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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Thunder Storms Rain Partly Cloudy Clear Mostly Cloudy
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 48/84 36/52 34/56 31/64 51/77
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 42/63 27/52 28/56 26/64 51/77
Dew Point
(°F)		 58 30 27 34 49
Humidity
(%)		 96 43 41 46 54
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 17 17 13 12 14
Precip
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Precip
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Evap
(in./day)		 0.06 0.16 0.16 0.18 0.22
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DTN Weekly DDG Price Higher on Average
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 64oF Feels Like: 65oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 64oF
Barom: 29.61 Wind Dir: S
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 21 mph
Sunrise: 6:23 Sunset: 7:48
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 6:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Severe Weather Continues Friday, Cold Follows This Weekend
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

Strong-to-severe thunderstorms from Wisconsin to Oklahoma. Frosts, freezes in the Plains and Midwest for this weekend. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 12:25PM Fri Apr 17, 2026 CDT

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Local Forecast
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Friday
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High: 84°F
Low: 48°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 52°F
Low: 36°F
Precip: 70%		 High: 56°F
Low: 34°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 64°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 448'2 451'0 443'2 448'0 0'2 448'6s 03:57P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 457'4 460'0 452'2 457'0 -0'2 457'4s 03:57P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 461'0 463'0 455'2 460'6 0'2 461'2s 01:20P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 476'0 478'2 471'2 476'2 0'2 477'0s 03:53P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 489'2 491'4 484'6 490'2 0'6 491'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 497'0 498'2 492'2 497'6 1'0 498'4s 03:02P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 500'4 502'4 496'4 501'2 0'6 502'0s 03:23P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 483'2 483'4 479'0 483'2 2'4 484'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 486'0 488'6 483'2 488'0 2'4 488'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1162'6 1167'4 1151'4 1165'6 3'4 1167'2s 02:50P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1179'0 1183'4 1168'0 1181'4 2'4 1183'0s 03:57P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1173'0 1177'0 1162'6 1175'2 1'4 1176'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1150'6 1153'2 1140'4 1150'6 0'4 1152'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1154'0 1158'0 1145'0 1154'0 0'4 1156'4s 03:49P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1166'4 1171'4 1157'2 1168'0 1'4 1169'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1164'6 1170'0 1156'0 1166'0 1'6 1168'4s 03:00P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1168'0 1173'0 1159'4 1169'2 1'6 1171'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1176'0 1179'0 1165'6 1175'4 2'2 1178'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3327 3345 3301 3316 - 9 3318s 02:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3282 3299 3256 3269 - 9 3272s 03:32P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3220 3239 3196 3218 3220s 03:32P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3170 3191 3155 3173 2 3173s 03:15P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3136 3162 3128 3138 2 3140s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3173 3198 3161 3172 2 3174s 03:15P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3187 3212 3170 3187 7 3187s 01:20P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3177 3203 3162 3182 13 3183s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3173 3197 3168 3184 19 3187s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 94.600 94.600 92.750 93.200 -0.650 93.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 101.925 102.375 100.175 100.975 - 0.625 101.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 104.550 104.975 103.250 103.675 - 0.675 103.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 104.750 105.075 103.675 103.975 - 0.675 103.900s 02:31P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.400 90.400 89.200 89.500 -0.525 89.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.575 82.800 81.875 82.125 -0.350 82.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.600 85.725 85.100 85.300 -0.325 85.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.725 89.725 89.200 89.325 -0.425 89.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 250.375 250.700 246.400 249.750 - 0.350 249.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 247.675 248.375 243.025 247.150 - 0.275 247.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 243.075 244.050 238.775 242.700 - 0.250 242.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 238.300 239.425 234.625 238.000 - 0.225 238.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 237.825 238.925 234.325 237.200 - 0.325 237.425s 03:08P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 237.500 238.650 234.100 236.925 - 0.400 237.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.775 237.850 233.375 236.200 - 0.575 236.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 230.275 231.375 227.350 229.475 - 0.650 229.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 373.550 374.025 365.875 370.925 - 1.750 371.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 368.025 369.250 357.850 365.000 - 1.825 365.275s 02:31P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 369.250 370.300 359.275 365.100 - 2.850 365.675s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 367.200 368.100 357.175 363.200 - 2.825 363.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 363.425 365.250 354.825 360.475 - 2.625 361.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 361.325 361.750 351.200 358.000 - 2.275 357.975s 02:44P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 353.675 354.650 345.000 351.500 - 1.825 351.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 348.625 349.225 340.450 346.150 - 1.650 346.150s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 48823.00 49924.00 48808.00 49663.00 874.00 49641.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49140.00 50213.00 49109.00 49973.00 883.00 49942.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7077.25 7185.75 7075.25 7164.25 84.50 7161.50s 04:00P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7132.50 7240.75 7132.00 7220.00 85.00 7216.75s 04:00P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 26460.00 26884.75 26440.00 26840.75 338.25 26825.50s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 26685.75 27123.25 26685.75 27086.25 339.25 27068.00s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 69.36 69.65 67.06 68.07 -1.17 68.16s 03:24P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 69.05 69.40 66.85 67.84 -1.14 67.91s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 67.45 67.82 65.48 66.36 -1.02 66.46s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.93 66.29 64.16 64.90 -1.00 64.99s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 64.46 64.74 62.84 63.46 -0.99 63.57s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 63.72 63.86 61.88 62.44 -0.98 62.61s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 63.06 63.12 61.32 61.88 -0.88 62.05s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 62.10 62.10 60.66 61.22 -0.70 61.41s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 597'4 602'4 582'6 589'6 -7'2 591'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 605'0 610'0 590'4 598'0 -7'2 599'2s 02:31P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 617'0 621'4 602'6 610'2 -6'4 611'6s 02:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 634'4 639'4 621'0 629'0 -5'6 630'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 650'0 654'2 636'2 644'4 -4'6 645'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 658'4 660'6 645'4 651'6 -3'6 653'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 652'2 652'6 642'0 648'0 -3'0 649'6s 03:19P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 653'2 654'0 645'6 645'6 -2'4 654'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 662'2 663'2 654'6 661'0 -1'2 663'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 75205.0 78545.0 74645.0 77545.0 2090.0 77600.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 75375.0 78885.0 75060.0 77735.0 2105.0 77970.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 75820.0 79080.0 75820.0 78270.0 2110.0 78260.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4771.6 4879.7 4767.2 4829.7 72.2 4857.6s 04:00P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4798.1 4900.0 4771.8 4835.0 71.3 4862.9s 04:00P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4811.8 4917.7 4785.9 4849.4 71.3 4879.6s 04:00P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 82.380 82.830 82.200 82.365 3.132 81.738s 04:00P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 78.665 83.245 77.770 80.930 3.132 81.842s 04:00P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 79.005 83.440 78.235 81.225 3.145 82.137s 04:00P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 93.18 94.04 80.56 85.57 -10.84 83.85s 04:00P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 89.72 90.34 78.97 84.00 -8.58 82.59s 04:00P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 86.75 86.75 77.22 81.26 -6.76 80.22s 04:00P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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