This Day in Weather History February 27

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1998: The temperature remained above freezing at the Dubuque airport for the 14th consecutive day, a rare occurrence during the winter months. The month would finish as the warmest February on record in eastern Iowa.

1954: Virtually no snow fell in Iowa for the first 24 days of the month before a storm struck from the 25th-27th, producing very heavy snow in a band from northwestern through east central Iowa. The heaviest snowfall amounts were recorded in a swath from around Marshalltown to east of Cedar Rapids. Several stations in this area received record snowfall including Cedar Rapids where 16.7 inches of snow fell on the 26th and a storm total of 17.8 inches was received. These remain the single day and storm total snowfall records at that location. At Des Moines, south of the band of heaviest snow, a total of only 3.9 inches was recorded for the entire three day event.

Source: National Weather Service