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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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L/H (°F)
59/81 64/87 63/74 58/79 60/82
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Like

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59/84 64/93 63/75 58/80 60/85
Dew Point
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67 68 67 63 65
Humidity
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67 73 94 80 76
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 81oF Feels Like: 83oF
Humid: 66% Dew Pt: 68oF
Barom: 29.97 Wind Dir: SSE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 6:04 Sunset: 8:21
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 3:00 PM
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Strong Storms Target the Eastern Dakotas and Northwest Minnesota Tonight
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

Strong to severe storms possible Monday evening across the eastern Dakotas, with hail and wind risks. » More DTN Weather Commentary

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 438'0 450'4 435'2 449'6 8'4 449'2s 03:23P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 461'0 473'4 458'2 473'0 8'4 472'4s 03:18P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 477'0 489'2 474'2 489'0 8'4 488'2s 03:13P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 485'4 497'6 483'0 497'2 8'2 497'0s 01:20P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 490'6 501'6 488'0 501'2 7'6 501'0s 01:20P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 477'6 487'2 475'2 486'4 7'2 486'6s 02:57P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 483'0 493'2 481'6 492'2 7'0 492'4s 02:43P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 494'0 504'4 494'0 504'2 6'6 503'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 505'2 505'2 505'2 505'2 6'4 509'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1163'6 1175'4 1163'6 1168'0 -3'2 1168'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1167'0 1177'0 1158'4 1174'0 3'0 1173'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1182'2 1194'4 1175'2 1192'2 4'6 1192'2s 03:11P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1197'2 1209'0 1189'4 1206'6 5'6 1207'0s 02:37P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1200'0 1213'6 1194'6 1210'6 7'0 1211'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1205'2 1219'4 1200'6 1216'6 7'2 1217'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1209'0 1223'4 1205'0 1221'0 7'4 1221'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1196'0 1207'4 1190'4 1204'6 7'0 1205'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1156'6 1171'4 1156'4 1169'0 7'2 1169'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3103 3145 3091 3135 12 3134s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3149 3164 3118 3153 5 3154s 03:24P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3162 3178 3134 3167 2 3168s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3210 3225 3179 3215 4 3216s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3238 3250 3204 3241 6 3241s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3257 3275 3230 3265 9 3266s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3279 3296 3254 3289 11 3291s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3307 3323 3283 3315 12 3319s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3281 3311 3276 3305 12 3307s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 98.200 98.625 97.450 97.650 -1.325 97.525s 02:30P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 83.900 84.900 83.350 83.650 -1.175 83.675s 02:32P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 74.825 76.050 74.725 75.350 -0.325 75.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 78.075 79.375 77.875 78.875 0.125 78.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 82.775 83.925 82.500 83.750 0.475 83.700s 02:30P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 87.025 87.250 87.025 87.250 0.600 87.225s 02:30P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 94.525 95.700 94.425 95.700 0.650 95.575s 02:30P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 95.625 96.500 95.575 96.500 0.750 96.325s 02:30P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 95.100 95.475 94.900 95.475 0.850 95.450s 02:30P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.000 1.125 80.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.525 1.125 73.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 231.725 233.400 230.900 231.400 - 0.650 231.100s 02:51P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 227.250 229.550 226.300 227.025 - 0.525 226.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 226.975 228.850 225.850 226.375 - 0.725 226.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 226.800 228.750 226.100 226.650 - 0.375 226.500s 02:30P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 226.450 228.500 225.900 226.525 - 0.075 226.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.550 220.525 217.875 218.550 - 0.200 218.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 214.075 215.525 212.525 213.400 - 0.400 213.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 213.150 213.600 211.000 212.025 - 0.600 211.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 211.325 212.275 211.325 212.275 - 0.450 211.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 212.000 213.000 212.000 213.000 0.225 212.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 348.200 351.525 346.900 348.300 - 0.200 347.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 344.375 348.050 341.700 343.000 - 1.225 342.550s 02:30P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 335.675 339.675 332.925 334.100 - 1.650 333.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 329.125 333.225 326.250 327.200 - 2.075 327.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 321.925 325.600 318.925 320.025 - 2.400 319.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 317.975 321.500 315.000 315.750 - 2.175 315.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 317.475 320.725 314.725 315.050 - 1.725 315.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 316.400 317.425 313.325 313.725 - 1.475 313.800s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 318.000 318.000 312.400 313.100 - 1.975 312.925s 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 52780.00 53414.00 52777.00 53393.00 758.00 53334.00 03:23P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53200.00 53822.00 53192.00 53821.00 779.00 53743.00 03:23P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7550.00 7637.75 7542.75 7634.75 115.50 7628.25 03:23P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7612.75 7704.75 7609.50 7694.00 108.75 7695.75 03:23P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 28565.00 28964.25 28313.50 28927.00 522.75 28891.75 03:23P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 28753.50 29250.00 28600.00 29222.50 534.00 29182.00 03:23P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 67.33 68.01 66.89 67.75 1.57 68.69s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 66.99 68.88 66.51 68.78 1.53 68.79s 03:14P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 66.51 68.53 66.28 68.40 1.37 68.41s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 66.43 68.30 66.10 68.13 1.24 68.14s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 66.36 68.14 66.07 68.02 1.12 67.97s 01:21P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 66.05 67.84 66.00 67.70 1.01 67.71s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 66.00 67.54 65.88 67.49 0.90 67.47s 02:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 65.73 67.15 65.60 67.10 0.80 67.10s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 635'0 653'6 632'0 651'4 11'6 651'0s 03:17P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 652'6 671'6 650'0 669'4 11'6 669'2s 02:35P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 670'0 687'4 667'2 685'4 11'0 685'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 676'4 694'2 675'2 692'4 10'2 692'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 673'2 691'6 673'2 690'2 11'4 690'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 681'0 696'6 681'0 695'6 12'0 696'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 692'4 707'6 692'4 707'0 12'2 707'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 713'0 714'0 713'0 714'0 12'0 714'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 698'0 698'0 698'0 698'0 11'4 712'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 63160.0 64315.0 62350.0 64175.0 1045.0 64085.0 03:25P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 63300.0 64520.0 62450.0 64305.0 960.0 64325.0 03:25P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 62925.0 64770.0 62920.0 64595.0 925.0 64630.0 03:25P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4083.4 4083.5 4026.5 4050.4 1.3 4033.7 03:25P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4086.2 4094.9 4033.0 4062.8 0.4 4046.3 03:25P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4099.0 4113.9 4044.1 4079.8 3.2 4060.3 03:25P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 57.800 57.800 57.800 57.800 0.209 57.667 03:25P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 58.650 58.880 56.705 58.310 0.524 57.856 03:25P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 58.805 58.835 57.000 58.215 0.229 58.056 03:25P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 80.10 81.30 78.43 80.13 -4.54 80.34 03:24P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 77.92 78.90 76.42 77.80 -3.69 77.90 03:24P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 76.30 76.69 74.40 75.69 -2.96 75.68 03:24P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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