN AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN. AMES WAS CLOSE TO THAT AS WELL. STORY CITY ALTOONA 1.3 MORE THAN AN INCH IN GRIMES. NOW WE’RE STARTING TO BE RIGHT NEAR JUST UNDER THAT INCH AND CHARITON ANKENY DES MOINES. EVEN MINBURN GETTING CLOSE TO THAT. BUT AS FAR AS OUR GOING DOWN THE LIST, I’LL STEP OFF THE SCREEN SO YOU CAN SEE THE FULL LIST THERE. STILL UNDERNEATH AN INCH IN AREAS LIKE IOWA FALLS, DALLAS CENTER GETTING CLOSE TO THAT THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. SAME WITH WAUKEE AND INDIANOLA PERRY AS WELL, AND LESS THAN THAT IN FORT DODGE, OSCEOLA, GREENFIELD, A LITTLE MORE, A LITTLE LESS THAN AROUND HALF AN INCH. THAT’S THE RAIN PUSHING OUT AND EVEN SOME FLAKES NOW IN FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN, WE ARE DRYING OUT AND EVEN CLEARING UP AS WE GO THROUGH THIS MORNING. THIS IS ALREADY THE NOON HOUR. ALONG AND WEST OF I-35, CLEAR SKIES STILL BREAKING UP THE CLOUDS FARTHER TO THE EAST. BUT WE ALL HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE BY AROUND 5:00, SO YOU MIGHT NOT NEED THE SUNGLASSES THIS MORNING. BUT ON THE WAY HOME YOU WILL. WE’LL HAVE PLENTY OF SUN CLEAR SKIES AS WE GET INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS AFTER 10:00, CLOUDS MOVE BACK IN, SOME OF US EVEN SEEING SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS SKIRT ON BY, MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THAT’S THE BETTER CHANCE. COULD WAKE US UP FOR A COUPLE RUMBLES OF THUNDER, BUT THEN IT MOVES OUT BY AROUND 7 OR 8:00. WE DRY THINGS OUT JUST A BIT BEFORE MORE CLOUDS MOVE IN. SOME RAIN CHANCES DURING THIS TIME TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAINLY JUST SHOWERS. THEN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS. MOVE BACK IN CLIMBING. RAIN CHANCES GO INTO WEDNESDAY AND ALSO FOR THURSDAY, SO WE’RE STRINGING DAYS OF RAIN CHANCES FROM TOMORROW ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING, AND WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR AROUND A HALF TO AROUND FULL INCH AND A HALF OF RAINFALL IN SOME SPOTS, ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS TRACK OVER THE SAME AREA COULD EVEN BE LOOKING AT CLOSER TO AROUND TWO INCHES OF RAIN BY THE TIME WE’RE DONE WITH FRIDAY. SO AT LEAST WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THAT TYPE OF ACCUMULATION THROUGH DAYS AHEAD THROUGH THIS WEEK. TODAY’S FORECAST THOUGH WE ARE DRY. GOOD DAY TO GET OUTSIDE. TAKE CARE OF THE CHORES THAT YOU NEED TO DO OR ERRANDS BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO BE FAVORING THAT. AS WE GO INTO THIS AFTERNOON. TONIGHT, THAT’S THE EARLIEST CHANCE FOR SOME OF US. SEE SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS. THEN AS WE GO THROUGHOUT TUESDAY, TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY, THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY, GOING THROUGHOUT THURSDAY AS WELL, COMING TO AN END FRIDAY MORNING. SO IT’S GOING TO BE EXTENDED RAIN CHANCES, BUT AT LEAST WE DO HAVE 70S AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOONS TO COME. THEN AS WE GET INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON GOING TO THE WEEKEND, HIGHS WILL STA
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Iowa rainfall totals: How much fell during soggy Sunday

As expected, eastern Iowa got the biggest soaking

Chilly rain and a few thunderstorms made for a soggy Easter Sunday across Iowa. Here's a look at rainfall reports from around the state Sunday through Monday morning:Cedar Rapids: 2.34Fairfield: 2.26Waterloo: 1.83Sigourney: 1.67Iowa City: 1.61Marshalltown: 1.55Centerville: 1.47Washington: 1.47Ottumwa: 1.46Ames: 1.44Eldora: 1.41Story City: 1.30Montezuma: 1.29Urbandale: 1.20Ankeny: 1.19Bloomfield: 1.18Pella: 1.17Tama: 1.16Chariton: 1.15Altoona: 1.14Grinnell: 1.09Norwalk: 1.08 Knoxville: 1.02Polk City: 1.02Mason City: 1.00 Des Moines Airport: 0.97 Minburn: 0.92Waukee: 0.91 Iowa Falls: 0.91Webster City: 0.91Boone: 0.90Lamoni: 0.76Indianola: 0.75Osceola: 0.75Eagle Grove: 0.75Winterset: 0.72Perry: 0.71 Fort Dodge: 0.61Humboldt: 0.57Panora: 0.56Greenfield: 0.30Creston: 0.26Algona: 0.26Pocahontas: 0.21Atlantic: 0.20Audubon: 0.16 Remember that rainfall often varies widely from place to place, especially in thunderstorms, so your rain gauge might have a different measurement.Don’t see your town listed here? We might not have a report from there yet. You can always send your rain totals to weather@kcci.com.

Chilly rain and a few thunderstorms made for a soggy Easter Sunday across Iowa.

Here's a look at rainfall reports from around the state Sunday through Monday morning:

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  • Cedar Rapids: 2.34
  • Fairfield: 2.26
  • Waterloo: 1.83
  • Sigourney: 1.67
  • Iowa City: 1.61
  • Marshalltown: 1.55
  • Centerville: 1.47
  • Washington: 1.47
  • Ottumwa: 1.46
  • Ames: 1.44
  • Eldora: 1.41
  • Story City: 1.30
  • Montezuma: 1.29
  • Urbandale: 1.20
  • Ankeny: 1.19
  • Bloomfield: 1.18
  • Pella: 1.17
  • Tama: 1.16
  • Chariton: 1.15
  • Altoona: 1.14
  • Grinnell: 1.09
  • Norwalk: 1.08
  • Knoxville: 1.02
  • Polk City: 1.02
  • Mason City: 1.00
  • Des Moines Airport: 0.97
  • Minburn: 0.92
  • Waukee: 0.91
  • Iowa Falls: 0.91
  • Webster City: 0.91
  • Boone: 0.90
  • Lamoni: 0.76
  • Indianola: 0.75
  • Osceola: 0.75
  • Eagle Grove: 0.75
  • Winterset: 0.72
  • Perry: 0.71
  • Fort Dodge: 0.61
  • Humboldt: 0.57
  • Panora: 0.56
  • Greenfield: 0.30
  • Creston: 0.26
  • Algona: 0.26
  • Pocahontas: 0.21
  • Atlantic: 0.20
  • Audubon: 0.16

Remember that rainfall often varies widely from place to place, especially in thunderstorms, so your rain gauge might have a different measurement.

Don’t see your town listed here? We might not have a report from there yet. You can always send your rain totals to weather@kcci.com.