Answer: Iowa City. Hail was larger than baseballs and grapefruit sized hail (4.5″) was reported in Hopkinton. It’s amazing how much damage a storm can do in only a few minutes.
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This post was written by dpelster@kwwl.com on May 18, 2013
Answer: 69!! This woman was the 1st wife to Feodor Vassilyev in Russia. She had 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets. The father of her children also remarried and had a total of 87 children. That’s a lot of mouths to feed! Check out more at Guinness World Record online.
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This post was written by dpelster@kwwl.com on May 12, 2013
Answer: May 24, 2012! As of May 10th, there have been 350 days without a tornado in Iowa. The record is 355 and was set from 1955-1956. We may be on track to break this record. We are in what some call a tornado drought and I think this is one drought a lot of folks enjoy.
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This post was written by dpelster@kwwl.com on May 11, 2013
Answer: 1993. May 5, 1993 is still the latest date on record for anywhere in Iowa to reach its first 80°F or greater high temperature. 1993 was a year of crippling floods and cold weather.
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This post was written by dpelster@kwwl.com on May 5, 2013
Answer: May 29, 1947. Two inches of snow was recorded on this day from a storm that tracked through Iowa May 27-29. On May 10, 1945, 2″ of snow was also recorded in Waterloo. Both dates are tied for the most amount of snow ever recorded in Waterloo during the month of May.
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This post was written by dpelster@kwwl.com on May 4, 2013
Answer: Ozone. Ozone helps to protect the Earth from the Sun’s harmful rays in the upper part of the atmosphere. However, large amounts of ozone at the surface can be deadly. Ozone is a common gas found in smog. Air Quality Awareness Week starts tomorrow. For more information on air quality, check out AIRNow.
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This post was written by dpelster@kwwl.com on April 28, 2013
Answer: Oak! In December 2004, Congress designated the oak tree as America’s tree. Enjoy the weather today and the shade our beautiful trees provide!
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This post was written by dpelster@kwwl.com on April 27, 2013
Answer: Chimborazo. While Mt. Everest may be the tallest mountain from sea-level, Mt. Chimborazo is the farthest from the center of the Earth. This is because the Earth “bulges” at the equator. Mother Nature is just a bit thick around the middle 
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This post was written by dpelster@kwwl.com on April 21, 2013
Answer: 47%. Currently, 65.3% of Iowa is in a drought. It is mainly the northwest section of the state due to frozen ground. For more information on the drought, check out the Drought Monitor put together by my alma mater.
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This post was written by dpelster@kwwl.com on April 20, 2013
Answer: 6.0″! This was the second snow storm in only a few days for Southern Iowa. Iowa City also recorded 6.0″ while Keokuk and Manchester reported 5.0″. But only a week later on April 22nd, Waterloo hit 100°F and broke the all-time Iowa April high record. What a roller coaster Iowa weather can be and can only give us hope for warm, sunny days ahead.
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This post was written by dpelster@kwwl.com on April 14, 2013
