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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Cloudy Rain Rain Rain Thunder Storms
Weather Cloudy Rain Rain Rain Thunder Storms
Temp
L/H (°F)		 27/44 33/51 32/54 42/59 43/72
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 30/38 27/51 25/54 39/59 38/72
Dew Point
(°F)		 29 35 36 44 50
Humidity
(%)		 63 80 76 80 79
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 8 7 8 8 14
Precip
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Precip
Amt (in.)
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0.15		 Rain
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0.26		 Rain
0.63
Evap
(in./day)		 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.11
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 41oF Feels Like: 35oF
Humid: 57% Dew Pt: 27oF
Barom: 30.22 Wind Dir: E
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 9 mph
Sunrise: 6:38 Sunset: 5:58
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 3:00 PM
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Rain Spreading Back Into Middle of the Country Tuesday
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Widespread rainfall for the middle of the country, with the potential of severe weather for the Southern Plains. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 12:09PM Mon Mar 2, 2026 CST

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Washington, IA
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High: 44°F
Low: 27°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 51°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 439'4 441'0 431'6 433'0 -5'4 433'2s 02:49P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 451'0 452'4 443'4 445'2 -2'6 445'6s 03:13P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 458'0 460'0 452'0 453'6 -1'6 454'2s 02:43P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 457'4 458'4 453'0 454'4 -0'2 455'4s 02:47P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 469'4 472'0 467'2 469'2 0'4 470'0s 03:07P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 480'4 483'0 479'2 481'4 1'2 482'0s 03:14P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 487'0 489'0 485'4 488'0 1'6 488'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 490'0 492'2 489'0 491'2 2'2 492'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 471'4 473'6 471'4 473'0 1'0 473'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1165'0 1169'6 1146'4 1149'6 -7'2 1150'0s 02:51P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1178'4 1185'0 1157'4 1161'6 -6'6 1164'0s 02:40P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1190'4 1198'2 1170'4 1175'0 -5'6 1177'0s 02:34P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1178'0 1182'6 1159'6 1165'2 -4'0 1167'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1140'0 1140'2 1125'4 1130'6 -0'2 1132'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1132'0 1136'0 1123'2 1128'0 0'4 1128'6s 03:12P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1142'2 1147'0 1134'0 1138'4 0'4 1139'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1140'4 1145'0 1133'6 1138'0 1'2 1138'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1145'0 1146'6 1137'4 1141'2 1'6 1142'2s 02:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3144 3144 3079 3081 - 72 3083s 03:03P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3205 3206 3119 3125 - 76 3129s 03:10P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3228 3229 3149 3161 - 65 3163s 02:31P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3211 3214 3149 3159 - 57 3161s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3190 3190 3138 3149 - 44 3151s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3148 3148 3119 3131 - 34 3131s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3164 3170 3136 3152 - 27 3152s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3160 3168 3135 3151 - 23 3152s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3147 3148 3123 3142 - 18 3144s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 95.500 96.550 95.075 95.575 -0.150 95.575s 02:31P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 99.700 100.675 99.500 100.050 - 0.100 100.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 109.300 110.375 109.050 109.475 - 0.075 109.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 111.450 112.325 111.250 111.525 - 0.075 111.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 110.400 111.150 110.200 110.525 0.025 110.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.700 93.275 92.625 92.725 0.100 93.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.850 84.275 83.725 83.725 0.175 84.175s 02:31P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.925 86.425 85.875 85.875 0.250 86.400s 02:55P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 229.000 233.775 228.525 233.650 0.875 233.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 226.475 230.275 225.250 230.175 0.500 229.650s 02:31P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 225.325 228.875 224.250 228.750 0.375 228.175s 02:39P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 224.925 228.475 223.250 228.475 0.550 227.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 225.375 229.250 224.025 229.200 0.650 228.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 225.000 229.225 224.475 229.225 0.700 228.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 224.500 228.325 223.500 228.275 0.700 227.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 217.775 220.500 217.275 220.500 0.600 219.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 351.650 357.700 350.300 357.650 1.850 357.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 346.300 353.900 345.650 353.700 2.125 353.325s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 342.200 350.100 341.500 349.750 2.275 349.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 342.325 350.000 341.725 349.850 2.050 349.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 340.850 348.150 340.250 348.125 2.125 347.600s 02:46P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 338.050 345.800 338.050 345.750 2.200 345.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 335.075 342.600 335.075 342.600 2.200 342.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 329.725 335.875 327.875 335.800 2.375 335.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 48451.00 49121.00 48166.00 48926.00 - 74.00 48945.00 03:15P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 48883.00 49433.00 48479.00 49240.00 - 78.00 49261.00 03:15P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6820.00 6911.25 6768.50 6883.00 - 6.00 6888.25 03:15P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6873.00 6963.00 6820.75 6935.25 - 6.25 6940.75 03:15P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 24682.50 25101.00 24477.00 24999.25 - 5.50 25025.25 03:15P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 24931.00 25316.75 24690.75 25206.75 - 15.75 25244.00 03:15P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 63.11 63.11 62.00 62.14 0.88 62.17s 01:30P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 63.60 64.28 62.54 62.68 0.89 62.74s 02:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 63.60 64.08 62.10 62.73 0.92 62.81s 03:08P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 594'6 596'0 575'0 575'0 -16'6 574'4s 01:20P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 600'4 603'6 574'6 576'2 -14'2 577'2s 02:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 606'4 610'4 583'0 584'6 -13'2 585'4s 03:11P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 618'0 620'4 594'6 596'2 -12'4 597'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 634'0 637'4 612'4 614'2 -11'4 615'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 646'0 650'4 627'4 629'4 -10'6 630'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 651'2 654'4 634'0 636'4 -9'6 637'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 644'0 648'0 628'6 631'6 -9'4 631'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 649'4 650'4 631'6 631'6 -9'6 635'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 65405.0 70445.0 65000.0 69585.0 3705.0 69480.0 03:15P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 65380.0 70525.0 65380.0 69720.0 3580.0 69765.0 03:15P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 66205.0 70730.0 66205.0 70730.0 3655.0 70080.0 03:15P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 5346.6 5405.0 5266.3 5333.7 103.2 5294.4 03:15P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5360.0 5434.1 5272.9 5349.9 102.0 5311.6 03:15P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 5359.5 5452.0 5300.3 5370.3 103.1 5331.3 03:15P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 95.860 95.860 86.220 89.785 -2.897 88.284 03:15P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 96.065 96.530 86.500 90.035 -2.944 88.546 03:15P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 96.000 97.300 86.725 90.150 -3.141 88.853 03:15P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 75.00 75.33 69.20 71.54 4.52 71.23 03:15P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 73.71 74.70 69.00 70.97 4.08 70.72 03:15P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 71.78 73.00 68.38 69.97 3.41 69.81 03:15P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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