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The amount of snow encompassing the United States this week is wild. As Iowans, we are accustomed to dealing with deep drifts and bitter cold every winter. But other parts of the nation are not. As of 2/16, 73% of the country had snow on the ground... Read More ...

Spring is less than 30 days away. Which means there's still plenty of time for more SNOW. According to the below chart from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet, Waterloo has accumulated over 43" of snow since October 1, 2020. That's nearly 10" above average, but still 16...

The wind chill temperature is a “feels like” temperature. It is how cold people and animals feel when outside. According to the National Weather Service: As the wind increases, it draws heat from the body, driving down skin temperature and eventually the internal body temperature...

On February 3, 1996, the town of Elkader, in Clayton County, tied a state record with a frigid temperature of -47*. **The town of Washta (Cherokee County) also claims that it was also -47* in 1912.  A day later, the city of Tower, MN, set a record of -60*...

Nearly two feet of snow fell to start the new year

Kelvin the Menga Man, destroyed all previous records when he stacked 1,002 Jenga pieces onto a single vertical block. The build took him 40 minutes. This shattered the old record of 485 pieces.  

A group of five Florida women broke a Guinness World Record when they walked over two miles barefoot over piles of Lego bricks. Officially, they broke the record for farthest distance traveled by walking barefoot on Lego bricks by a relay team in one hour...

Not something we want to be #1 for.

COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket in Iowa.

A teenager in Texas has broken the world record for longest legs. 17-year-old Maci Currin is 6’10” and has legs that measure over a yard each. She also set the record for the longest legs on a teenager. The record was previously held by a Russian model, set in 2017...