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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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L/H (°F)
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Feels
Like

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64/88 70/98 73/103 75/104 73/99
Dew Point
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64 68 70 70 71
Humidity
(%)
69 70 64 64 67
Wind
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Precip
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20 39 24 23 33
Precip
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0.06
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 64oF Feels Like: 65oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 64oF
Barom: 30.09 Wind Dir: SSE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 6:30 Sunset: 7:44
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 11:00 PM
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 508'0 517'4 507'2 511'0 1'6 512'0s 03:47P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 531'4 541'2 530'6 536'2 3'0 536'4s 03:44P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 545'2 554'6 544'4 550'6 4'0 551'2s 03:50P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 551'2 560'4 550'4 556'6 4'0 557'0s 03:57P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 552'4 561'2 551'6 557'2 3'2 557'4s 03:10P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 525'0 531'4 524'6 526'6 1'0 527'4s 03:52P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 525'0 531'0 523'6 526'2 1'4 527'0s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 534'2 540'4 534'2 535'6 1'4 536'4s 01:30P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 539'2 543'0 539'2 541'4 1'4 541'0s 01:30P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1257'4 1278'2 1257'4 1277'6 19'6 1276'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1270'0 1290'0 1269'2 1287'6 20'0 1288'0s 03:43P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1284'6 1305'0 1284'2 1302'4 19'6 1302'6s 03:04P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1290'2 1308'4 1289'6 1306'2 18'2 1306'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1294'6 1312'4 1294'4 1310'2 17'6 1310'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1296'6 1314'4 1296'2 1312'2 17'4 1312'0s 02:39P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1280'2 1296'4 1278'6 1294'4 16'6 1294'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1242'4 1256'4 1242'2 1256'2 15'6 1254'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1227'6 1243'4 1227'6 1242'0 14'6 1241'4s 03:22P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3285 3417 3274 3387 80 3382s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3331 3457 3314 3427 81 3425s 03:22P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3396 3522 3378 3488 80 3489s 03:07P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3427 3536 3403 3504 71 3505s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3442 3540 3422 3507 55 3509s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3466 3547 3434 3514 44 3517s 03:23P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3483 3561 3457 3531 37 3532s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3444 3534 3437 3508 32 3506s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3435 3483 3426 3458 27 3467s 01:20P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 80.525 81.975 79.800 81.900 1.275 81.900s 03:22P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 71.125 72.375 70.500 72.300 1.100 72.300s 02:30P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 73.825 75.075 73.200 75.075 1.125 74.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 79.550 80.800 79.050 80.800 1.100 80.650s 03:45P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 84.000 85.200 84.000 85.200 1.200 85.200s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 92.850 94.150 92.475 94.150 1.075 93.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 94.500 95.775 94.100 95.775 1.125 95.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 94.175 95.375 93.850 95.375 1.075 95.250s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.100 79.350 79.050 79.350 0.900 80.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.000 72.000 72.000 72.000 1.175 72.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.950 1.175 75.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 221.000 221.350 218.850 220.550 - 1.050 219.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 213.500 214.000 210.825 211.825 - 1.200 211.725s 03:22P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 215.325 215.850 212.700 213.800 - 1.075 213.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 217.225 217.600 214.700 215.750 - 1.300 215.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 218.975 219.375 216.675 217.675 - 1.175 217.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 213.275 213.900 211.325 212.400 - 0.850 212.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 210.425 210.575 208.350 209.500 - 0.600 209.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 208.600 209.125 207.725 208.650 - 0.825 208.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 209.725 209.725 209.300 209.425 - 0.450 209.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 210.250 - 0.625 209.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 322.875 323.600 320.025 320.900 - 1.550 320.900s 03:35P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 318.750 319.250 315.150 316.750 - 1.550 316.525s 02:30P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 311.975 312.800 308.050 310.150 - 1.550 309.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 304.250 305.250 300.150 302.350 - 1.650 302.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 302.350 302.350 297.175 299.375 - 1.775 299.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 302.800 302.825 298.025 299.800 - 1.925 299.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 301.475 301.475 297.150 299.650 - 1.975 299.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 302.100 302.100 299.000 300.575 - 1.550 300.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 299.500 - 1.550 299.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53608.00 53862.00 53513.00 53590.00 - 37.00 53584.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53996.00 54263.00 53925.00 54017.00 - 34.00 53997.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7733.75 7782.50 7711.75 7724.75 - 20.50 7722.00s 04:00P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7796.25 7850.75 7780.00 7791.50 - 19.75 7790.00s 04:00P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29635.50 29811.50 29436.25 29509.50 - 204.00 29491.75s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29926.75 30109.00 29736.75 29812.50 - 202.00 29787.75s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 68.81 70.89 68.72 70.57 2.59 70.59s 02:53P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.12 71.08 68.93 70.71 2.59 70.82s 03:27P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.39 71.28 69.20 70.99 2.55 71.06s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.36 71.22 69.21 70.95 2.48 70.99s 03:27P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 69.31 71.12 69.23 70.88 2.33 70.92s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.32 71.02 69.22 70.75 2.20 70.81s 03:23P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.18 70.81 69.08 70.49 2.12 70.59s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 68.65 70.03 68.65 70.00 2.04 69.95s 01:30P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 739'4 773'0 737'4 766'0 24'2 767'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 758'2 790'2 754'6 783'4 23'2 784'0s 03:42P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 773'4 803'2 771'0 797'4 21'6 797'6s 03:14P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 778'6 807'0 776'4 802'4 21'2 802'6s 02:31P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 769'4 794'6 765'6 791'0 19'2 792'2s 04:39P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 770'2 794'2 767'4 791'2 17'4 792'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 775'4 798'6 775'4 795'6 15'6 797'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 778'4 799'0 778'4 796'0 14'2 797'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 787'0 787'0 787'0 787'0 12'2 790'6s 03:35P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 79995.00 81500.00 78450.00 79095.00 - 811.28 79088.72s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 77685.0 78190.0 77660.0 77930.0 95.0 77835.0 11:27P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 78350.0 78350.0 78035.0 78255.0 Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 4599.3 4625.5 4451.8 4453.8 -132.1 4478.1s 04:00P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4618.7 4650.8 4460.3 4468.6 -133.1 4494.7s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4636.3 4649.8 4487.5 4488.2 -133.7 4513.2s 04:00P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 69.350 71.160 66.230 66.255 -2.436 66.995s 04:00P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 69.520 71.475 66.320 66.595 -2.450 67.252s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 69.850 71.540 66.800 66.845 -2.454 67.531s 04:00P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 83.67 83.78 82.25 83.44 -0.13 83.40s 04:00P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 82.01 82.17 80.80 81.82 -0.14 81.83s 04:00P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 80.08 80.17 79.02 79.98 -0.11 80.00s 04:00P Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
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