IEM Daily Bulletin for Feb 28 2026

[daryl herzmann]

Iowa Environmental Mesonet Daily Bulletin for 28 February 2026

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Daily Feature

Non-Seasonable Time
Date: 27 Feb 05:30 AM
Votes: Good: 19   Bad: 1 Abstain: 0

A good aspect of late winter / early spring season snowfalls is that the ever increase solar incidence angle and lengthening daytime time will both help to naturally clear roads of snow and ice more quickly than earlier in the season. With a considerable chunk of the worst of winter road driving conditions now behind us, the featured map presents the frequency of an Iowa DOT reported road segment being in a non-seasonable state since the start of last November. The map shows considerable variability over Iowa with values ranging from less than 2% to 12% and higher. Such has been the case with snowfall totals as well with some locations in Iowa seeing much less snow than others.

NWS Watch/Warning Summary for 12 AM 27 Feb 2026 - 12 AM 28 Feb 2026 CST

	Summary		By WFO					Watches
Type	US	IA	ARX	DVN	DMX	OAX	FSD	US
Tornado	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Svr Tstorm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Flash Flood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---

ARX = LaCrosse, WI DVN = Davenport, IA DMX = Des Moines, IA OAX = Omaha, NE FSD = Sioux Falls, SD

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