Big snowstorms have been hard to come by in eastern Iowa with a historically long stretch without such a winter storm.
Read MoreMeteorologist Nick Stewart collecting data in a convective snowband near Riverside, Iowa on November 24, 2018.
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Summertime humidity, heat index values steadily increasing
Climate change in Iowa is leading to more humidity and higher heat indices during the summer.
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A large tree sits on a home in Mount Vernon, Iowa following a powerful wind storm on June 30, 2019.
When you are most at risk of severe weather in Iowa
Certain times of the day are more at risk than other when it comes to severe weather, and certain months are more likely to produce large hail storms instead of damaging wind events.
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