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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 72oF Feels Like: 71oF
Humid: 50% Dew Pt: 52oF
Barom: 30.13 Wind Dir: E
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 14 mph
Sunrise: 5:37 Sunset: 8:30
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 9:00 AM
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DTN Weather Summary
Showers Continue in Southeast, Spread North Through Plains Thursday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

Showers and thunderstorm continue over the Southeast on Thursday. Precip also through the Plains, and the Pacific Northwest. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 5:32AM Thu May 28, 2026 CDT

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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 452'2 458'2 451'4 453'4 1'0 452'4 09:59A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 459'6 465'6 459'0 461'6 2'0 459'6 10:00A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 477'4 483'2 476'4 479'6 2'2 477'4 09:59A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 492'0 497'4 491'4 494'4 2'2 492'2 10:00A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 499'4 505'0 499'2 502'0 2'2 499'6 10:00A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 504'4 508'2 503'2 505'6 2'0 503'6 10:00A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 486'6 490'4 486'6 488'4 2'0 486'4 10:00A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 490'0 495'2 490'0 493'2 2'4 490'6 10:00A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 503'0 505'0 502'0 502'0 0'6 501'2 10:00A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1186'0 1196'0 1185'0 1191'2 6'0 1185'2 09:59A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1185'0 1195'6 1185'0 1192'2 7'4 1184'6 10:00A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1174'4 1183'2 1174'2 1180'0 7'0 1173'0 10:00A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1181'6 1191'0 1180'6 1189'0 7'4 1181'4 09:59A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1194'2 1203'6 1194'2 1201'6 7'4 1194'2 10:00A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1193'2 1203'2 1193'2 1201'2 7'6 1193'4 10:00A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1197'0 1206'0 1197'0 1204'6 9'2 1195'4 10:00A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1200'2 1211'0 1200'2 1210'2 10'0 1200'2 10:00A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1191'6 1191'6 1191'6 1191'6 6'4 1185'2 10:00A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3309 3351 3307 3344 38 3306 10:00A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3240 3280 3235 3273 38 3235 10:00A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3200 3234 3190 3227 33 3194 10:00A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3172 3206 3163 3199 31 3168 10:00A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3208 3242 3200 3236 29 3207 10:00A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3220 3252 3212 3248 29 3219 10:00A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3217 3245 3212 3242 25 3217 10:00A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3224 3243 3215 3242 23 3219 10:00A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3245 3264 3238 3263 21 3242 10:00A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 97.075 97.075 96.250 96.600 -1.000 97.600 10:00A Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 101.875 101.875 101.225 101.300 - 0.825 102.125 10:00A Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 100.475 100.650 100.000 100.175 - 0.675 100.850 10:00A Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 86.400 86.425 86.050 86.125 -0.475 86.600 10:00A Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 78.875 78.975 78.500 78.650 -0.325 78.975 10:00A Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 81.600 81.750 81.350 81.500 -0.300 81.800 10:00A Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 85.275 85.575 85.150 85.200 -0.375 85.575 10:00A Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 88.075 88.075 88.075 88.075 -0.350 88.325s 10:00A Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 251.450 251.725 250.800 251.075 - 0.350 251.425 10:00A Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 242.500 243.200 241.650 242.875 0.375 242.500 10:00A Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 234.025 234.675 233.175 234.425 0.450 233.975 10:00A Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 233.375 233.925 232.525 233.725 0.475 233.250 10:00A Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 233.825 234.500 233.025 234.150 0.300 233.850 10:00A Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 233.625 234.050 232.675 233.825 0.425 233.400 10:00A Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 227.000 227.800 226.550 227.575 0.325 227.250 10:00A Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 224.250 224.650 223.750 224.325 0.075 224.250 10:00A Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 355.000 356.150 352.600 355.450 0.825 354.625 10:00A Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 352.075 353.550 349.975 352.650 0.850 351.800 10:00A Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 348.775 350.300 346.975 349.275 0.800 348.475 10:00A Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 345.025 346.950 343.275 346.300 1.300 345.000 10:00A Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 338.225 340.625 337.000 339.825 1.200 338.625 10:00A Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 333.625 335.850 333.125 335.600 0.800 334.800 10:00A Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 332.825 334.100 332.650 334.100 1.325 332.775 10:00A Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 331.500 331.600 331.500 331.600 3.800 330.750s 10:00A Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 50784.00 50855.00 50386.00 50687.00 - 41.00 50728.00 10:00A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 51120.00 51188.00 50725.00 51030.00 - 37.00 51067.00 10:00A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7553.75 7574.00 7505.75 7566.25 26.25 7540.00 10:00A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7615.75 7633.50 7566.50 7628.75 27.75 7601.00 10:00A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 30120.00 30209.75 29763.00 30207.50 160.25 30047.25 10:00A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 30404.75 30488.00 30049.50 30488.00 156.25 30331.75 10:00A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 75.25 75.99 74.70 75.15 -0.11 75.26 10:00A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 73.60 74.30 73.16 73.59 -0.01 73.60 10:00A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 72.20 72.96 71.87 72.31 0.05 72.26 10:00A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 71.01 71.71 70.70 71.13 0.05 71.08 10:00A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 70.25 70.88 69.89 70.27 70.27 10:00A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.66 70.21 69.31 69.72 0.06 69.66 10:00A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.08 69.57 68.75 69.02 -0.06 69.08 10:00A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.61 68.93 68.20 68.51 68.51 10:00A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 622'2 628'0 618'0 621'4 -1'0 622'4 10:00A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 635'0 641'0 631'2 634'2 -1'4 635'6 10:00A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 655'4 660'6 651'4 653'6 -2'0 655'6 10:00A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 673'4 677'0 668'4 670'6 -2'2 673'0 10:00A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 682'4 686'0 679'0 679'6 -2'6 682'4 10:00A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 682'4 690'0 682'4 684'4 -3'0 687'4 10:00A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 695'6 695'6 695'0 695'0 -1'0 696'0 10:00A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 711'6 711'6 711'0 711'4 1'4 710'0 10:00A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 727'6 0'0 718'0 10:00A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 74340.0 74650.0 72465.0 72910.0 -1995.0 74905.0 10:00A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 74680.0 74830.0 72655.0 73110.0 -2060.0 75170.0 10:00A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 75000.0 75000.0 72975.0 73320.0 -2210.0 75530.0 10:00A Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 4453.6 4477.9 4363.5 4467.8 19.4 4448.4 10:00A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4471.0 4493.3 4379.4 4482.9 18.8 4464.1 10:00A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4488.0 4511.4 4395.6 4503.9 22.4 4481.5 10:00A Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 73.650 74.730 71.970 74.730 0.100 74.630 10:00A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 74.930 75.230 72.000 75.040 0.145 74.895 10:00A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 74.210 75.255 72.760 75.095 -0.095 75.190 10:00A Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 89.11 92.52 87.11 89.23 0.55 88.68 10:00A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 86.49 89.46 84.00 86.82 0.83 85.99 10:00A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 83.64 86.57 82.31 84.54 0.96 83.58 10:00A Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
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