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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
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L/H (°F)		 61/82 58/83 63/84 70/98 74/100
Dew Point
(°F)		 64 62 63 67 70
Humidity
(%)		 68 65 68 60 66
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 70oF Feels Like: 71oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 70oF
Barom: 30 Wind Dir: NNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 5 mph
Sunrise: 6:28 Sunset: 7:47
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 11:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Limited Showers for South, East Thursday
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Cold front tracking southeast brings scattered severe storms to Plains and Midwest through Wednesday. » More DTN Weather Commentary
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Local Forecast
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 512'0 514'6 509'0 513'2 -0'6 514'0 12:02A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 534'2 537'4 531'4 536'0 -0'4 536'4 12:02A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 548'0 551'2 545'4 549'6 -1'0 550'6 12:01A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 555'0 557'4 551'6 556'2 -1'0 557'2 12:01A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 555'6 558'6 553'4 557'2 -1'2 558'4 12:01A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 529'2 532'2 529'0 530'2 -2'6 533'0 12:01A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 530'0 532'6 529'4 531'0 -2'6 533'6 12:01A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 539'2 541'6 539'0 541'6 -1'4 543'2 12:01A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 544'0 546'2 544'0 545'2 -2'4 547'6 12:01A Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 1250'4 1254'0 1244'4 1251'4 -2'6 1254'2 12:01A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1261'0 1265'6 1256'0 1263'2 -2'6 1266'0 12:02A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1276'0 1280'2 1270'6 1278'0 -2'6 1280'6 12:01A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1281'0 1285'4 1276'4 1283'2 -3'0 1286'2 12:01A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1285'2 1290'0 1281'2 1288'0 -3'0 1291'0 12:01A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1288'6 1292'0 1283'6 1290'2 -3'2 1293'4 12:01A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1268'4 1274'4 1267'2 1273'6 -2'2 1276'0 12:02A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1232'4 1233'6 1232'4 1233'6 -2'6 1236'4 12:02A Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1220'0 1224'0 1218'4 1221'6 -3'2 1225'0 12:01A Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 3287 3322 3287 3314 27 3287 12:02A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3331 3367 3331 3356 25 3331 12:02A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3402 3431 3396 3419 26 3393 12:02A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3428 3455 3421 3441 23 3418 12:02A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3454 3478 3447 3465 21 3444 12:02A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3473 3503 3470 3488 20 3468 12:02A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3501 3525 3494 3514 23 3491 12:02A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3480 3497 3480 3497 27 3470 12:02A Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3446 3448 3446 3448 12 3436 12:01A Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 80.425 81.050 80.100 80.800 0.450 80.900s 08/26 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 70.375 71.125 70.350 70.950 0.625 70.975s 08/26 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 73.225 73.775 73.150 73.650 0.550 73.725s 08/26 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 79.100 79.475 78.750 79.350 0.675 79.450s 08/26 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 83.650 83.650 83.650 83.650 0.600 83.850s 08/26 Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 92.200 92.725 92.025 92.650 0.525 92.700s 08/26 Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 93.500 94.250 93.500 94.225 0.375 94.225s 08/26 Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 93.425 93.850 92.925 93.850 0.350 93.850s 08/26 Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 78.225 78.375 78.225 78.375 0.200 78.575s 08/26 Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 71.100 0.250 70.950s 08/26 Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 74.250 0.250 74.250s 08/26 Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 218.300 219.300 217.525 218.450 0.375 218.475s 08/26 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 210.950 212.150 209.525 210.650 - 0.175 210.775s 08/26 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 212.150 213.825 211.300 212.450 0.450 212.575s 08/26 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 213.900 215.300 212.750 214.000 0.575 214.075s 08/26 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 215.400 216.900 214.525 215.625 0.500 215.725s 08/26 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 209.250 211.125 208.950 209.900 0.650 210.125s 08/26 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 206.000 207.750 205.625 206.725 0.775 206.925s 08/26 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 205.175 206.650 205.025 205.725 0.700 205.900s 08/26 Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 205.675 207.425 205.675 206.300 0.825 206.575s 08/26 Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 205.675 205.675 205.675 205.675 0.500 206.725s 08/26 Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 333.350 333.625 331.950 332.575 - 0.975 332.750s 08/26 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 318.825 320.725 315.700 318.550 - 0.275 319.000s 08/26 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 313.000 315.875 310.850 313.775 0.925 314.250s 08/26 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 305.625 309.000 304.150 307.100 1.800 307.500s 08/26 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 297.375 301.050 296.700 299.675 2.325 300.075s 08/26 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 294.550 297.775 293.500 297.350 2.825 297.375s 08/26 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 294.750 298.325 294.750 298.225 2.975 298.150s 08/26 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 295.000 298.350 295.000 298.350 3.000 298.225s 08/26 Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 295.700 298.725 295.700 298.025 2.350 298.350s 08/26 Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53724.00 53813.00 53650.00 53656.00 135.00 53521.00 12:02A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 54180.00 54220.00 54062.00 54066.00 135.00 53931.00 12:02A Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7722.00 7741.25 7714.50 7718.50 28.50 7690.00 12:02A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7785.25 7808.25 7782.00 7786.25 29.50 7756.75 12:02A Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29499.50 29654.75 29432.50 29487.00 197.50 29289.50 12:02A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29790.00 29925.00 29736.00 29800.00 220.75 29579.25 12:02A Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 66.98 66.98 65.50 66.24 -0.98 67.22 12:02A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.08 67.08 65.70 66.42 -1.01 67.43 12:02A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.35 67.35 66.02 66.69 -1.05 67.74 12:02A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.64 67.64 66.15 66.77 -1.04 67.81 12:02A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.70 67.70 66.33 66.90 -1.01 67.91 12:02A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.52 67.56 66.45 67.00 -0.98 67.98 12:02A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 67.84 67.84 66.41 66.94 -0.94 67.88 12:02A Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 67.33 67.33 66.07 66.48 -0.91 67.39 12:02A Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 729'0 749'4 723'2 738'2 7'6 730'4 12:01A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 746'4 767'4 741'0 755'6 7'4 748'2 12:02A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 762'0 783'2 757'6 772'4 7'2 765'2 12:02A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 769'4 787'6 764'0 777'4 6'2 771'2 12:02A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 760'0 775'6 754'6 766'2 3'4 762'6 12:02A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 760'2 776'0 756'6 767'6 2'4 765'2 12:02A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 767'4 782'4 766'0 775'2 2'0 773'2 12:02A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 769'0 782'0 769'0 777'4 1'0 776'4 12:02A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 775'0 775'0 775'0 775'0 5'0 770'0 12:02A Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 78525.0 79200.0 78525.0 78780.0 260.0 78520.0 12:01A Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 79190.0 79540.0 78935.0 79140.0 260.0 78880.0 12:01A Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 79495.0 79890.0 79355.0 79815.0 565.0 79250.0 12:01A Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4607.8 4598.2 Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4600.0 4644.0 4600.0 4620.0 19.4 4600.6 12:01A Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4614.3 4660.8 4613.5 4635.7 18.2 4617.5 12:01A Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 68.270 67.990 Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 68.090 69.550 68.090 68.875 0.849 68.026 12:01A Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 68.600 69.810 68.600 69.150 0.869 68.281 12:01A Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 82.00 82.17 81.44 81.83 -0.40 82.23 12:01A Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 80.63 80.74 80.04 80.44 -0.41 80.85 12:01A Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 78.99 79.11 78.47 78.83 -0.44 79.27 12:01A Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
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