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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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L/H (°F)		 36/63 41/70 49/77 46/66 42/70
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L/H (°F)		 34/63 38/70 46/77 41/66 40/70
Dew Point
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Spring Wheat Planting Slowed by Cold Soil and Wet Fields
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 36oF Feels Like: 29oF
Humid: 81% Dew Pt: 30oF
Barom: 29.96 Wind Dir: SSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 9 mph
Sunrise: 5:56 Sunset: 8:10
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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DTN Weather Summary
Frosts and Freezes Spreading Through Central Plains, Midwest Thursday
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Local Forecast
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High: 63°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 453'0 453'0 450'2 450'2 -2'4 452'6 05:20A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 468'2 469'6 463'6 467'0 -1'4 468'4 05:21A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 474'6 476'2 470'2 473'6 -1'2 475'0 05:22A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 489'6 491'4 485'0 488'4 -1'4 490'0 05:21A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 502'6 504'2 498'6 501'6 -1'4 503'2 05:22A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 510'0 511'6 506'0 509'0 -1'6 510'6 05:22A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 514'0 515'0 509'6 513'0 -1'4 514'4 05:22A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 497'0 497'0 495'4 495'4 -1'4 497'0 05:22A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 500'0 501'4 496'4 499'2 -1'4 500'6 05:22A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1176'0 1177'2 1172'6 1176'2 -2'6 1179'0 05:22A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1195'0 1196'6 1186'6 1194'6 0'0 1194'6 05:21A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1188'2 1191'2 1181'4 1189'0 0'0 1189'0 05:22A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1168'4 1171'2 1161'4 1168'2 -0'6 1169'0 05:22A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1175'0 1178'2 1167'6 1174'4 -1'0 1175'4 05:21A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1186'0 1190'2 1179'6 1186'4 -1'0 1187'4 05:22A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1183'2 1187'0 1177'4 1182'4 -1'6 1184'2 05:22A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1186'0 1188'0 1180'0 1185'0 -2'0 1187'0 05:22A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1191'2 1194'2 1186'0 1191'0 -1'6 1192'6 05:22A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3219 3219 3208 3208 10 3198 05:22A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3172 3209 3158 3209 36 3173 05:22A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3142 3170 3125 3170 31 3139 05:22A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3112 3141 3104 3141 25 3116 05:22A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3096 3118 3084 3118 22 3096 05:22A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3134 3156 3122 3155 21 3134 05:22A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3144 3161 3131 3158 14 3144 05:22A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3139 3153 3123 3153 15 3138 05:22A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3139 3139 3126 3127 - 12 3139 05:21A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 92.050 92.250 91.550 91.650 -1.100 91.700s 05/06 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 100.825 100.825 99.500 99.700 - 1.725 99.700s 05/06 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 103.125 103.125 102.075 102.250 - 1.275 102.250s 05/06 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 103.900 103.900 103.050 103.275 - 0.900 103.300s 05/06 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 89.975 89.975 89.275 89.525 -0.700 89.500s 05/06 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.800 82.825 82.000 82.250 -0.750 82.275s 05/06 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.725 85.800 85.025 85.300 -0.750 85.300s 05/06 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.200 89.625 88.775 89.250 -0.675 89.250s 05/06 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 253.550 254.675 252.625 253.475 0.250 253.475s 05/06 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 248.850 250.000 247.975 248.950 0.550 248.900s 05/06 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 243.550 245.200 242.900 243.800 0.500 243.725s 05/06 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 243.075 244.675 242.525 243.050 0.250 243.050s 05/06 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 243.175 244.450 242.600 242.900 242.900s 05/06 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 242.850 243.600 242.025 242.125 - 0.225 242.075s 05/06 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 236.725 236.950 235.500 235.500 - 0.200 235.600s 05/06 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 233.550 233.550 232.425 232.475 - 0.200 232.425s 05/06 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 373.175 374.175 371.125 372.325 0.575 372.400s 05/06 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 373.775 374.875 372.150 372.950 0.750 373.050s 05/06 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 371.800 373.275 370.650 371.150 0.925 371.300s 05/06 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 369.250 370.925 368.375 368.800 0.825 368.850s 05/06 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 366.275 368.000 365.600 365.700 0.725 365.875s 05/06 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 361.600 362.000 359.750 360.075 0.525 359.875s 05/06 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 357.050 357.600 355.525 355.625 0.525 355.525s 05/06 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 355.000 355.000 353.775 353.775 0.600 353.475s 05/06 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 50024.00 50217.00 49984.00 50049.00 15.00 50034.00 05:22A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 50326.00 50518.00 50302.00 50331.00 - 9.00 50340.00 05:21A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7380.50 7410.50 7377.00 7395.00 5.50 7389.50 05:22A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7440.50 7467.25 7434.25 7448.75 2.25 7446.50 05:22A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 28662.75 28814.50 28637.00 28720.00 3.25 28716.75 05:21A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 28930.00 29070.25 28896.50 28960.25 - 14.00 28974.25 05:21A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 76.60 76.71 76.01 76.01 -0.50 76.51 05:22A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 74.96 75.33 74.35 74.63 -0.39 75.02 05:22A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 73.36 73.71 72.80 73.04 -0.39 73.43 05:22A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 72.00 72.27 71.47 71.63 -0.41 72.04 05:22A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.77 71.02 70.20 70.45 -0.34 70.79 05:22A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.78 70.18 69.33 69.59 -0.35 69.94 05:22A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.21 69.52 68.75 68.99 -0.35 69.34 05:22A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.50 68.65 67.98 68.18 -0.37 68.55 05:22A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 597'2 597'2 597'2 597'2 -8'6 606'0 05:22A Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 617'4 618'6 607'4 615'4 -1'6 617'2 05:22A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 633'0 634'0 623'0 630'4 -2'2 632'6 05:22A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 654'6 655'2 644'4 651'6 -2'2 654'0 05:22A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 674'4 674'4 663'4 670'2 -2'4 672'6 05:22A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 682'0 683'4 672'4 679'0 -3'0 682'0 05:22A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 683'4 683'4 675'6 679'2 -3'4 682'6 05:22A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 686'0 686'0 685'2 685'2 -6'0 691'2 05:22A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 698'2 0'0 706'2 05:22A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 81770.0 81995.0 80925.0 81100.0 - 635.0 81735.0 05:22A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 81980.0 82320.0 81430.0 81555.0 - 520.0 82075.0 05:22A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 83225.0 82455.0 Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4704.8 4736.2 4704.8 4736.2 54.3 4681.9 05:22A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4702.2 4763.6 4694.0 4741.2 46.9 4694.3 05:22A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4717.7 4780.0 4711.8 4756.1 45.1 4711.0 05:22A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 77.870 80.435 77.870 80.435 3.624 76.811 05:21A Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 77.685 80.650 77.375 80.510 3.481 77.029 05:21A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 77.830 80.990 77.455 80.825 3.522 77.303 05:22A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 96.30 96.48 91.92 92.83 -2.25 95.08 05:22A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 91.85 92.45 88.33 89.53 -1.70 91.23 05:21A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 87.58 88.33 84.82 86.08 -1.45 87.53 05:21A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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