Heavy Snow, Clayton
- When
- January 16, 7:00 PM CST to January 17, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clayton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 42.845, -91.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 16 to 17, 2008
Low pressure moving from Missouri into Wisconsin on January 17 brought snow to northeast Iowa, with highest amounts near the Mississippi River. 5 inches at Edgewood (Clayton County).
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
Low pressure moving from Missouri into Wisconsin on January 17 brought snow to northeast Iowa, with highest amounts near the Mississippi River. Specific reports from volunteer weather observers included 7.0 inches near Monona (Clayton County), 6.8 inches near Elkader (Clayton County) and 6.5 inches at Edgewood (Clayton County).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in California, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Georgia, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Winter Weather in Kansas, January 16, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 16 to 17, 2008
- High Wind in California, January 16, 2008
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 16 to 17, 2008
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, January 2008
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 67796.