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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Rain Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Rain Clear
Weather Rain Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Rain Clear
Temp
L/H (°F)		 48/82 63/70 60/67 51/64 45/66
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 65/81 63/70 60/67 51/64 43/66
Dew Point
(°F)		 60 65 63 51 50
Humidity
(%)		 61 99 100 71 80
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 8 8 6 9 5
Precip
 (%)		 58 80 80 79 -
Precip
Amt (in.)
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0.13		 Rain
1.57		 Rain
2.41		 Rain
0.10		 None
Evap
(in./day)		 0.16 0.04 0.04 0.1 0.09
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 81oF Feels Like: 81oF
Humid: 42% Dew Pt: 55oF
Barom: 29.87 Wind Dir: SSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 13 mph
Sunrise: 7:01 Sunset: 6:52
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 4:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Rain Increasing as Polo's Remnants Move into Central Plains Wednesday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

A cold front and moisture from Polo bring heavy rain and flooding across the Plains through Wednesday. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 11:54AM Tue Sep 29, 2026 CDT

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Washington, IA
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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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Tuesday
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High: 82°F
Low: 48°F
Precip: 58%		 High: 70°F
Low: 63°F
Precip: 80%		 High: 67°F
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Low: 51°F
Precip: 79%		 High: 66°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 522'0 526'4 519'2 522'2 -1'0 522'0s 04:47P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 535'6 539'6 533'4 535'6 -0'4 536'0s 04:46P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 542'4 546'4 540'6 543'0 -0'4 543'0s 02:37P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 545'6 549'2 543'6 546'0 -1'0 545'6s 02:47P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 518'4 522'2 517'2 517'6 -2'6 518'0s 02:37P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 524'6 527'0 521'6 522'2 -2'6 522'2s 04:45P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 535'4 538'4 534'6 534'6 -2'2 535'0s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 542'4 545'2 541'6 542'0 -2'0 542'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 546'0 548'4 545'0 545'0 -2'4 545'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1287'0 1304'0 1284'0 1297'6 9'4 1297'6s 04:48P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1301'6 1319'0 1298'4 1312'4 9'6 1312'6s 04:45P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1311'2 1327'4 1307'6 1321'2 9'4 1321'4s 04:45P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1319'0 1334'6 1315'4 1328'2 9'2 1329'0s 04:45P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1323'4 1339'4 1320'4 1333'4 8'6 1333'6s 04:45P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1305'6 1322'2 1304'6 1316'4 7'6 1316'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1267'0 1281'6 1267'0 1277'4 7'2 1277'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1254'0 1269'2 1253'6 1264'4 7'0 1264'6s 04:45P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1269'6 1276'4 1268'0 1275'0 6'4 1275'0s 01:30P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 3620 3648 3559 3614 - 16 3601s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3594 3636 3539 3592 - 4 3590s 04:45P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3594 3631 3550 3593 - 8 3591s 02:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3596 3627 3554 3592 - 5 3591s 02:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3595 3631 3563 3600 1 3599s 02:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3594 3642 3580 3617 4 3616s 02:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3562 3611 3549 3585 5 3585s 02:30P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3519 3566 3506 3543 6 3542s 02:30P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3455 3502 3453 3494 6 3488s 01:20P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 78.750 79.625 78.400 79.375 1.125 79.375s 02:53P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 68.750 70.100 68.250 69.675 1.300 69.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 69.675 70.900 69.050 70.550 1.250 70.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 75.125 75.725 74.250 75.450 0.775 75.500s 02:30P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 79.400 79.950 79.150 79.750 0.350 79.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 88.450 88.825 87.500 88.425 0.450 88.500s 02:30P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 90.300 90.750 89.550 90.450 0.525 90.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 90.325 90.700 89.700 90.450 0.525 90.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 75.650 76.325 75.650 76.275 0.825 76.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 69.250 69.950 69.250 69.950 0.525 69.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 73.200 73.200 73.200 73.200 0.325 73.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 217.550 219.500 216.100 217.275 - 0.225 217.225s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 220.800 222.750 218.875 220.900 220.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 223.000 224.750 220.875 222.900 - 0.025 222.925s 03:16P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 224.675 226.275 222.700 224.675 224.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 219.400 221.350 217.850 219.975 0.075 219.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 216.100 217.900 214.725 216.775 0.075 216.725s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 215.325 216.500 213.425 215.250 0.075 215.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 214.550 216.550 214.000 216.550 0.225 215.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 215.525 0.225 215.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 215.150 0.225 216.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 332.175 335.575 329.425 333.775 1.750 333.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 329.350 332.750 326.425 331.075 1.625 330.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 321.975 325.200 319.125 323.700 1.425 323.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 318.125 321.300 315.575 319.900 1.350 319.600s 02:38P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 318.725 320.825 315.375 319.450 1.275 319.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 318.275 319.450 315.375 318.225 1.300 318.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 319.000 320.000 316.375 319.075 1.525 318.975s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 316.550 316.550 316.550 316.550 1.200 316.550s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
Oct 27 314.000 1.200 314.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF7V Options for @GF7V
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 51845.00 52002.00 51459.00 51755.00 - 135.00 51702.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 52233.00 52383.00 51962.00 52205.00 - 138.00 52204.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM7H Options for @YM7H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 7746.50 7770.75 7712.25 7738.25 - 14.75 7732.00s 04:46P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7832.00 7851.00 7794.50 7820.25 - 16.00 7813.00s 04:46P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 30560.50 30725.50 30372.25 30652.75 47.00 30613.25s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 30957.00 31096.75 30745.50 31041.00 45.50 30982.25s 04:00P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 67.14 68.38 66.98 67.80 0.74 67.85s 02:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.69 68.85 67.51 68.21 0.70 68.36s 04:45P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.85 68.99 67.69 68.45 0.74 68.58s 03:46P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.04 69.15 67.87 68.65 0.75 68.78s 01:20P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.09 69.27 68.05 68.83 0.72 68.94s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.12 69.22 68.12 68.83 0.71 68.96s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 67.88 68.67 67.88 68.40 0.68 68.53s 01:20P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 66.97 68.22 66.97 67.93 0.65 68.05s 01:20P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 689'4 694'0 681'4 693'2 4'0 692'6s 04:45P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 703'6 708'2 696'2 707'0 3'4 707'0s 04:45P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 710'6 714'4 703'2 713'6 2'6 713'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 710'2 714'4 704'6 712'4 0'4 712'4s 04:45P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 715'6 718'6 711'0 716'4 -1'2 716'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 728'4 728'4 722'2 726'0 -2'6 726'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 732'6 733'2 731'4 731'6 -4'2 731'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 729'2 729'2 729'2 729'2 -5'4 729'2s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 711'2 -6'2 711'0s 03:41P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 83805.0 83835.0 83730.0 83730.0 - 210.0 83940.0 04:48P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
Nov 26 84222.5 84222.5 84325.0 84315.0 Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
Dec 26 84355.0 84355.0 84130.0 84695.0 Chart for @BTC6Z Options for @BTC6Z
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 4117.6 4185.4 4116.3 4182.5 11.3 4147.7s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4133.7 4201.3 4131.7 4198.7 11.2 4164.0s 04:00P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
Dec 26 4150.1 4218.1 4145.2 4215.0 11.3 4179.7s 04:45P Chart for QGC6Z Options for QGC6Z
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 60.660 61.200 60.495 61.200 -0.563 60.668s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 60.900 61.580 60.550 61.580 -0.565 60.914s 04:00P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
Dec 26 61.030 61.905 60.630 61.845 -0.565 61.153s 04:45P Chart for QSI6Z Options for QSI6Z
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 93.53 94.74 88.78 88.94 -3.22 89.38s 04:48P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
Dec 26 89.65 91.09 86.60 86.75 -1.76 87.25s 04:45P Chart for QCL6Z Options for QCL6Z
Jan 27 87.06 88.44 85.03 85.18 -0.83 85.71s 04:47P Chart for QCL7F Options for QCL7F
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