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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition
Cloudy Rain Rain Rain Mostly Cloudy
Weather Cloudy Rain Rain Rain Mostly Cloudy
Temp
L/H (°F)
54/68 59/68 56/61 56/66 53/70
Feels
Like

L/H (°F)
54/68 59/68 56/61 56/66 53/70
Dew Point
(°F)
60 62 57 58 56
Humidity
(%)
82 98 94 91 82
Wind
Speed

(mph)
3 5 7 5 6
Precip
(%)
- 75 80 74 -
Precip
Amt
(in.)
None Rain
0.20
Rain
0.35
Rain
0.13
None
Evap
(in./day)
0.06 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.09
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 68oF Feels Like: 68oF
Humid: 69% Dew Pt: 57oF
Barom: 30.27 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 6:56 Sunset: 7:00
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 4:00 PM
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Rain Continues in Plains, Western Midwest Friday
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 526'4 530'6 525'4 526'4 -1'4 527'4s 03:57P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 541'2 545'0 539'4 540'4 -2'0 541'4s 02:49P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 548'4 552'2 546'2 547'4 -2'4 548'2s 02:54P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 551'6 555'0 549'4 550'4 -2'0 551'4s 03:12P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 523'0 526'2 521'2 522'0 -2'0 522'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 527'0 529'6 525'4 526'4 -1'2 527'2s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 540'2 541'4 538'0 538'6 -1'0 539'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 548'2 548'2 546'4 546'4 -0'4 546'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 550'0 551'2 548'0 548'6 -0'4 549'4s 01:30P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1310'0 1327'6 1310'0 1316'4 -0'4 1317'4s 03:55P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1326'2 1343'2 1325'6 1330'2 -1'6 1332'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1335'0 1351'2 1334'0 1338'0 -2'6 1339'6s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1342'2 1357'6 1341'4 1345'0 -3'2 1346'6s 03:55P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1346'4 1362'2 1346'0 1349'6 -3'2 1351'2s 03:55P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1329'2 1343'4 1328'6 1332'0 -3'6 1333'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1297'6 1301'2 1288'4 1291'6 -3'0 1293'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1274'2 1286'6 1273'2 1277'6 -2'4 1279'0s 02:30P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1288'0 1294'4 1283'0 1287'2 -2'6 1288'4s 01:20P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 3691 3776 3680 3752 58 3761s 03:56P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3690 3769 3680 3712 18 3724s 03:56P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3703 3761 3680 3694 3 3706s 03:54P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3688 3745 3667 3674 - 6 3688s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3672 3739 3667 3670 - 5 3684s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3690 3746 3675 3679 - 2 3694s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3647 3701 3634 3646 - 4 3649s 01:30P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3622 3645 3581 3592 - 6 3594s 01:30P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3547 3569 3518 3520 - 11 3528s 01:30P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 79.750 79.875 79.025 79.500 -0.675 79.200s 02:32P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 70.350 70.475 69.225 69.650 -0.850 69.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 71.875 72.025 70.700 70.950 -1.175 70.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 77.025 77.325 76.075 76.350 -0.900 76.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 81.175 81.175 80.800 80.875 -0.675 80.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 89.850 90.300 89.375 89.650 -0.575 89.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 91.575 92.025 91.250 91.500 -0.450 91.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 91.500 91.825 91.200 91.450 -0.300 91.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 77.000 77.250 76.800 76.800 -0.450 76.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 70.450 70.500 70.425 70.425 -0.025 70.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.800 -0.025 74.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 220.000 220.800 218.950 218.950 - 1.850 219.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 221.500 222.975 220.975 221.050 - 1.250 221.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 222.450 224.450 222.400 222.825 - 0.775 222.875s 02:59P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 224.050 225.750 223.600 224.400 - 0.175 224.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.200 220.425 218.175 219.250 - 0.050 219.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 215.425 217.125 214.825 215.875 216.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 214.000 215.675 213.825 214.700 0.175 214.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 214.275 215.800 214.275 214.850 0.050 215.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 215.000 215.750 215.000 215.750 0.150 214.850s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 215.000 215.150 215.000 215.150 0.600 215.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 336.975 337.725 336.625 337.500 1.100 337.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 332.625 334.575 331.575 331.850 - 1.575 331.750s 03:37P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 328.900 331.325 327.900 328.175 - 1.425 328.075s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 320.675 324.000 320.100 321.000 - 1.025 320.650s 02:37P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 316.350 319.750 315.650 317.100 - 0.675 316.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 316.150 319.300 315.625 316.825 - 0.650 316.275s 02:30P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 315.075 317.825 314.775 315.525 - 0.775 315.050s 02:30P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 318.000 319.325 316.225 316.800 - 1.200 316.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 314.000 - 0.600 313.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
Oct 27 313.825 313.825s Chart for @GF7V Options for @GF7V
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 51878.00 51905.00 51479.00 51670.00 - 156.00 51717.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 52381.00 52381.00 51981.00 52177.00 - 160.00 52211.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM7H Options for @YM7H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 7774.75 7783.50 7707.25 7759.50 - 5.50 7767.00s 04:00P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7859.75 7863.00 7790.00 7841.00 - 5.25 7849.75s 04:00P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 30780.00 30827.50 30370.00 30736.25 2.00 30766.75s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 31145.25 31182.25 30745.00 31047.00 1.00 31135.00s 04:00P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 67.25 67.35 66.39 66.82 -0.32 66.93s 03:58P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.81 67.97 67.00 67.47 -0.26 67.55s 03:56P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.02 68.19 67.27 67.74 -0.24 67.82s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.12 68.41 67.55 68.00 -0.16 68.11s 03:56P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.28 68.57 67.79 68.21 -0.08 68.34s 03:24P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.25 68.53 67.84 68.24 68.39s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 67.79 68.05 67.48 67.82 0.05 67.97s 01:20P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 67.13 67.60 67.08 67.37 0.11 67.53s 01:30P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 707'6 712'4 700'2 705'6 -1'4 707'0s 03:23P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 724'0 728'0 715'4 720'4 -2'6 721'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 732'0 735'4 723'4 727'4 -3'6 728'2s 01:24P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 733'0 736'4 724'0 728'0 -4'0 729'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 738'4 741'2 729'2 733'0 -4'2 734'2s 02:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 748'4 750'4 740'0 742'6 -4'2 744'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 754'2 756'2 748'6 750'2 -5'2 750'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 753'0 -4'6 747'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 725'6 728'4 725'6 726'2 -4'2 728'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 84385.0 83370.0 84370.0 84360.0 Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 84950.0 84835.0 84780.0 84910.0 Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
Nov 26 85110.0 85455.0 84750.0 85295.0 - 65.0 85290.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 4263.6 4271.5 4255.0 4271.5 - 18.3 4263.0s 04:00P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4291.6 4304.5 4246.4 4276.0 - 19.7 4265.1s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4306.5 4317.1 4262.3 4290.6 - 20.2 4281.9s 04:00P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 63.400 63.635 63.000 63.630 -0.925 63.457s 04:00P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 64.465 64.465 63.115 63.495 -0.950 63.483s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 64.650 64.650 63.385 63.770 -0.950 63.752s 04:00P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 92.72 96.78 91.23 94.76 2.45 94.61s 04:00P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 89.78 92.89 88.60 91.04 1.39 90.90s 04:00P Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
Jan 27 87.27 89.88 86.23 88.08 0.80 87.89s 04:00P Chart for QCL7F Options for QCL7F
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