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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)
63/84 67/82 63/75 61/79 59/81
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63/85 67/91 63/76 61/80 59/84
Dew Point
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63 71 66 64 64
Humidity
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53 96 94 79 77
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7 10 16 8 5
Precip
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None Rain
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Rain
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Evap
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0.23 0.09 0.1 0.14 0.19
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 82oF Feels Like: 84oF
Humid: 55% Dew Pt: 64oF
Barom: 30.04 Wind Dir: SE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 10 mph
Sunrise: 6:00 Sunset: 8:25
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 3:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Storm System Threatens Plains and Midwest With Severe Weather and Heavy Rain Through Friday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist
Posted at 11:59AM Thu Jul 30, 2026 CDT

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 448'2 452'4 445'2 445'4 -3'2 445'6s 03:07P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 471'0 475'4 468'0 468'4 -3'2 468'4s 03:15P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 486'4 490'6 483'6 484'4 -2'6 484'4s 03:04P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 495'0 499'2 492'4 493'0 -2'2 493'4s 03:07P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 499'4 503'6 497'0 497'6 -2'0 498'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 482'4 486'6 480'2 482'6 0'6 483'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 485'6 492'4 484'6 488'2 1'2 488'2s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 498'0 503'4 495'6 499'0 1'2 499'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 502'6 505'6 502'6 504'6 1'0 505'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1178'0 1184'6 1169'0 1175'0 -0'6 1177'2s 02:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1176'0 1181'2 1168'0 1171'6 -3'6 1172'2s 02:50P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1192'4 1198'4 1184'2 1188'4 -4'0 1188'6s 03:11P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1207'2 1212'6 1199'0 1202'6 -4'0 1203'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1211'4 1215'6 1203'4 1207'6 -3'2 1208'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1217'6 1221'0 1209'4 1214'4 -3'0 1214'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1222'0 1225'2 1213'4 1218'6 -2'6 1218'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1204'2 1208'0 1198'6 1203'2 -2'2 1203'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1169'2 1169'2 1168'2 1168'2 -1'2 1166'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3161 3173 3130 3141 - 12 3141s 02:49P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3188 3199 3154 3175 - 4 3175s 03:17P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3197 3204 3159 3182 - 5 3183s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3241 3253 3204 3227 - 7 3228s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3276 3280 3234 3252 - 10 3255s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3302 3302 3262 3279 - 10 3282s 01:22P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3327 3327 3285 3303 - 8 3307s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3345 3354 3315 3331 - 6 3336s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3326 3337 3318 3326 - 4 3326s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 100.475 100.550 98.250 98.325 - 2.250 98.425s 02:59P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 85.500 85.525 82.100 83.250 -2.350 83.350s 02:30P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 77.000 77.000 73.250 74.425 -2.675 74.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 80.475 80.475 76.850 77.875 -2.650 77.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 84.800 84.875 81.725 82.625 -2.525 82.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 88.375 88.375 85.450 86.150 -2.550 86.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 96.650 96.650 93.725 94.600 -2.200 94.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 96.900 96.925 94.350 95.325 -2.050 95.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 94.375 94.375 93.675 93.950 -2.000 94.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 78.925 78.925 78.925 78.925 -2.675 78.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 70.850 70.850 70.850 70.850 -3.500 70.850s 02:30P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 228.800 231.375 228.475 231.275 3.325 231.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 224.650 227.575 223.950 227.450 3.475 227.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 223.850 226.900 223.450 226.700 3.400 226.725s 02:32P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 224.075 226.525 223.725 226.400 2.775 226.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 224.175 226.050 223.950 225.950 2.225 226.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 217.125 218.450 216.600 218.375 2.025 218.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 213.075 213.975 212.200 213.900 1.925 213.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 211.750 212.200 211.100 212.200 1.675 212.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 209.925 1.700 212.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 210.575 1.425 212.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 345.525 348.550 341.250 346.650 2.200 346.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 339.525 343.000 336.325 342.600 3.800 342.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 331.200 334.275 328.150 334.150 4.400 334.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 324.675 327.800 322.125 327.775 4.825 327.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 317.500 320.750 315.275 320.650 4.800 320.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 313.525 316.700 311.900 316.575 4.775 316.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 313.925 316.025 312.175 315.800 5.025 315.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 311.000 314.375 310.350 314.375 4.900 314.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 309.350 4.900 314.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 51759.00 52484.00 51732.00 52466.00 701.00 52380.00 03:17P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 52330.00 52878.00 52148.00 52850.00 685.00 52786.00 03:17P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7338.00 7492.00 7331.00 7487.25 136.00 7472.50 03:17P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7399.75 7557.00 7399.75 7555.00 139.75 7537.25 03:17P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 27202.00 28367.00 27202.00 28330.00 988.00 28237.75 03:18P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 27585.00 28632.50 27585.00 28608.00 994.25 28518.00 03:18P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 69.38 69.61 68.07 68.49 -0.82 68.35s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 68.65 69.12 67.98 68.27 -0.44 68.22s 02:57P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 68.11 68.52 67.43 67.71 -0.37 67.70s 02:31P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.69 68.05 66.97 67.30 -0.33 67.29s 03:01P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.49 67.90 66.90 67.15 -0.36 67.15s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.16 67.62 66.72 66.87 -0.38 66.91s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 66.95 67.36 66.57 66.68 -0.39 66.72s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 66.58 66.99 66.31 66.40 -0.37 66.41s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 660'0 686'4 658'2 663'4 2'6 663'4s 03:12P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 678'4 703'0 675'0 681'2 3'6 681'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 693'4 717'6 690'4 697'2 4'4 697'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 699'6 722'6 696'4 704'2 4'6 704'4s 02:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 695'0 715'0 690'6 700'0 5'2 700'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 696'6 718'2 695'0 704'2 5'2 705'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 705'4 725'6 705'0 715'0 5'2 715'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 728'0 728'0 720'6 720'6 5'4 721'2s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 725'6 725'6 722'0 722'0 5'6 719'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 63385.0 65190.0 63305.0 64760.0 1220.0 64775.0 03:18P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 63825.0 65435.0 63765.0 65080.0 1310.0 65085.0 03:18P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 64470.0 65625.0 63925.0 65340.0 1365.0 65335.0 03:18P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4060.7 4118.5 4028.5 4110.8 74.5 4100.1 03:17P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4076.0 4133.3 4040.0 4128.3 77.8 4114.7 03:17P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4094.3 4148.0 4054.4 4142.3 77.0 4129.4 03:17P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 57.275 59.250 57.225 59.250 1.363 58.815 03:17P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 57.975 59.570 57.120 59.500 1.411 59.017 03:17P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 58.895 59.670 57.690 59.660 1.366 59.218 03:18P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 84.65 85.94 82.97 83.95 -0.51 83.59 03:17P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 81.98 82.72 80.22 81.07 -0.97 80.80 03:17P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 79.46 79.71 77.71 78.38 -1.30 78.19 03:17P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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