• This week in Iowa Weather - 1988 heat wave
• Hot and dry week ahead of us.
• Record high high temperatures and record high low temperatures?
• Bacterial canker in the tomatoes
• Phytophtera not likely in pumpkins except where very wet.
• Wet conditions causing foliar rot in melons.
• The end of meteorological summer is around the corner

• This day in Iowa Weather History: livestock killed, 4 days later - Hail in the ditches.
• Rainfall totals for Iowa.
• When will the storms come through?
• Synoptic scale vs. mesoscale systems, both happened last week and will happen in the coming week
• Tornadoes, and rainfall in NW Iowa
• Don't call off that work crew until it is raining hard!
• Weather forecasts are getting better every year.

• Intensity of rainfall in 1929
• What are return periods for precipitation?
• Cool Drought and Forecast.
• Thunderstorm driven rainfall today.
• Worst drought currently in SE Iowa
• Angular Leaf Spot on melons in Hazleton, IA
• How convective storms work
• Moving to probabilistic models, and climate change impacts
• How often do the probability maps get updated?

• Historic Heatwave in Iowa in 1930's
• Heatwaves on the way.
• Coming out of a cooler stretch
• Rainfall in southwest Iowa.
• Derecho and squall line in Southern Iowa
• What were the wind gusts like?
• Hail damage to watermelons
• Happy Birthday!

• Welcome special guest, Dennis Todey! Current job responsibilities at the Midwest Climate Hub.
• What's the forecast for the next week? HOT
• Keep the irrigation flowing! 2.5" or so during the heat
• Weather notables from last week.
• Is the smoke related to cucumber fruit abortion and tight growth at the tip?
• How long will the heat last in Iowa?

• Big rainstorm in Iowa on Wednesday, July 13th
• The rules of thumb for garlic harvest and onion harvest
• The squall line that swept across the state
• Hail reports from Chariton
• The definition of gravity waves
• Drought still persists, more rain needed!

• Introduction to this episode
• Dan is on vacation
• Dew point temperatures and overnight low temperatures.

• Introduction to today's episode
• This day in History - Record last frost in Sibley, IA
• How growing degree days are calculated
• Different GDD parameters, CPB
• Japanese beetle emergence

• On this day in Iowa Weather History
• Higher dewpoint leads to higher humidity.
• What's it going to take to get these dewpoints higher?
• Dry weather for specialty crops.
• What Dan has seen out in the field.
• Thrips, Aphids, spider mites, CPB's, flea beetles
• Potatoes, Hay and leafhoppers.

90%+ of Iowa is abnormally dry to droughty. Consistent water (that is, irrigation) is key for optimal specialty crops right now!

• This day in Iowa weather history.
• Backdoor cold front changes air mass moisture content.
• Smoke, rainfall, raindrop nuclei
• Structural drought vs Rapid onset drought.
• Intro to rain chances
• El Nino advisory.
• Droughts in Iowa
• How low dew point temperatures affect us
• Dewpoint prediction