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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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L/H (°F)		 84/103 74/99 70/97 69/89 65/87
Dew Point
(°F)		 75 74 72 70 67
Humidity
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DTN Weekly Average DDG Price Still Moving Lower
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 88oF Feels Like: 98oF
Humid: 66% Dew Pt: 75oF
Barom: 30.03 Wind Dir: SSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 10 mph
Sunrise: 5:38 Sunset: 8:43
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 11:00 AM
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DTN Weather Summary
More Strong Thunderstorms on Edge of Heatwave Thursday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Posted at 5:39AM Thu Jul 2, 2026 CDT

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Local Forecast
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High: 92°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 422'0 428'2 421'0 423'2 2'2 421'0 11:59A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 423'2 427'0 421'4 423'4 0'6 422'6 11:59A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 443'0 446'0 440'6 442'0 -0'2 442'2 11:59A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 458'0 461'0 456'2 456'6 -1'0 457'6 11:59A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 467'4 470'0 465'2 465'6 -1'2 467'0 11:59A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 473'0 476'0 471'4 472'0 -1'0 473'0 11:59A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 466'0 468'2 464'4 464'4 -1'4 466'0 11:59A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 473'0 476'2 471'6 472'4 -0'6 473'2 11:59A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 484'0 486'4 484'0 486'2 1'2 485'0 11:59A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1126'2 1135'4 1126'2 1129'0 2'6 1126'2 11:59A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1132'4 1142'6 1131'4 1135'6 2'4 1133'2 11:59A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1134'6 1145'0 1134'0 1136'0 0'4 1135'4 11:59A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1148'0 1158'0 1147'0 1148'4 -0'6 1149'2 11:59A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1162'4 1171'6 1161'6 1162'6 -1'0 1163'6 11:59A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1168'6 1177'6 1168'2 1169'0 -2'0 1171'0 11:59A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1176'0 1184'4 1175'0 1175'6 -2'6 1178'4 11:59A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1183'0 1191'2 1181'6 1182'4 -2'6 1185'2 11:59A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1174'6 1178'4 1172'0 1172'0 -1'6 1173'6 11:59A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3077 3100 3070 3074 8 3066 11:59A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3066 3092 3054 3063 10 3053 11:59A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3046 3070 3037 3041 6 3035 11:59A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3023 3050 3020 3022 4 3018 11:59A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3047 3078 3047 3052 5 3047 11:59A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3065 3090 3063 3066 4 3062 11:59A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3102 3117 3090 3093 2 3091 11:59A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3120 3141 3114 3116 - 1 3117 11:59A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3165 3176 3150 3150 - 1 3151 11:59A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 93.325 93.975 93.125 93.925 0.575 93.350 11:59A Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 96.850 98.725 96.600 98.700 1.650 97.050 11:59A Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 81.450 82.100 81.025 81.900 0.400 81.500 11:59A Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 73.425 73.775 72.750 73.325 -0.125 73.450 11:59A Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 77.175 77.375 76.600 77.000 -0.275 77.275 11:59A Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 82.000 82.250 81.600 81.950 -0.275 82.225 11:59A Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 85.850 86.000 85.600 86.000 86.000 11:59A Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 94.300 94.500 94.000 94.300 -0.150 94.450 11:59A Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 242.275 243.000 239.250 239.700 - 2.125 241.825 11:59A Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 237.100 237.525 234.650 235.050 - 1.675 236.725 11:59A Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 237.000 237.275 234.450 235.075 - 1.500 236.575 11:59A Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 237.750 237.750 235.225 235.825 - 1.400 237.225 11:59A Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 238.200 238.250 235.750 236.250 - 1.500 237.750 11:59A Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 231.200 231.725 229.450 229.825 - 1.650 231.475 11:59A Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 228.075 228.500 226.275 226.450 - 1.825 228.275 11:59A Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 227.125 227.300 225.150 225.775 - 1.350 227.125 11:59A Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 365.050 365.225 361.850 362.225 - 1.925 364.150 11:59A Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 362.900 363.400 360.000 360.500 - 1.675 362.175 11:59A Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 360.000 360.300 357.200 357.700 - 1.600 359.300 11:59A Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 357.000 357.050 354.175 354.625 - 1.650 356.275 11:59A Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 350.700 350.700 348.100 348.250 - 1.700 349.950 11:59A Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 345.575 346.000 344.850 345.000 - 1.150 346.150 11:59A Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 344.425 344.825 343.350 343.900 - 1.100 345.000 11:59A Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 342.200 342.200 341.950 341.950 - 0.850 342.800 11:59A Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 52640.00 53141.00 52551.00 52954.00 286.00 52668.00 11:59A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53000.00 53572.00 52994.00 53390.00 299.00 53091.00 11:59A Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7536.00 7593.75 7498.00 7501.50 - 42.00 7543.50 11:59A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7605.25 7660.50 7565.00 7575.50 - 35.00 7610.50 11:59A Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 30089.75 30320.00 29434.00 29464.75 - 629.50 30094.25 11:59A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 30395.00 30625.00 29739.50 29749.50 - 656.25 30405.75 11:59A Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 67.05 67.97 67.05 67.50 0.48 67.02 11:59A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.80 67.58 66.12 66.41 -0.28 66.69 11:59A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 66.32 67.21 65.84 66.08 -0.23 66.31 11:59A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 65.85 66.69 65.41 65.61 -0.21 65.82 11:59A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 65.49 66.32 65.01 65.30 -0.12 65.42 11:59A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 65.00 66.10 64.82 65.22 -0.01 65.23 11:59A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 64.85 65.83 64.61 65.04 65.04 11:59A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 64.58 65.50 64.32 64.80 0.02 64.78 11:59A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 590'6 599'0 590'6 591'4 -0'4 592'0 11:59A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 600'0 607'6 597'0 599'0 -1'0 600'0 11:59A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 613'4 621'2 611'4 613'6 -0'6 614'4 11:59A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 625'0 633'0 623'2 625'6 -1'2 627'0 11:59A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 632'2 639'6 630'6 633'6 -0'6 634'4 11:59A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 637'2 643'6 635'0 638'2 -0'4 638'6 11:59A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 646'6 653'4 646'6 650'4 0'6 649'6 11:59A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 663'4 670'0 663'4 665'4 -0'6 666'2 11:59A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 681'2 0'0 678'0 11:59A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 60845.0 62420.0 59710.0 61840.0 1660.0 60180.0 11:59A Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 61315.0 62635.0 60280.0 62060.0 1640.0 60420.0 11:59A Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 61400.0 62820.0 60800.0 62300.0 1670.0 60630.0 11:59A Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4067.5 4140.1 4062.0 4104.3 36.0 4068.3 11:59A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4049.2 4157.1 4042.8 4130.5 48.1 4082.4 11:59A Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4062.4 4170.0 4062.4 4143.4 46.8 4096.6 11:59A Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 59.470 61.595 59.465 60.920 0.835 60.085 11:59A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 59.565 62.300 59.470 61.075 0.784 60.291 11:59A Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 59.750 62.580 59.415 61.330 0.819 60.511 11:59A Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 68.03 68.28 67.04 68.13 -0.45 68.58 11:59A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 68.02 68.23 67.12 68.09 -0.42 68.51 11:59A Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 67.97 68.10 67.13 67.97 -0.43 68.40 11:59A Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
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