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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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L/H (°F)		 40/66 40/67 50/63 51/72 54/79
Dew Point
(°F)		 42 43 47 53 55
Humidity
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 52oF Feels Like: 52oF
Humid: 94% Dew Pt: 50oF
Barom: 30.19 Wind Dir: NW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 12 mph
Sunrise: 5:43 Sunset: 8:23
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 10:00 PM
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Front Continues to Sink Southward Wednesday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

A cold front brings scattered storms from Texas to the Midwest, with more rain and thunderstorms expected Wednesday through Thursday. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 12:08PM Tue May 19, 2026 CDT

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 475'6 477'0 472'2 473'2 -2'0 475'2 10:23P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 481'6 483'0 478'0 479'0 -2'4 481'4 10:24P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 498'2 499'4 494'2 495'2 -2'4 497'6 10:23P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 511'4 513'0 508'0 508'6 -2'4 511'2 10:24P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 518'4 520'0 515'2 515'6 -2'6 518'4 10:24P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 522'6 522'6 518'4 519'4 -2'2 521'6 10:24P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 498'2 498'2 497'0 497'0 -1'6 498'6 10:24P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 502'0 503'4 500'0 501'0 -1'4 502'4 10:24P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 512'2 -0'4 512'6 10:24P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1210'0 1212'0 1202'2 1205'2 -4'2 1209'4 10:23P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1210'0 1212'0 1202'6 1205'6 -4'0 1209'6 10:24P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1197'2 1197'2 1190'0 1193'0 -4'2 1197'2 10:24P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1202'4 1203'2 1196'4 1199'0 -4'0 1203'0 10:23P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1211'6 1213'6 1207'4 1210'0 -3'6 1213'6 10:24P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1208'6 1210'4 1205'4 1207'6 -2'4 1210'2 10:24P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1209'4 1211'2 1208'0 1208'0 -3'2 1211'2 10:24P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1212'6 1215'0 1212'2 1214'2 -1'4 1215'6 10:24P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1197'2 0'0 1199'2 10:24P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3325 3342 3290 3303 - 20 3323 10:24P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3265 3281 3238 3246 - 17 3263 10:24P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3249 3249 3215 3222 - 16 3238 10:24P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3229 3229 3195 3201 - 17 3218 10:24P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3253 3270 3231 3237 - 18 3255 10:24P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3275 3275 3242 3248 - 18 3266 10:24P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3253 3253 3245 3245 - 14 3259 10:24P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3267 3267 3242 3243 - 13 3256 10:24P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3280 3280 3255 3255 - 17 3272 10:24P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 98.700 98.950 97.850 97.850 -0.600 97.925s 03:09P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 103.000 103.300 102.000 102.100 - 0.600 102.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 103.400 103.550 101.975 102.050 - 1.125 102.100s 02:50P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.950 90.950 89.125 89.400 -0.750 89.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.025 83.150 81.875 82.175 -0.600 82.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.800 85.925 84.750 85.100 -0.600 85.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.000 90.000 88.750 89.075 -0.525 89.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 92.275 92.275 92.200 92.200 -0.250 92.200s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 253.275 255.675 253.000 254.625 1.175 254.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 247.100 248.350 246.275 247.175 0.100 247.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 238.950 240.350 238.350 239.250 0.350 239.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 238.225 239.600 237.450 238.650 0.750 238.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 237.675 239.700 237.350 238.925 1.050 239.025s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.775 238.925 236.525 238.300 1.200 238.350s 02:39P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 230.525 232.200 230.200 231.825 1.075 231.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 227.425 228.600 227.425 228.525 1.150 228.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 368.375 369.850 368.175 369.850 0.775 369.575s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 357.500 364.125 357.225 363.850 4.800 363.650s 02:53P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 355.000 361.300 354.775 361.075 4.800 361.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 352.125 358.050 351.575 357.750 4.550 357.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 348.700 354.325 348.700 354.150 4.450 354.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 342.975 348.050 342.675 347.650 4.350 347.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 339.675 343.925 339.675 343.475 4.450 343.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 337.500 4.450 341.750s 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 49443.00 49544.00 49294.00 49319.00 - 140.00 49459.00 10:24P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49763.00 49848.00 49611.00 49618.00 - 151.00 49769.00 10:24P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7377.00 7393.75 7356.00 7358.50 - 19.50 7378.00 10:24P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7435.00 7451.50 7414.25 7417.50 - 18.50 7436.00 10:24P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 28929.75 29024.25 28797.25 28851.50 - 72.75 28924.25 10:24P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 29201.00 29289.50 29078.25 29114.25 - 77.50 29191.75 10:24P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 75.45 75.60 75.30 75.53 0.09 75.44 10:24P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 73.51 73.77 73.24 73.68 0.11 73.57 10:24P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 72.34 72.40 71.80 72.35 0.15 72.20 10:24P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 71.00 71.32 70.76 71.15 0.04 71.11 10:24P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 70.20 70.63 70.04 70.53 0.11 70.42 10:24P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.56 69.88 69.48 69.81 0.03 69.78 10:24P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.00 69.23 68.76 69.23 0.11 69.12 10:24P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.31 68.49 68.12 68.48 0.04 68.44 10:24P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 668'2 671'2 661'2 663'2 -4'0 667'2 10:24P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 680'6 683'6 674'4 676'0 -4'2 680'2 10:24P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 699'2 702'2 693'2 695'0 -3'6 698'6 10:24P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 715'0 716'4 708'2 709'4 -4'0 713'4 10:24P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 718'0 718'0 714'0 715'4 -4'2 719'6 10:24P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 715'4 717'4 711'0 711'6 -5'2 717'0 10:24P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 718'6 0'0 722'2 10:24P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 734'6 0'0 734'0 10:24P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 740'4 740'4 740'4 740'4 -0'2 740'6 10:24P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 77090.0 77090.0 76465.0 76655.0 - 180.0 76835.0 10:24P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 77170.0 77230.0 76785.0 76985.0 - 150.0 77135.0 10:24P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 77455.0 77455.0 77455.0 77455.0 - 55.0 77510.0 10:24P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4502.6 4504.0 4465.1 4480.0 - 26.3 4506.3 10:24P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4486.6 4512.0 4455.0 4464.4 - 46.8 4511.2 10:24P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4521.3 4522.7 4470.4 4474.2 - 52.4 4526.6 10:24P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 74.075 74.828 Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 74.110 74.530 73.280 73.600 -1.307 74.907 10:24P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 74.080 75.230 73.390 73.840 -1.319 75.159 10:24P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 107.11 109.24 106.76 108.59 - 0.89 107.77s 04:00P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 104.12 104.45 103.12 104.05 - 0.10 104.15 10:24P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 99.12 99.46 98.23 99.00 -0.13 99.13 10:24P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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