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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy Rain Rain Rain
Weather Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy Rain Rain Rain
Temp
L/H (°F)		 53/69 45/65 44/68 49/64 51/74
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L/H (°F)		 53/69 40/65 39/68 44/64 51/74
Dew Point
(°F)		 54 42 42 48 53
Humidity
(%)		 71 52 52 71 64
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Speed
(mph)		 14 10 11 12 6
Precip
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0.38		 None Rain
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 68oF Feels Like: 69oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 68oF
Barom: 29.82 Wind Dir: SSE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 14 mph
Sunrise: 5:44 Sunset: 8:22
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 10:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Front Pushing through Southern Plains, Midwest Tuesday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

A sharp cold front will trigger major severe weather Monday, with tornadoes, large hail, and heavy rain across the Plains and Midwest. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 12:39PM Mon May 18, 2026 CDT

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Local Forecast
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Tuesday
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High: 69°F
Low: 53°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 65°F
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Precip: 0%		 High: 68°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 476'6 479'4 475'0 479'0 2'0 477'0 10:23P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 482'0 484'0 480'0 483'4 1'2 482'2 10:23P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 497'6 499'6 495'4 498'6 0'6 498'0 10:23P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 511'4 512'6 509'0 512'0 0'4 511'4 10:23P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 518'0 519'6 516'0 518'4 0'0 518'4 10:23P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 521'4 523'0 519'6 522'0 0'4 521'4 10:23P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 499'0 500'0 498'0 499'6 0'6 499'0 10:23P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 502'2 503'6 500'6 503'2 0'6 502'4 10:23P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 511'2 511'2 511'2 511'2 -1'4 512'6 10:23P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1213'0 1216'0 1211'4 1214'6 1'6 1213'0 10:23P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1210'4 1213'6 1209'4 1213'0 2'0 1211'0 10:23P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1194'4 1197'4 1193'0 1196'6 1'4 1195'2 10:23P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1200'0 1203'4 1198'4 1202'4 1'4 1201'0 10:23P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1210'0 1214'0 1209'4 1213'2 1'0 1212'2 10:23P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1207'0 1210'4 1206'0 1210'0 0'6 1209'2 10:23P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1208'0 1211'0 1207'2 1210'6 0'4 1210'2 10:23P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1213'2 1215'0 1211'4 1215'0 0'2 1214'6 10:23P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1199'0 0'0 1197'4 10:23P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3345 3361 3338 3354 9 3345 10:23P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3285 3300 3280 3297 12 3285 10:23P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3243 3263 3241 3260 14 3246 10:23P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3217 3237 3217 3233 13 3220 10:23P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3252 3273 3252 3269 13 3256 10:23P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3265 3280 3265 3278 13 3265 10:23P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3259 3274 3259 3274 15 3259 10:23P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3256 3256 3256 3256 3256 10:23P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3283 3283 3283 3283 12 3271 10:23P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 99.250 100.450 98.425 98.675 - 0.225 98.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 103.750 105.000 102.675 102.900 - 0.600 102.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 104.500 105.600 103.150 103.250 - 0.925 103.225s 02:30P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.150 92.300 90.125 90.225 -0.950 90.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.750 84.575 82.825 83.000 -0.750 82.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.500 87.025 85.675 85.750 -0.550 85.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.300 90.400 89.575 89.650 -0.550 89.600s 03:59P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 93.000 -0.550 92.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 254.925 255.775 253.100 253.375 - 0.525 253.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 248.875 249.975 246.800 247.125 - 0.775 247.150s 02:30P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 240.675 241.700 238.600 238.875 - 0.925 238.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 240.000 240.800 237.800 238.025 - 1.150 238.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 239.525 240.500 237.775 237.850 - 0.975 237.975s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 238.300 239.500 236.950 237.025 - 1.000 237.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 232.000 232.325 230.450 230.500 - 0.900 230.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 228.450 228.450 227.225 227.225 - 0.775 227.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 369.450 369.600 367.750 368.575 0.125 368.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 363.100 363.750 358.100 358.775 - 2.600 358.850s 02:30P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 360.650 361.500 355.500 356.125 - 2.975 356.200s 02:31P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 357.875 358.500 352.450 353.125 - 3.075 353.100s 03:47P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 354.500 355.125 349.100 349.800 - 3.150 349.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 348.775 348.775 342.850 343.575 - 3.150 343.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 342.100 342.225 338.575 339.500 - 2.900 339.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 338.000 338.000 337.000 337.500 - 2.375 337.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49740.00 49818.00 49694.00 49757.00 - 11.00 49768.00 10:23P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 50073.00 50073.00 49996.00 50064.00 - 12.00 50076.00 10:23P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7423.50 7440.75 7402.75 7414.75 - 11.00 7425.75 10:23P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7488.00 7498.25 7462.75 7474.50 - 9.75 7484.25 10:23P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 29100.00 29188.50 28929.75 28989.50 - 106.50 29096.00 10:23P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 29379.25 29440.50 29200.25 29260.25 - 102.75 29363.00 10:23P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 75.57 75.63 75.18 75.35 -0.28 75.63 10:23P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 73.69 73.69 73.32 73.48 -0.27 73.75 10:23P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 72.41 72.41 71.99 72.14 -0.27 72.41 10:23P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 71.23 71.29 70.94 71.09 -0.28 71.37 10:23P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 70.52 70.55 70.25 70.42 -0.27 70.69 10:23P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.80 69.89 69.63 69.78 -0.27 70.05 10:23P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.22 69.22 69.03 69.07 -0.32 69.39 10:23P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.50 68.50 68.46 68.46 -0.25 68.71 10:23P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 666'0 673'2 664'0 670'2 5'6 664'4 10:23P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 679'4 685'6 677'2 683'0 5'2 677'6 10:23P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 697'0 703'4 695'6 700'2 4'0 696'2 10:23P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 712'4 717'2 710'2 714'2 3'2 711'0 10:23P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 720'2 723'0 718'0 721'6 4'4 717'2 10:23P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 713'0 718'2 713'0 718'2 3'4 714'6 10:23P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 719'6 719'6 719'6 719'6 0'0 719'6 10:23P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 729'4 734'0 729'4 734'0 2'4 731'4 10:23P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 735'6 0'0 737'2 10:23P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 77080.0 77425.0 76475.0 76780.0 - 115.0 76895.0 10:23P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 77465.0 77490.0 77000.0 77000.0 - 195.0 77195.0 10:23P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 79605.0 77560.0 Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4538.7 4552.5 Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4570.6 4593.2 4545.8 4550.3 - 7.7 4558.0 10:23P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4590.5 4606.9 4570.0 4570.0 - 3.8 4573.8 10:23P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 78.465 78.465 76.570 76.570 -0.503 77.073 10:23P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 77.990 79.015 76.385 76.720 -0.462 77.182 10:23P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 78.050 79.400 76.530 76.780 -0.664 77.444 10:23P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 107.11 107.88 106.76 107.71 - 0.95 108.66 10:23P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 102.58 103.13 102.12 102.91 - 1.47 104.38 10:23P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 97.50 98.11 97.14 97.94 -1.53 99.47 10:23P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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