For each ski resort you will find the essential information from its snow report: snow depths, open slopes and lifts, date of the last snowfall, today's weather. Snow Depth: SELECT BOX EXAMPLES for LOCAL WEATHER: additional OPTIONS: City, ST-or- ZIP code-or- ST radar-or- snow … Kansas City: Only one measurable snow … in summer it can reach up to more than 100. but lately things seem to be getting less extreme. This was the most significant heavy snow so early in the season in Iowa since the storm of October 16-17, 1898. Snow Depth: Iowa current weather SELECT BOX e.g. Just outside the top 10. Where does Iowa rank? During the Super Bowl Blizzard of 1975, the entire Midwest suffered when an intense storm system dropped two feet of snow. we get some pretty wicked storms though. US Dept of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service Caribou, ME 810 Main Street Caribou, ME 04736 207-492-0182 (person), 207-492-0170 (recording) this summer was pretty cool compared to others, and the winter wasnt too cold. we basically get both extremes in temperature. In Ames, 4.5 inches of snow disrupted classes at Iowa State and caught many students and professors by surprise. It's one of the worst blizzards on record. The Old Farmer's Almanac's extended forecasts can be used to make more informed decisions about future plans that depend on the weather, from vacations and weddings to gardening, hiking, and other outdoor activities. See long range weather forecasts for the next 60 days for the Heartland Region. This was the first snowfall of the 2019-2020 winter season, even though it's technically still fall! i live in iowa, so id say im a pretty good source of info. Des Moines, Iowa: Had two separate snows on May 3 and May 15 in 1907; snowed again 10 years later May 3, 1917. Situated between Arkansas to its south and Iowa to its north, Missouri covers a land area of approximately 70,000 square miles. Iowa Snow Depth Analysis (updated hourly) U.S. Flickr / Alex Hanson. Click here to see all open ski resorts in North America. 5. in the winter we can get alot of snow and it can get cold. North western Iowa was hit hard. About 11th-ranked Iowa, Alexander wrote: "Every year in the winter, we inexplicably traverse by car from Chicago to Iowa to watch an Iowa … December is the snowiest month in Iowa with 7.8 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall. The table below shows the snow cover in Iowa. 58 people in the Midwest died as a result of the storm. Iowa Snow Forecast: Iowa 24 hr New Snow Accumulation Analysis U.S. Iowa's average annual snowfall of 30.4 inches indicates that it is less snowy than most states in the United States. It's estimated that over 100,000 farm animals died in the Midwest during the 4-day blizzard. 52402 snow. On the morning of the 27 th temperatures plummeted, with the aid of the fresh snow pack on the ground, bottoming out at 9 F at Atlantic and Guthrie Center which was the coldest Iowa temperature recorded so early in the season since 1972.