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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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L/H (°F)		 32/63 52/77 56/78 58/78 52/67
Dew Point
(°F)		 36 50 57 58 51
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 37oF Feels Like: 37oF
Humid: 87% Dew Pt: 34oF
Barom: 30.33 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 0 mph
Sunrise: 6:18 Sunset: 7:52
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 8:00 AM
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Severe Weather Continues Friday, Cold Follows This Weekend
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

Strong-to-severe thunderstorms from Wisconsin to Oklahoma. Frosts, freezes in the Plains and Midwest for this weekend. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 12:25PM Fri Apr 17, 2026 CDT

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High: 63°F
Low: 30°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 77°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 449'0 451'6 446'6 447'2 -1'4 448'6 08:33A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 458'0 460'6 455'4 456'0 -1'4 457'4 08:33A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 462'0 464'2 459'2 459'6 -1'4 461'2 08:33A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 477'4 480'0 475'2 476'0 -1'0 477'0 08:33A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 490'2 493'4 489'0 489'4 -1'4 491'0 08:33A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 498'0 500'6 496'6 496'6 -1'6 498'4 08:33A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 502'0 504'2 501'2 501'2 -0'6 502'0 08:33A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'6 484'6 482'6 483'0 -1'2 484'2 08:33A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 489'0 490'4 487'0 487'0 -1'6 488'6 08:33A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1167'2 1171'6 1161'4 1161'6 -5'4 1167'2 08:33A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1183'2 1187'2 1177'2 1177'4 -5'4 1183'0 08:33A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1177'0 1180'0 1171'2 1171'6 -4'6 1176'4 08:33A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1153'6 1156'6 1148'0 1148'4 -3'6 1152'2 08:33A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1158'0 1160'4 1152'0 1153'0 -3'4 1156'4 08:33A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1170'0 1174'0 1165'4 1166'2 -3'4 1169'6 08:33A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1169'0 1173'0 1164'6 1164'6 -3'6 1168'4 08:33A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1175'0 1175'4 1166'6 1166'6 -5'0 1171'6 08:33A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1180'0 1180'0 1175'0 1175'0 -3'0 1178'0 08:33A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3318 3326 3271 3271 - 47 3318 08:33A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3268 3277 3224 3225 - 47 3272 08:33A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3210 3217 3174 3174 - 46 3220 08:32A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3166 3173 3132 3132 - 41 3173 08:33A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3137 3137 3104 3105 - 35 3140 08:33A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3174 3175 3139 3139 - 35 3174 08:33A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3184 3184 3155 3155 - 32 3187 08:33A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3178 3178 3153 3157 - 26 3183 08:33A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3167 3178 3164 3176 - 11 3187 08:33A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 93.650 93.700 93.450 93.500 0.100 93.400 08:33A Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 101.450 101.450 101.100 101.325 0.275 101.050 08:33A Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 103.975 104.025 103.700 103.875 0.200 103.675 08:33A Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 104.100 104.150 103.850 104.000 0.100 103.900 08:33A Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 89.575 89.700 89.450 89.550 0.075 89.475 08:33A Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.200 82.275 82.075 82.100 -0.025 82.125 08:33A Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.550 85.550 85.225 85.250 -0.025 85.275 08:33A Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.725 89.725 89.200 89.325 -0.425 89.300s 08:33A Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 250.450 251.000 250.450 251.000 1.050 249.950 08:33A Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 247.300 248.000 247.150 247.975 0.625 247.350 08:32A Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 243.050 243.850 242.850 243.650 0.825 242.825 08:33A Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 238.100 238.950 238.100 238.750 0.650 238.100 08:33A Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 238.000 238.125 237.575 238.125 0.700 237.425 08:33A Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 236.875 237.700 236.875 237.650 0.550 237.100 08:33A Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.500 236.875 236.500 236.875 0.675 236.200 08:33A Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 229.925 230.175 229.925 230.175 0.550 229.625 08:32A Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 371.075 372.575 371.075 372.525 1.200 371.325 08:33A Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 365.525 366.800 365.500 366.425 1.150 365.275 08:33A Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 366.000 367.225 365.875 367.075 1.400 365.675 08:33A Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 364.300 365.000 364.000 364.975 1.375 363.600 08:33A Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 362.050 362.425 362.050 362.425 1.375 361.050 08:33A Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 358.725 358.725 358.725 358.725 0.750 357.975 08:33A Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 351.950 351.950 351.925 351.925 0.625 351.300 08:33A Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 348.625 349.225 340.450 346.150 - 1.650 346.150s 08:33A Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49324.00 49685.00 49090.00 49651.00 10.00 49641.00 08:33A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49781.00 49970.00 49477.00 49945.00 3.00 49942.00 08:33A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7102.50 7153.50 7085.00 7148.00 - 13.50 7161.50 08:33A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7157.75 7205.25 7141.50 7204.75 - 12.00 7216.75 08:33A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 26599.75 26827.75 26535.00 26756.25 - 69.25 26825.50 08:33A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 26815.00 27057.50 26815.00 27013.75 - 54.25 27068.00 08:33A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 68.86 69.05 68.17 68.45 0.29 68.16 08:33A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 68.70 68.79 67.94 68.22 0.31 67.91 08:33A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.95 67.28 66.56 66.81 0.35 66.46 08:33A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.50 65.79 65.12 65.39 0.40 64.99 08:33A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 63.99 64.32 63.82 63.95 0.38 63.57 08:33A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 63.22 63.34 62.75 62.96 0.35 62.61 08:33A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 62.48 62.76 62.30 62.37 0.32 62.05 08:33A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 61.94 61.96 61.62 61.75 0.34 61.41 08:33A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 596'2 601'4 590'2 590'2 -1'0 591'2 08:33A Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 604'2 610'2 598'4 598'6 -0'4 599'2 08:33A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 616'4 622'2 611'4 611'4 -0'2 611'6 08:33A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 635'2 640'4 629'4 629'4 -0'6 630'2 08:33A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 651'6 655'2 644'2 644'2 -1'4 645'6 08:33A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 658'2 662'0 653'2 653'2 0'0 653'2 08:33A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 658'0 658'0 647'2 647'2 -2'4 649'6 08:33A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 645'6 0'0 654'2 08:33A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 661'0 0'0 663'6 08:33A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 74600.0 75760.0 73810.0 75190.0 -2410.0 77600.0 08:33A Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 75000.0 76065.0 74065.0 75575.0 -2395.0 77970.0 08:33A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 74970.0 76315.0 74555.0 76000.0 -2260.0 78260.0 08:33A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4793.9 4811.0 4770.0 4807.0 - 50.6 4857.6 08:33A Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4813.8 4828.0 4736.7 4823.1 - 39.8 4862.9 08:33A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4811.8 4847.3 4752.0 4837.9 - 41.7 4879.6 08:33A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 79.525 79.555 79.505 79.505 -2.233 81.738 08:33A Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 80.240 80.755 78.715 80.285 -1.557 81.842 08:33A Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 80.150 81.030 79.080 80.570 -1.567 82.137 08:33A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 89.00 91.20 87.02 87.28 3.43 83.85 08:33A Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 88.15 89.60 85.45 85.74 3.15 82.59 08:33A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 84.86 85.83 82.47 82.75 2.53 80.22 08:33A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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