Northwest Iowa — It’ll still be hot today, just not as hot as it’s been all week.
Meteorologist Alexis Jimenez with the National Weather Service says the extreme heat wave is finally cooling off, though it’ll be gradual.
Parts of northern Iowa saw showers and scattered thunderstorms this morning, though the rain won’t be widespread. We received 0.65″ in Sheldon. By tomorrow, Jimenez says temperatures should be closer to normal for Iowa in late August.
Forecasters say some areas of the state may see highs a few days next week only in the 70s. That’s a big change from this week, as multiple records were set in triple-digits, including 105 degrees in Waterloo on Wednesday, and a heat index of 122 degrees in Sioux City on Monday.
Four the next four days, we’re forecast to have highs in the upper 70s to around 80 in Sheldon.
