Iowa rainfall totals: How much rain added up early Sunday

HIGH ON MY LIST OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO TRY OUT RIGHT NOW. BUT HEY, IF YOU’RE TRYING TO GET OUTSIDE HERE TODAY, WE’VE BEEN DODGING SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS OUT THERE, BUT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE IMPROVING. STILL SOME INTERESTING LOOKING CLOUD STRUCTURES THERE BEHIND DOWNTOWN. BUT HEY, THE GOOD NEWS IS SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO SEVERE WEATHER WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS ROLLING ON BY JUST PLENTY OF LIGHTNING AND THUNDER. SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE RAIN STILL FALLING OUT HERE IN ALTOONA, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ADVENTURELAND AND DOWNTOWN OUT THERE IN THE DISTANCE, THE RAIN A LOT LIGHTER THAN IT WAS HERE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR, WHEN WE COULD BARELY SEE ANYTHING FROM OUR CAMERA THERE AT PRAIRIE MEADOWS. I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE VIEW HERE IN NEWTON. CHECK OUT THAT LINE OF HEAVY RAINFALL JUST ABOUT TO COME INTO NEWTON RIGHT NOW. YEAH, THAT’S THE DOWNPOUR RIGHT THERE. REALLY CUTS OUT YOUR VISIBILITY AND GOT SOME DARK CLOUDS OUT AHEAD OF IT. BUT ONCE AGAIN NOTHING SEVERE HERE. JUST SOME HEAVY RAIN AS THAT PUSHES ITS WAY INTO TOWN HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. SO WE ARE STILL DODGING SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. BUT I DO THINK BY ABOUT 10:00 MOST OF THESE SHOWERS WILL BE WINDING DOWN AND WE GET SOME SUNSHINE IN HERE LATER TODAY, AND THAT HELPS OUR TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND BACK UP TO ABOUT 80 DEGREES. THERE IS A CHANCE WE COULD SEE MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS HERE OVERNIGHT, MAYBE AS EARLY AS ABOUT 8:00, COULD SEE SOME SPOTTY STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN IOWA AS WELL. AND THEN WE’LL SEE SOME OF THOSE WORK THEIR WAY INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING ON MONDAY. HOWEVER, I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO STICK AROUND AS LONG ON MONDAY. I THINK BY SUNRISE MOST OF THIS IS OUT OF HERE. YOU CAN SEE BY 8:00 WE’RE DRY AND WE GET SOME SUNSHINE IN HERE LATER IN THE DAY. SO TOMORROW, LOOKING DRIER, A LITTLE WARMER AS WELL, WITH A HIGH OF ABOUT 84 DEGREES LESS HUMIDITY TO WORRY ABOUT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, BUT HIGHS STILL IN THE 80S THERE. IN FACT, HIGHS IN THE 80S ALL WEEK LONG COULD SEE SOME SPOTTY STORMS BACK IN THE FORECAST BY THE END OF THE WEEK. SO THERE’S THE STORMS ARE WHAT’S LEFT OF THEM AS THEY CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH HERE THROUGH THE METRO. THE HEAVIEST RAIN NOW EAST OF MITCHELLVILLE, OVER TOWARD COLFAX AND MINGO. AND HERE’S NEWTON RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SCREEN. THAT DOWNPOUR RIGHT THERE, ALL THIS CONTINUING TO LIFT NORTHWARD, SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STORY COUNTY AS WELL, FROM COLLINS UP TO COLO. EAST OF AMES. SOME LIGHT RAIN IN AMES RIGHT NOW. ALL OF THIS LIFTING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH HERE ACROSS THE AREA, DRYING OUT HERE IN DES MOINES. STILL A FEW SHOWERS LEFT IN SOUTHERN IOWA, BUT THAT SHOULD BE DRYING UP THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING AS WELL. ABOUT A THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN HERE OFFICIALLY, BUT CHECK OUT CLARINDA OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, OVER THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL. THAT’S BEEN THE BULL’S EYE HERE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES A LITTLE COOLER THIS MORNING THANKS TO THE RAIN. 61 HERE IN DES MOINES, 59 IN AMES, BUT 70 IN SHERIDAN. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WARM AIR WILL SURGE BACK IN ONCE THE RAIN GETS ON OUT OF HERE. WE GET SOME SUNSHINE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND YOU CAN SEE OUR TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING INTO THE UPPER 70S AND 80S FOR SOUTHERN IOWA. MORE 70S FOR THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE WHERE THE CLOUDS WILL LIKELY STICK AROUND JUST A LITTLE LONGER. A FEW MORE SPOTTY STORMS OVERNIGHT, THEN SUNSHINE TOMORROW, WITH A HIGH OF 8481. TUESDAY 8

Iowa rainfall totals: How much rain added up early Sunday

Updated: 10:08 AM CDT May 31, 2026

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More thunderstorms traveled across Iowa overnight Saturday into early Sunday.Estimates show the heaviest rain ended up in far southwest Iowa over Page and Taylor counties.Here’s a look at 24-hour rainfall reports in Sunday morning: Shenandoah: 2.02 inchesClarinda: 1.70Altoona: 1.38Windsor Heights: 1.37Urbandale: 1.26Dallas Center: 1.05Indianola: 0.89Norwalk: 0.75Waukee: 0.75Ankeny: 0.72Carlisle: 0.72Adel: 0.65Story City: 0.45Guthrie Center: 0.42Marshalltown: 0.39Polk City: 0.39Des Moines Airport: 0.36Sac City: 0.33Boone: 0.32Atlantic: 0.25Ames: 0.23Huxley: 0.23Audubon: 0.21Greenfield: 0.21Perry: 0.21Murray: 0.18Corydon: 0.15Nevada: 0.11Remember that rainfall often varies widely from place to place, especially in thunderstorms, so your rain gauge might have a different measurement.Don’t see your town listed here? Either less than one tenth of an inch fell, or we might not have a report from there yet. You can always send your rain totals to weather@kcci.com.

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More thunderstorms traveled across Iowa overnight Saturday into early Sunday.

Estimates show the heaviest rain ended up in far southwest Iowa over Page and Taylor counties.

Here’s a look at 24-hour rainfall reports in Sunday morning:

• Shenandoah: 2.02 inches
• Clarinda: 1.70
• Altoona: 1.38
• Windsor Heights: 1.37
• Urbandale: 1.26
• Dallas Center: 1.05
• Indianola: 0.89
• Norwalk: 0.75
• Waukee: 0.75
• Ankeny: 0.72
• Carlisle: 0.72
• Adel: 0.65
• Story City: 0.45
• Guthrie Center: 0.42
• Marshalltown: 0.39
• Polk City: 0.39
• Des Moines Airport: 0.36
• Sac City: 0.33
• Boone: 0.32
• Atlantic: 0.25
• Ames: 0.23
• Huxley: 0.23
• Audubon: 0.21
• Greenfield: 0.21
• Perry: 0.21
• Murray: 0.18
• Corydon: 0.15
• Nevada: 0.11

Remember that rainfall often varies widely from place to place, especially in thunderstorms, so your rain gauge might have a different measurement.

Don’t see your town listed here? Either less than one tenth of an inch fell, or we might not have a report from there yet. You can always send your rain totals to weather@kcci.com.