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Iowa rainfall totals: How much rain did Iowa get this weekend?

Saturday kicked off a soggy stretch around the state.

Iowa rainfall totals: How much rain did Iowa get this weekend?

Saturday kicked off a soggy stretch around the state.

FIGHTS HARDER OR LOVES HARDER THAN SIBLINGS. THAT’S RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT? AND AS YOU’RE GETTING READY FOR THE DAY, BROTHERS, SISTERS, DADS, UNCLES, AUNTS, YOU NAME IT. IF YOU’RE IN CENTRAL IOWA, THERE’S GOING TO BE A POINT WHERE RAIN IS GOING TO HIT YOU. YEAH, EXACTLY. YEAH. IT’S IMPACTING US ENTIRELY THROUGHOUT THE STATE. CLOUD COVER OVER US. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE STILL DEALING RIGHT NOW FROM OUR DES MOINES SKYCAM. YOU SEE, VERY LOW LYING CLOUDS THAT’S GOING TO BE ABLE TO LAY DOWN SOME LIGHT DRIZZLE. AT LEAST IT WILL BE OFF AND ON OVER MOST OF THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES ARE RIGHT AROUND 60 DEGREES IN THE METRO. WE’VE BEEN FLIP FLOPPING BETWEEN 59 AND 60 DEGREES, SO NOT GOING TO SEE THESE REALLY DROP ANY MORE. AS FAR AS THE ACTIVITY TO THE SOUTH, WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT THIS NEWSCAST, SOME VERY ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAKS THAT DIRECTION WE’RE ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THIS SYSTEM. THAT MEANS WE’RE NOT DEALING WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HARDLY ANY THUNDERSTORMS, EVEN IN THE FORECAST AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE OF THE CLOUDS, MORE OF THE RAIN THAT’S GOING TO BE ADDING ON TO THE TOTALS THAT WE’VE ALREADY SEEN. BUT TEMPERATURES PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AROUND 60 DEGREES ACROSS THE STATE. VISIBILITIES WE’RE NOT DEALING WITH ANY OF THAT DENSE FOG LIKE WE HAD YESTERDAY EVENING. BUT PLACES LIKE IOWA FALLS, FORT DODGE, ALGONA, EVEN MASON CITY AREA, MAINLY NORTH CENTRAL IOWA, BETTER CHANCE FOR THAT LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT DRIZZLE WHERE WE’RE SEEING PERFECT TENS. NOT A GREAT CHANCE OF SEEING THAT, BUT STILL A POSSIBILITY. ESPECIALLY GOING DEEPER INTO THE REST OF TODAY. STILL HOLDING ON TO SOME OF THOSE RAIN CHANCES. HOWEVER, THE RAIN THAT’S CURRENTLY GOING ON NORTH NORTHWEST OF THE METRO BY EIGHT 9:00, IT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED UP. WE’LL JUST STILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR THAT LIGHT DRIZZLE AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS MORNING. NOW FOR THE AFTERNOON RAIN, CHANCES ARE GOING TO BE PICKING BACK UP, ESPECIALLY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA. EVEN A CHANCE FOR SOME POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF I-80 AND THEN ALSO EAST OF I-35. AS WE GO DEEPER INTO THE AFTERNOON EVENING, AND THEN WE SEE THE SAME THING. NOT GOING TO HAVE REALLY THAT LIGHT OR MODERATE RAIN. MORE CHANCE OF THAT LIGHT DRIZZLE BY 8:00 GOING INTO THE FIRST HALF OF OVERNIGHT. BUT AFTER MIDNIGHT RAIN EXPECTED TO PICK BACK UP, EXPECT ANOTHER WET START TO YOUR MORNING WET MORNING COMMUTE ON TUESDAY. AND THEN ONCE WE GET INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON, IT REALLY STARTS TO TAPER OFF PRETTY QUICKLY AND BY 3:00 WE ARE DRYING THINGS OUT. EVEN CLEARING UP WEST OF I-35, SEEING POSSIBLY EVEN SUNSHINE, BUT ESPECIALLY TOWARDS THE BACK HALF OF THE AFTERNOON EVENING COULD EVEN SEE THE SUN SET TOMORROW. NOT GOING TO SEE TOO MUCH OF A SUNRISE TODAY THOUGH. AS FAR AS THE RAIN TRACKER FOR THE REST OF TODAY. LOOKING AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO UP TO AROUND AN INCH IN SOME SPOTS, EVEN SOME PLACES SEEING MORE THAN THAT DEPENDING ON WHERE THE POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN LINE UP, BUT STILL GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ADDING TO THE RAINFALL TOTALS WE’VE ALREADY SEEN AGAIN. TUESDAY AFTERNOON WE DECLINE THE RAIN CHANCES ON ELECTION DAY AND THEN WEDNESDAY THURSDAY WE’LL SEE THE SUNSHINE BACK WITH US TEMPERATURES STAYING PRETTY CONSISTENT. NOT TOO MUCH OF A TEMPERATURE DIP OR CLIMB. WE WILL HAVE DROPPING TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT TUESDAY, BUT TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAINFA
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Iowa rainfall totals: How much rain did Iowa get this weekend?

Saturday kicked off a soggy stretch around the state.

Showers arrived in Iowa Saturday afternoon and evolved into a steady rain that spread across the state into Sunday morning. More rain fell in parts of the state Sunday night. Here's a look at totals through the weekend:Altoona: 2.24 inchesMontezuma: 2.16Grinnell: 1.96Osceola: 1.96Ankeny: 1.90Marshalltown: 1.90Ames: 1.89Eldora: 1.72Johnston: 1.66Iowa Falls: 1.64Indianola: 1.63Urbandale: 1.59Polk City: 1.58Mount Ayr: 1.56Sac City: 1.50Pella: 1.49Norwalk: 1.48Winterset: 1.47Corning: 1.47Chariton: 1.43Des Moines Airport: 1.41Waukee: 1.31Madrid: 1.30Melcher-Dallas: 1.30Dallas Center: 1.28Perry: 1.25Panora: 1.15Fort Dodge: 1.14Knoxville: 1.14Centerville: 1.13Sigourney: 1.13Boone: 1.13Creston: 1.12Lamoni: 1.08Hampton: 1.03Greenfield: 1.00Webster City: 0.99Anita: 0.95Ottumwa: 0.94Albia: 0.90Eagle Grove: 0.88Guthrie Center: 0.86Bloomfield: 0.80Jefferson: 0.78Atlantic: 0.71Algona: 0.60Pocahontas: 0.58 Remember that rainfall often varies widely from place to place, especially with 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.

Showers arrived in Iowa Saturday afternoon and evolved into a steady rain that spread across the state into Sunday morning. More rain fell in parts of the state Sunday night.

Here's a look at totals through the weekend:

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  • Altoona: 2.24 inches
  • Montezuma: 2.16
  • Grinnell: 1.96
  • Osceola: 1.96
  • Ankeny: 1.90
  • Marshalltown: 1.90
  • Ames: 1.89
  • Eldora: 1.72
  • Johnston: 1.66
  • Iowa Falls: 1.64
  • Indianola: 1.63
  • Urbandale: 1.59
  • Polk City: 1.58
  • Mount Ayr: 1.56
  • Sac City: 1.50
  • Pella: 1.49
  • Norwalk: 1.48
  • Winterset: 1.47
  • Corning: 1.47
  • Chariton: 1.43
  • Des Moines Airport: 1.41
  • Waukee: 1.31
  • Madrid: 1.30
  • Melcher-Dallas: 1.30
  • Dallas Center: 1.28
  • Perry: 1.25
  • Panora: 1.15
  • Fort Dodge: 1.14
  • Knoxville: 1.14
  • Centerville: 1.13
  • Sigourney: 1.13
  • Boone: 1.13
  • Creston: 1.12
  • Lamoni: 1.08
  • Hampton: 1.03
  • Greenfield: 1.00
  • Webster City: 0.99
  • Anita: 0.95
  • Ottumwa: 0.94
  • Albia: 0.90
  • Eagle Grove: 0.88
  • Guthrie Center: 0.86
  • Bloomfield: 0.80
  • Jefferson: 0.78
  • Atlantic: 0.71
  • Algona: 0.60
  • Pocahontas: 0.58

      Remember that rainfall often varies widely from place to place, especially with 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.