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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Partly Cloudy Clear Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Thunder Storms
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 28/52 36/60 39/67 41/61 36/62
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 23/52 30/60 36/67 38/61 32/62
Dew Point
(°F)		 33 34 41 42 42
Humidity
(%)		 70 53 65 63 62
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 11 8 12 10 13
Precip
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Amt (in.)
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0.13
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(in./day)		 0.07 0.1 0.11 0.1 0.11
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 27oF Feels Like: 21oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 27oF
Barom: 30.19 Wind Dir: SSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 5 mph
Sunrise: 6:39 Sunset: 5:00
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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DTN Weather Summary
November Starting Cooler, Getting Warmer Next Week
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Posted at 11:12AM Fri Oct 31, 2025 CST

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9/1 Corn Stocks Come in 14.6% Above Average Trade Estimate

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High: 52°F
Low: 28°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 60°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 429'2 432'2 426'4 431'0 1'2 431'4s 10/31 Chart for @C5Z Options for @C5Z
Mar 26 443'0 445'0 440'2 443'6 0'2 444'0s 10/31 Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 451'6 453'2 448'6 451'6 0'0 452'2s 10/31 Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 458'0 459'6 455'0 458'2 0'0 458'6s 10/31 Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 452'4 453'4 450'4 452'6 -0'6 452'6s 10/31 Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 463'0 464'2 461'2 463'2 -1'0 463'4s 10/31 Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 476'2 476'4 474'0 476'0 -1'0 476'0s 10/31 Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 482'6 483'0 480'6 482'2 -0'6 482'4s 10/31 Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 483'2 485'4 483'2 485'4 -0'2 485'4s 10/31 Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 25 1089'2 1100'0 1085'2 1100'0 8'4 1099'6s 10/31 Chart for @S5X Options for @S5X
Jan 26 1106'4 1115'6 1101'0 1115'0 7'4 1115'2s 10/31 Chart for @S6F Options for @S6F
Mar 26 1114'6 1124'2 1109'6 1123'2 8'0 1123'6s 10/31 Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1124'0 1134'2 1119'6 1133'4 8'4 1133'6s 10/31 Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1131'6 1142'4 1127'4 1141'6 9'0 1141'6s 10/31 Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1121'0 1133'4 1119'0 1132'0 9'4 1133'0s 10/31 Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1097'0 1109'0 1094'0 1107'0 10'2 1108'2s 10/31 Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1094'0 1107'0 1090'6 1104'2 10'2 1106'0s 10/31 Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1102'4 1115'2 1100'2 1113'0 9'4 1114'4s 10/31 Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 3156 3233 3130 3214 60 3216s 10/31 Chart for @SM5Z Options for @SM5Z
Jan 26 3171 3249 3152 3235 61 3235s 10/31 Chart for @SM6F Options for @SM6F
Mar 26 3199 3277 3178 3260 61 3260s 10/31 Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3234 3313 3215 3293 61 3295s 10/31 Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3276 3353 3257 3335 60 3336s 10/31 Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3281 3353 3266 3337 56 3337s 10/31 Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3276 3345 3261 3331 54 3330s 10/31 Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3266 3329 3249 3313 52 3316s 10/31 Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3292 3361 3280 3345 54 3350s 10/31 Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 81.125 81.675 80.725 81.350 0.450 81.275s 10/31 Chart for @HE5Z Options for @HE5Z
Feb 26 82.500 82.675 82.000 82.525 0.425 82.525s 10/31 Chart for @HE6G Options for @HE6G
Apr 26 86.550 86.550 85.925 86.250 0.125 86.225s 10/31 Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 89.500 89.600 89.350 89.400 0.075 89.575s 10/31 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 98.125 98.250 97.625 97.875 -0.050 97.850s 10/31 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 98.825 98.850 98.350 98.775 0.050 98.700s 10/31 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 97.875 97.875 97.325 97.750 0.025 97.700s 10/31 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 82.200 82.350 81.975 82.300 0.250 82.325s 10/31 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 231.825 232.250 227.025 229.700 - 1.425 229.675s 10/31 Chart for @LE5Z Options for @LE5Z
Feb 26 230.000 230.550 224.725 227.650 - 1.825 227.675s 10/31 Chart for @LE6G Options for @LE6G
Apr 26 229.225 229.650 223.825 226.650 - 1.975 226.725s 10/31 Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 222.000 222.350 216.275 219.375 - 2.175 219.400s 10/31 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 218.125 218.350 212.150 215.500 - 2.100 215.475s 10/31 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 216.375 216.975 211.175 214.175 - 2.125 214.050s 10/31 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 216.425 217.150 211.600 214.275 - 2.175 214.125s 10/31 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 216.650 216.650 211.900 214.225 - 2.100 213.950s 10/31 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 25 341.975 343.700 334.000 338.400 - 2.950 338.875s 10/31 Chart for @GF5X Options for @GF5X
Jan 26 334.675 336.750 326.825 331.750 - 2.325 331.900s 10/31 Chart for @GF6F Options for @GF6F
Mar 26 330.025 331.950 321.950 326.975 - 2.100 327.125s 10/31 Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 328.425 330.500 320.475 325.650 - 2.175 325.725s 10/31 Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 325.300 328.125 318.050 323.350 - 2.250 323.375s 10/31 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 325.375 326.800 316.900 322.300 - 2.325 322.125s 10/31 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 323.375 324.650 315.025 319.975 - 2.150 320.075s 10/31 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 320.225 321.300 312.875 314.450 - 2.400 317.225s 10/31 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 47784.00 47862.00 47488.00 47735.00 45.00 47722.00s 10/31 Chart for @YM5Z Options for @YM5Z
Mar 26 48085.00 48197.00 47893.00 48102.00 44.00 48093.00s 10/31 Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 6897.00 6918.50 6843.50 6872.25 18.50 6874.00s 10/31 Chart for @ES5Z Options for @ES5Z
Mar 26 6957.50 6978.00 6905.00 6932.75 19.00 6934.75s 10/31 Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 26150.50 26274.00 25888.75 25983.00 121.25 26004.00s 10/31 Chart for @NQ5Z Options for @NQ5Z
Mar 26 26435.00 26525.00 26155.00 26248.00 122.50 26267.00s 10/31 Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 49.71 49.84 48.56 48.62 -0.97 48.68s 10/31 Chart for @BO5Z Options for @BO5Z
Jan 26 50.07 50.20 48.95 49.01 -0.94 49.07s 10/31 Chart for @BO6F Options for @BO6F
Mar 26 50.61 50.73 49.51 49.57 -0.91 49.62s 10/31 Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 524'2 534'2 517'2 533'6 9'6 534'0s 10/31 Chart for @W5Z Options for @W5Z
Mar 26 540'4 549'0 534'2 547'4 8'0 548'4s 10/31 Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 551'6 558'4 545'2 556'6 6'0 557'6s 10/31 Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 562'6 568'0 556'2 565'4 4'2 567'2s 10/31 Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 577'4 581'0 570'4 578'0 2'6 580'0s 10/31 Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 595'4 597'6 588'0 594'6 1'4 597'0s 10/31 Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 610'0 610'6 602'6 610'0 0'4 610'4s 10/31 Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 614'6 0'6 615'6s 10/31 Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 601'2 0'2 610'6s 10/31 Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 25 108415.0 111630.0 107835.0 109880.0 3365.0 110320.0s 10/31 Chart for @BTC5X Options for @BTC5X
Dec 25 108800.0 111915.0 108505.0 110520.0 3375.0 110910.0s 10/31 Chart for @BTC5Z Options for @BTC5Z
Jan 26 109495.0 112185.0 109495.0 111730.0 3415.0 111575.0s 10/31 Chart for @BTC6F Options for @BTC6F
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 25 4034.5 4034.5 3976.6 3995.7 - 19.1 3982.2s 10/31 Chart for QGC5X Options for QGC5X
Dec 25 4038.2 4059.9 3982.3 4013.4 - 19.4 3996.5s 10/31 Chart for QGC5Z Options for QGC5Z
Jan 26 4049.2 4077.0 4004.5 4033.0 - 19.7 4013.3s 10/31 Chart for QGC6F Options for QGC6F
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 25 48.440 48.680 48.425 48.680 -0.434 47.994s 10/31 Chart for QSI5X Options for QSI5X
Dec 25 48.730 48.995 47.975 48.250 -0.456 48.160s 10/31 Chart for QSI5Z Options for QSI5Z
Jan 26 49.000 49.185 48.430 48.430 -0.455 48.371s 10/31 Chart for QSI6F Options for QSI6F
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 25 60.30 61.38 59.99 60.88 0.41 60.98s 10/31 Chart for QCL5Z Options for QCL5Z
Jan 26 59.91 60.96 59.61 60.51 0.40 60.60s 10/31 Chart for QCL6F Options for QCL6F
Feb 26 59.64 60.59 59.32 60.18 0.35 60.26s 10/31 Chart for QCL6G Options for QCL6G
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