Iowa Winter Weather Alerts & School Closures: Coldest Morning of the Year

I'm not a weather expert, but I can confirm that it's cold as heck this morning (Tuesday, January 21st 2025).

Our weather partners at KCRG-TV are reporting that this is the coldest morning of the season so far!

However, we should start to see it warm up a bit later in the afternoon. This extreme cold warning that will leave us with temperatures in the negatives that will persist throughout the morning, according to reports. 

There is expected to be a chance of snow as the weather warms up on Wednesday.

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School Cancellations & Delays for Tuesday, January 21st 2025

The cold weather is causing many schools in Eastern Iowa to delay opening or cancel all together. We put together a list of the affected schools.

This list was compiled based off of information that we received from schools in our area, reports from KWWL as well as our weather partner KCRG TV.

This is the latest update as of 9:15 AM this morning.

Delayed

1. AGWSR Schools (2 hours; No AM Preschool)
2. Aplington-Parkersburg Schools (2 hours)
3. BCLUW Schools (2 hours)
4. Cedar Falls Schools (1 hour, 30 minutes)
5. Charles City Schools (2 hours; No AM activities; No preschool; No breakfast served)
6. Dike-New Hartford Schools (2 hours)
7. Gladbrook-Reinbeck Schools (2 hours)
8. Grundy Center Schools (2 hours)
9. Hampton-Dumont-CAL (2 hours)
10. Hudson Schools (2 hours)
11. Janesville Schools (2 hours; No morning activities)
12. Oelwein Community Schools and Sacred Heart (2 hours)
13. Vinton-Shellsburg Schools (2 hours)
14. Waverly-Shell Rock Schools (2 hours)

Closed

1. Alburnett Schools
2. Belle Plaine Schools
3. Benton Community Schools
4. Cedar Rapids Schools
5. Cedar Valley Catholic Schools
6. Center Point-Urbana Schools
7. Central City Schools
8. Clarksville Schools
9. Decorah Schools
10. Dunkerton Schools
11. East Buchanan Schools
12. Edgewood-Colesburg Schools
13. Howard-Winneshiek Schools
14. Independence Schools
15. Iowa City Schools
16. Jesup Schools
17. Lisbon Schools
18. Linn-Marr Schools
19. Maquoketa Schools
20. Maynard-West Central Schools
21. Monticello Schools
22. MFL/Mar Mac Schools
23. North Fayette Valley Schools
24. North Linn Schools
25. Postville Schools
26. Readlyn - Community Lutheran School
27. Starmont Schools
28. Sumner-Fredericksburg Schools
29. Tripoli Schools
30. Turkey Valley Schools
31. Union Community Schools
32. Waterloo Community Schools
33. Wapsie Valley Schools
34. West Liberty Schools
35. Western Dubuque Schools

Virtual Learning

1. Allamakee Schools
2. Dubuque Community Schools
3. West Delaware Schools

We will keep you updated throughout the morning on the school delays and cancellations as they come in.

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