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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition
Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Clear
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Temp
L/H (°F)
70/82 70/89 72/88 69/79 63/79
Feels
Like

L/H (°F)
70/91 70/108 73/106 69/83 63/82
Dew Point
(°F)
74 75 76 73 68
Humidity
(%)
95 87 90 97 90
Wind
Speed

(mph)
9 8 7 7 4
Precip
(%)
64 41 47 61 -
Precip
Amt
(in.)
Rain
0.39
Rain
0.47
Rain
0.27
Rain
0.24
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Evap
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0.1 0.13 0.14 0.1 0.16
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 70oF Feels Like: 71oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 70oF
Barom: 29.92 Wind Dir: NNE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 18 mph
Sunrise: 6:14 Sunset: 8:08
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 11:00 AM
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More Thunderstorms Moving Through Corn Belt Thursday
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Posted at 5:41AM Thu Aug 13, 2026 CDT

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 456'6 457'2 448'0 450'0 -7'0 457'0 11:43A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 480'4 481'0 471'6 474'0 -6'6 480'6 11:43A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 495'6 496'4 487'6 490'0 -6'4 496'4 11:42A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 503'6 504'4 496'2 498'2 -6'2 504'4 11:42A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 507'0 508'2 500'2 502'2 -6'4 508'6 11:42A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 491'0 491'0 485'6 488'0 -4'0 492'0 11:42A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 497'6 497'6 492'4 494'6 -3'2 498'0 11:43A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 508'4 508'4 504'0 506'0 -3'0 509'0 11:43A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 513'2 513'6 512'0 512'0 -3'0 515'0 11:42A Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1165'6 1167'0 1165'4 1167'0 2'2 1164'6 11:43A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1165'0 1170'4 1161'4 1170'2 5'0 1165'2 11:43A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1183'0 1188'0 1178'6 1187'4 4'2 1183'2 11:43A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1199'0 1203'4 1194'4 1203'4 4'4 1199'0 11:43A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1207'6 1211'4 1203'0 1210'4 3'0 1207'4 11:42A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1214'4 1218'6 1210'4 1217'2 2'0 1215'2 11:43A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1219'0 1223'0 1215'6 1222'0 2'0 1220'0 11:43A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1205'0 1208'4 1201'6 1207'4 2'0 1205'4 11:43A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1173'6 1175'6 1172'0 1172'0 -1'2 1173'2 11:43A Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3250 3110 11:43A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3085 3124 3085 3116 31 3085 11:43A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3103 3140 3103 3133 29 3104 11:43A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3150 3185 3147 3176 25 3151 11:43A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3175 3205 3171 3196 21 3175 11:43A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3202 3230 3201 3217 13 3204 11:43A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3233 3251 3227 3240 7 3233 11:43A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3268 3279 3255 3268 4 3264 11:43A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3258 3266 3249 3259 6 3253 11:43A Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 95.500 95.600 95.350 95.450 -0.225 95.675 11:42A Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 83.000 83.175 81.675 81.975 -1.575 83.550 11:43A Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 74.200 74.325 72.900 73.025 -1.675 74.700 11:43A Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 77.500 77.650 76.325 76.425 -1.525 77.950 11:43A Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 82.725 82.725 81.700 81.775 -1.375 83.150 11:42A Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 86.550 86.550 85.750 85.800 -1.150 86.950 11:42A Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 95.200 95.225 94.200 94.250 -1.250 95.500 11:43A Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 96.100 96.150 95.350 95.350 -1.250 96.600 11:42A Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 94.800 94.800 94.800 94.800 -1.050 95.850 11:42A Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 80.475 80.725 80.475 80.725 -0.100 80.825 11:34A Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 73.000 73.000 73.000 73.000 -0.775 73.775 11:17A Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 230.600 230.600 225.425 226.000 - 4.575 230.575 11:43A Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 223.400 223.500 219.100 219.525 - 4.275 223.800 11:43A Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 222.450 222.450 218.325 218.700 - 4.100 222.800 11:43A Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 222.525 222.550 218.950 219.425 - 3.725 223.150 11:43A Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 223.275 223.275 219.700 220.150 - 3.475 223.625 11:43A Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 216.175 216.175 212.900 213.150 - 3.250 216.400 11:43A Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 210.500 211.300 208.800 208.800 - 3.250 212.050 11:43A Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 209.625 209.950 208.050 208.050 - 2.925 210.975 11:43A Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 209.600 209.600 209.475 209.475 - 2.150 211.625 11:42A Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 209.200 209.450 209.200 209.425 - 1.950 211.375 11:41A Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 345.625 345.925 341.450 342.625 - 3.725 346.350 11:42A Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 338.550 338.575 333.950 335.925 - 3.425 339.350 11:43A Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 329.175 329.900 325.975 327.700 - 2.700 330.400 11:43A Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 322.175 322.850 319.150 320.425 - 2.450 322.875 11:43A Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 314.000 314.975 311.475 312.375 - 2.625 315.000 11:43A Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 309.650 310.800 307.625 307.950 - 3.200 311.150 11:43A Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 310.000 310.475 307.700 308.000 - 2.950 310.950 11:43A Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 308.150 309.425 306.500 307.000 - 2.750 309.750 11:43A Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 307.000 308.675 306.500 306.750 - 2.850 309.600 11:42A Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53905.00 54149.00 53715.00 53814.00 - 57.00 53871.00 11:43A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 54288.00 54563.00 54130.00 54182.00 - 101.00 54283.00 11:42A Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7770.00 7838.50 7764.25 7808.25 37.75 7770.50 11:43A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7836.50 7905.00 7833.00 7876.00 39.00 7837.00 11:42A Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29825.00 30267.50 29780.50 30181.00 327.75 29853.25 11:42A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 30104.75 30562.25 30077.00 30472.00 324.75 30147.25 11:42A Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 68.88 68.96 11:43A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 69.16 69.41 68.50 68.79 -0.37 69.16 11:43A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 68.90 69.18 68.34 68.58 -0.34 68.92 11:43A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 68.76 69.04 68.19 68.43 -0.33 68.76 11:43A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.56 68.92 68.11 68.30 -0.34 68.64 11:43A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.45 68.68 67.96 68.22 -0.25 68.47 11:43A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.28 68.59 67.85 68.04 -0.29 68.33 11:43A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.00 68.24 67.58 67.77 -0.27 68.04 11:43A Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 653'2 665'0 645'4 656'4 3'6 652'6 11:42A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 670'0 681'2 661'6 672'2 2'4 669'6 11:43A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 685'4 696'6 678'4 689'2 3'2 686'0 11:43A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 693'0 703'0 685'4 696'6 3'6 693'0 11:43A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 692'4 701'4 685'6 696'4 3'6 692'6 11:43A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 701'0 708'2 693'6 703'4 2'6 700'6 11:42A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 713'4 719'6 707'0 716'2 2'4 713'6 11:43A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 722'2 0'0 722'4 11:43A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 725'2 725'2 721'6 721'6 -1'0 722'6 11:43A Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 63520.0 64115.0 62865.0 62920.0 - 535.0 63455.0 11:43A Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 63820.0 64340.0 63130.0 63340.0 - 360.0 63700.0 11:43A Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 64305.0 64325.0 63440.0 64305.0 300.0 64005.0 11:43A Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4403.5 4445.0 4370.0 4383.5 - 25.4 4408.9 11:42A Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4418.2 4457.9 4359.9 4371.5 - 46.9 4418.4 11:42A Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4434.7 4475.3 4375.0 4387.8 - 46.5 4434.3 11:42A Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 66.420 65.555 Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 65.455 66.450 64.315 64.970 -0.730 65.700 11:43A Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 65.785 66.300 64.585 65.000 -0.937 65.937 11:42A Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 82.70 83.30 80.09 81.97 -1.30 83.27 11:42A Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 81.74 82.18 79.31 81.02 -1.15 82.17 11:43A Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 80.02 80.52 78.06 79.61 -0.89 80.50 11:42A Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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