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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Clear Mostly Cloudy Rain
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 40/64 40/62 32/56 32/51 27/47
Feels
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L/H (°F)		 45/64 31/62 23/56 24/51 18/41
Dew Point
(°F)		 53 44 30 27 24
Humidity
(%)		 77 65 52 53 49
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 13 19 13 14 13
Precip
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0.30		 Rain
0.13		 None None Rain
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(in./day)		 0.09 0.13 0.14 0.11 0.11
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DTN Weekly DDG Price Steady on Average
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 52oF Feels Like: 52oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 52oF
Barom: 29.97 Wind Dir: ESE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 16 mph
Sunrise: 6:45 Sunset: 7:33
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
One More Storm for Easter Weekend
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

A storm gathering strength in the Pacific Northwest will move through the Plains on Friday, and the Midwest on Saturday, sending its cold front through the East on Easter Sunday. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 11:48AM Thu Apr 2, 2026 CDT

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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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Friday
Saturday
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High: 64°F
Low: 40°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 62°F
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Precip: 0%		 High: 51°F
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Precip: 0%		 High: 47°F
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Precip: 22%
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 454'0 460'4 451'2 452'0 -2'2 452'2 04/02 Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 464'6 471'4 462'2 463'2 -1'6 463'2 04/02 Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 467'2 473'2 465'4 466'4 -0'6 467'0 04/02 Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 481'4 486'6 479'4 481'0 -0'2 481'2 04/02 Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 491'4 496'6 490'2 492'0 0'0 492'2 04/02 Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 497'2 502'6 496'6 498'6 0'0 499'0 04/02 Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 500'4 505'6 500'4 502'0 0'0 502'4 04/02 Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'2 486'2 483'4 484'4 -0'2 484'6 04/02 Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 488'0 492'6 488'0 489'6 -0'4 490'2 04/02 Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1167'2 1174'2 1162'0 1162'6 -5'6 1163'4 04/02 Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1183'0 1190'0 1178'6 1179'2 -5'2 1180'0 04/02 Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1177'6 1186'2 1174'2 1175'0 -5'4 1175'2 04/02 Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1152'6 1161'4 1151'0 1153'4 -2'4 1153'6 04/02 Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1152'6 1161'6 1150'6 1153'6 -1'6 1154'0 04/02 Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1162'2 1171'6 1161'0 1163'4 -1'6 1163'6 04/02 Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1156'2 1165'4 1156'2 1157'6 -2'0 1158'4 04/02 Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1159'2 1167'6 1158'0 1160'0 -2'0 1160'6 04/02 Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1164'2 1173'4 1164'2 1166'4 -1'2 1166'6 04/02 Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3182 3188 3139 3152 - 30 3152 04/02 Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3170 3172 3128 3135 - 32 3132 04/02 Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3150 3150 3107 3111 - 34 3109 04/02 Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3125 3125 3078 3082 - 36 3080 04/02 Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3087 3111 3051 3058 - 40 3056 04/02 Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3144 3144 3083 3093 - 40 3091 04/02 Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3136 3138 3086 3096 - 39 3094 04/02 Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3112 3112 3067 3080 - 37 3076 04/02 Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3110 3110 3061 3073 - 37 3070 04/02 Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.675 90.825 90.125 90.125 -0.575 90.350s 04/02 Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 96.275 96.625 95.575 96.075 -0.775 96.000s 04/02 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 104.800 105.150 104.075 104.450 - 0.700 104.475s 04/02 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 107.475 107.900 106.650 106.950 - 0.700 107.050s 04/02 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 107.325 107.800 106.600 106.875 - 0.725 106.875s 04/02 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.650 92.100 91.025 91.450 -0.475 91.425s 04/02 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.600 84.000 83.125 83.525 -0.550 83.375s 04/02 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.975 86.350 85.650 85.975 -0.525 85.850s 04/02 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 242.150 246.325 241.950 246.100 2.150 246.200s 04/02 Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 242.275 246.575 241.950 246.200 1.975 246.325s 04/02 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 238.525 242.600 238.275 242.075 1.500 242.175s 04/02 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 234.700 238.000 234.250 237.650 1.325 237.725s 04/02 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 234.400 237.275 233.850 237.000 1.325 237.050s 04/02 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 234.500 237.100 233.900 236.950 1.125 236.825s 04/02 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 234.450 236.625 233.625 236.475 1.050 236.350s 04/02 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 227.825 229.950 227.225 229.875 1.000 229.825s 04/02 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 367.975 373.250 366.175 372.900 2.150 372.900s 04/02 Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 365.125 371.250 363.425 370.675 2.625 370.625s 04/02 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 363.750 369.950 362.700 369.600 2.650 369.500s 04/02 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 360.825 367.575 360.825 367.550 2.600 367.325s 04/02 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 359.475 364.800 358.150 364.525 2.550 364.625s 04/02 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 355.350 361.725 355.350 361.525 2.525 361.525s 04/02 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 349.450 355.625 349.450 355.150 2.775 355.050s 04/02 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 344.925 349.325 344.675 349.325 2.550 349.325s 04/02 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 46715.00 46895.00 46584.00 46629.00 - 103.00 46732.00 08:15A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 46960.00 47036.00 46866.00 46866.00 - 139.00 47005.00 08:15A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 6622.50 6639.00 6598.25 6603.75 - 18.50 6622.25 08:15A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 6673.00 6690.00 6649.00 6651.75 - 20.50 6672.25 08:15A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 24219.50 24255.00 24106.00 24129.75 - 88.25 24218.00 08:15A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 24454.25 24454.25 24326.00 24326.00 - 108.25 24434.25 08:15A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 67.01 69.17 66.74 69.00 1.89 68.94 04/02 Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 67.09 69.03 66.87 68.83 1.64 68.74 04/02 Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.34 68.16 66.15 67.96 1.48 67.82 04/02 Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.39 67.26 65.33 67.00 1.35 66.87 04/02 Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 64.56 66.26 64.40 65.94 1.24 65.84 04/02 Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 64.00 65.58 63.74 65.26 1.23 65.15 04/02 Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 63.36 65.03 63.29 64.76 1.23 64.63 04/02 Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 62.54 64.16 62.50 63.90 1.13 63.84 04/02 Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 597'4 609'2 594'0 597'6 0'2 598'2 04/02 Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 609'4 620'2 605'6 609'0 0'2 609'4 04/02 Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 621'4 632'6 618'6 621'4 0'0 622'2 04/02 Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 638'0 649'2 636'0 638'6 0'2 639'0 04/02 Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 649'6 662'4 649'6 652'4 0'2 653'0 04/02 Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 657'0 666'6 657'0 658'4 0'6 658'4 04/02 Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 652'6 656'0 650'4 651'0 2'0 649'6 04/02 Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 646'0 2'0 653'0 04/02 Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 657'6 1'6 662'6 04/02 Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 67170.0 67625.0 66480.0 67165.0 - 15.0 67135.0 10:15A Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 67450.0 67805.0 66890.0 67490.0 - 35.0 67455.0 10:15A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 67745.0 - 35.0 67700.0 10:15A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4764.9 4784.4 4558.9 4672.0 -131.7 4651.5s 04/02 Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4767.3 4806.9 4567.4 4679.4 -133.2 4662.9s 04/02 Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4783.0 4825.9 4580.4 4702.7 -133.4 4679.7s 04/02 Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 73.715 73.715 69.835 72.855 -3.132 72.735s 04/02 Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 75.150 75.985 69.610 73.170 -3.154 72.924s 04/02 Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 75.575 76.080 69.900 73.330 -3.167 73.201s 04/02 Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 98.92 113.97 97.50 112.06 11.42 111.54s 04/02 Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 90.15 98.49 88.70 97.72 7.16 98.04s 04/02 Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 83.50 89.88 82.55 89.16 5.18 89.39s 04/02 Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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Wednesday, April 1, 2026 5:54AM CDT
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