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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Mostly Cloudy Cloudy Rain/Snow Mix Snow Snow
Weather Mostly Cloudy Cloudy Rain/Snow Mix Snow Snow
Temp
L/H (°F)		 36/52 29/51 23/58 8/21 2/28
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 33/52 21/51 6/58 -10/4 -11/18
Dew Point
(°F)		 21 22 36 8 7
Humidity
(%)		 33 52 76 60 52
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 18 14 21 22 8
Precip
 (%)		 - - 80 80 76
Precip
Amt (in.)
 None None S: 1-2
L: 0.29		 S: 1-2
L: 0.13		 S: 1/4-1
L: 0.07
Evap
(in./day)		 0.17 0.11 0.09 0.04 0.05
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 45oF Feels Like: 35oF
Humid: 46% Dew Pt: 25oF
Barom: 29.93 Wind Dir: WNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 26 mph
Sunrise: 7:21 Sunset: 7:11
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Major Winter Storm, Blizzard This Weekend
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

Intense, heavy snow will fall from Montana to Michigan with strong winds creating blizzard conditions. Thunderstorms across the Mississippi Valley on Sunday. Cold air will follow. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 12:23PM Fri Mar 13, 2026 CDT

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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High: 52°F
Low: 36°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 51°F
Low: 29°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 58°F
Low: 23°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 21°F
Low: 8°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 28°F
Low: 2°F
Precip: 76%
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 446'0 453'4 446'0 453'4 4'2 452'4s 01:20P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 462'2 467'4 458'4 467'0 4'6 467'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 473'2 478'6 470'0 477'6 4'2 478'2s 01:20P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 475'6 479'4 472'0 478'6 2'2 479'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 488'4 491'6 484'4 491'0 1'4 491'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 497'0 500'4 493'6 499'4 1'0 500'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 503'2 505'2 499'0 504'4 0'6 505'0s 01:20P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 505'0 507'6 501'4 507'0 0'6 507'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 482'6 484'4 481'4 483'6 1'0 484'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1200'2 1200'2 1200'2 1200'2 -2'0 1211'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1229'0 1229'6 1209'2 1223'6 -2'0 1225'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1242'4 1242'4 1222'4 1236'4 -2'4 1237'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1222'4 1222'4 1205'6 1216'6 -3'0 1218'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1175'0 1175'4 1161'6 1168'4 -5'4 1169'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1167'2 1167'6 1154'4 1160'0 -6'0 1161'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1176'0 1176'2 1164'0 1169'0 -6'0 1170'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1170'4 1170'4 1160'0 1163'4 -6'0 1164'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1169'6 1170'6 1161'2 1164'6 -5'6 1166'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3201 3199s 01:20P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3191 3231 3151 3222 25 3227s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3212 3246 3176 3235 17 3242s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3189 3214 3155 3200 9 3209s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3168 3177 3126 3163 2 3170s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3133 3139 3096 3123 - 6 3128s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3149 3166 3126 3149 - 6 3155s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3151 3159 3125 3147 - 6 3150s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3132 3143 3112 3129 - 8 3133s 01:28P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 94.725 94.850 93.100 93.325 -0.900 93.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 99.250 99.250 98.075 98.275 - 0.750 98.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 108.350 108.750 106.900 107.250 - 0.800 107.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 110.125 110.450 108.850 109.175 - 0.625 109.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 109.325 109.700 108.250 108.625 - 0.575 108.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.400 92.850 91.725 92.000 -0.475 92.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.800 84.100 83.325 83.575 -0.325 83.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.075 86.400 85.750 86.000 -0.150 86.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 232.000 232.550 230.050 230.850 - 0.350 230.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 230.475 231.150 228.050 228.850 - 0.425 228.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 228.100 228.950 225.975 226.800 - 0.450 226.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 226.500 227.150 224.500 225.225 - 0.450 225.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 226.775 227.425 224.925 225.525 - 0.500 225.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 227.075 227.625 225.300 225.950 - 0.550 225.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 226.500 227.000 224.800 225.325 - 0.625 225.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 219.275 219.700 217.850 218.375 - 0.450 218.175s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 350.025 351.800 347.725 349.725 1.250 349.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 344.275 346.700 341.525 343.725 0.100 343.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 341.400 343.775 337.800 339.575 - 0.750 339.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 341.000 344.250 338.250 340.000 - 0.725 339.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 339.900 342.775 337.250 338.775 - 0.650 338.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 339.500 341.300 335.525 337.225 - 0.425 337.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 337.200 338.800 333.700 335.525 0.200 335.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 332.000 332.200 327.700 329.250 0.800 329.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 46769.00 47162.00 46459.00 46737.00 16.00 46721.00 01:44P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 47052.00 47462.00 46752.00 47032.00 18.00 47014.00 01:44P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6684.25 6737.50 6634.50 6658.25 - 19.25 6677.50 01:44P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6735.50 6787.50 6684.00 6707.75 - 19.50 6727.25 01:44P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 24567.00 24805.25 24353.00 24457.25 - 102.75 24560.00 01:44P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 24783.50 25017.50 24563.75 24668.50 - 105.00 24773.50 01:44P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 67.19 67.34s 01:20P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 67.85 67.85 66.72 67.43 0.02 67.44s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 67.56 67.56 66.50 67.13 67.12s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.65 66.65 65.67 66.27 66.24s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.35 65.72 64.85 65.42 -0.01 65.39s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 64.36 64.83 63.98 64.52 0.02 64.49s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 64.29 64.33 63.46 64.00 0.05 64.00s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 63.40 63.81 63.07 63.52 0.07 63.52s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 618'4 618'4 618'4 618'4 26'2 618'4s 01:20P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 599'0 614'2 594'2 613'2 15'2 613'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 610'0 625'0 605'6 624'2 15'0 624'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 622'6 637'6 619'0 636'6 14'4 637'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 637'6 654'0 635'6 653'4 14'4 653'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 651'0 667'2 650'4 667'0 14'0 667'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 656'0 671'2 656'0 671'0 13'2 671'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 642'4 659'0 642'4 658'6 12'0 658'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 646'6 661'0 646'6 660'2 11'6 661'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 70445.0 74210.0 70200.0 71410.0 765.0 70645.0 01:44P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 70535.0 74460.0 70520.0 71730.0 830.0 70900.0 01:44P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 72150.0 73860.0 71615.0 71615.0 395.0 71220.0 01:44P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 5089.6 5117.0 5036.3 5036.3 - 79.5 5052.5 01:44P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5084.0 5132.4 5022.8 5048.2 - 77.6 5061.7 01:44P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 5106.6 5146.6 5044.0 5068.1 - 76.1 5079.9 01:44P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 82.000 83.815 79.450 79.670 -3.756 80.914 01:44P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 83.535 85.225 79.315 80.730 -4.084 81.058 01:44P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 83.910 85.620 79.520 80.880 -4.232 81.343 01:44P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 96.74 99.32 92.04 97.54 1.81 98.71 01:44P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 95.52 97.31 91.09 95.76 1.33 96.84 01:44P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 91.67 92.66 87.76 91.50 1.02 92.48 01:44P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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