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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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68/113 72/95 70/84 68/84 70/104
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Humidity
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 88oF Feels Like: 108oF
Humid: 84% Dew Pt: 82oF
Barom: 29.84 Wind Dir: SSW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 6 mph
Sunrise: 6:12 Sunset: 8:11
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
More Rounds of Severe Weather Possible Wednesday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

Severe storms, including a destructive bow echo, are targeting the Midwest Tuesday with more threats ahead. » More DTN Weather Commentary

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 438'4 441'0 434'0 437'0 -1'4 436'6s 05:53P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 461'6 464'2 457'4 460'4 -1'2 460'4s 05:52P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 477'2 479'6 473'2 476'2 -1'2 476'0s 03:20P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 486'2 489'0 482'4 485'2 -1'2 485'2s 05:53P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 492'0 494'2 488'0 491'0 -1'4 490'6s 05:54P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 482'4 484'4 478'4 480'4 -1'6 480'4s 05:54P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 490'0 491'4 485'4 487'6 -1'6 487'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 501'0 501'0 497'2 499'0 -2'0 498'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 507'0 507'0 504'2 504'2 -1'6 505'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1152'2 1152'2 1145'4 1147'2 -10'2 1147'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1163'0 1165'2 1148'0 1150'2 -10'2 1151'4s 05:25P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1181'0 1182'6 1165'2 1167'6 -10'6 1168'6s 04:53P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1196'4 1197'6 1180'6 1183'0 -10'4 1184'2s 04:50P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1203'4 1204'6 1188'6 1191'2 -8'6 1193'0s 04:45P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1212'0 1212'6 1197'2 1200'0 -8'4 1201'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1217'2 1218'4 1203'4 1206'2 -8'4 1207'2s 04:45P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1205'0 1205'2 1192'4 1194'4 -7'4 1195'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1173'0 1173'0 1164'4 1164'4 -5'4 1165'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3030 3051 3030 3051 - 3 3034s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3060 3067 3043 3050 - 5 3050s 04:49P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3080 3082 3062 3065 - 6 3066s 04:45P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3123 3126 3105 3108 - 7 3109s 05:56P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3150 3151 3130 3133 - 8 3134s 05:57P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3182 3184 3163 3168 - 3 3170s 05:36P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3219 3219 3193 3200 3202s 05:36P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3240 3248 3225 3233 3 3236s 05:37P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3230 3239 3216 3227 5 3228s 01:30P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 95.700 96.050 95.450 95.925 0.175 95.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 83.575 83.725 82.575 83.300 -0.350 83.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 74.775 75.100 73.800 74.075 -1.000 74.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 78.225 78.375 77.175 77.325 -1.200 77.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 83.275 83.325 82.225 82.350 -1.150 82.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 86.725 87.075 86.075 86.300 -1.050 86.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 95.350 95.475 94.550 94.725 -0.925 94.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 96.150 96.425 95.525 95.725 -0.900 95.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 95.750 95.750 94.975 94.975 -0.900 94.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 80.575 -0.625 79.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.900 72.900 72.900 72.900 -0.050 72.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 233.400 234.000 232.525 232.750 - 0.525 232.750s 03:17P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 227.250 228.450 226.150 226.250 - 0.575 226.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 226.325 227.675 225.425 225.525 - 0.250 225.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 226.450 227.775 225.800 225.975 0.100 226.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 226.500 227.950 226.075 226.125 0.300 226.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 219.150 220.350 218.550 218.700 0.125 218.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 214.500 215.700 214.025 214.275 0.050 214.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 213.200 213.800 212.825 213.175 0.250 213.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 214.200 214.250 213.525 213.650 0.375 213.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 214.000 214.000 214.000 214.000 1.075 213.975s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 350.725 352.525 349.550 349.975 - 0.575 350.175s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 344.600 347.825 344.500 344.975 0.675 345.250s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 336.000 339.250 335.750 336.450 0.825 336.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 328.150 331.650 328.150 329.000 1.075 329.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 319.800 322.750 319.800 320.450 1.150 320.600s 02:30P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 317.175 318.050 316.000 316.300 1.050 316.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 316.250 316.600 315.250 315.400 0.775 315.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 314.850 315.500 313.275 313.500 0.450 313.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 313.025 313.425 312.400 312.625 0.075 312.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53903.00 53914.00 53884.00 53898.00 18.00 53880.00 05:56P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 54300.00 54296.00 Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7756.00 7756.50 7750.50 7753.50 6.00 7747.50 05:56P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7822.25 7822.25 7818.25 7822.00 7.00 7815.00 05:56P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29657.75 29666.00 29626.75 29651.00 25.00 29626.00 05:56P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29955.00 29955.00 29949.75 29950.00 28.25 29921.75 05:56P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 69.62 -1.01 68.45s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 69.53 69.90 67.77 68.61 -0.96 68.57s 05:17P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.27 69.67 67.59 68.37 -1.00 68.30s 02:31P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.09 69.50 67.47 68.18 -1.02 68.12s 04:45P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.00 69.42 67.44 68.10 -0.98 68.07s 04:45P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.70 69.18 67.32 67.99 -0.87 67.97s 04:45P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.57 68.98 67.21 67.86 -0.77 67.86s 04:45P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 68.32 68.60 66.91 67.65 -0.62 67.65s 02:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 639'4 646'6 627'0 630'4 -10'2 630'2s 04:45P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 658'0 665'0 645'2 648'0 -11'0 648'2s 05:54P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 675'0 681'6 662'6 665'0 -10'6 665'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 683'4 689'6 671'2 673'6 -10'6 674'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 684'4 689'2 673'2 675'2 -9'6 675'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 694'2 697'0 682'0 683'4 -9'2 684'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 705'6 710'0 696'0 697'4 -8'6 698'0s 04:45P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 700'6 -7'6 707'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 706'6 -7'2 708'2s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 63760.0 63850.0 63660.0 63730.0 130.0 63600.0 05:57P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 72945.0 63940.0 64055.0 63850.0 Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 64360.0 64280.0 65475.0 64150.0 Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4372.2 4383.0 Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4381.8 4388.8 4379.0 4379.0 - 13.6 4392.6 05:57P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4396.9 4403.6 4396.0 4396.0 - 12.2 4408.2 05:57P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 64.860 64.769 Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 64.875 65.065 64.810 64.940 0.005 64.935 05:56P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 65.220 65.220 65.220 65.220 0.045 65.175 05:57P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 83.49 83.59 83.35 83.48 0.28 83.20 05:57P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 82.22 82.29 82.10 82.17 0.22 81.95 05:56P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 80.52 80.60 80.52 80.55 0.24 80.31 05:57P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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Tuesday, August 11, 2026 4:53AM CDT
Farmers and analysts who spoke to DTN last week at Minnesota Farmfest said they expect the state's crops to produce yields comparable to last year, which saw record or near-record yields in most counties. DTN's Digital Yield Tour forecasts the corn yield at 200.6 bpa and soybeans at 52.5 bpa.

Tuesday, August 11, 2026 4:53AM CDT
DTN's Digital Yield Tour projects Iowa will have the highest corn yield in the country at 214 bushels per acre (bpa). Iowa is also projected to have the second-highest soybean yield at 61.8 bpa. While both yields are strong, Iowa's soybean yield could come in near or below the five-year RMA average yield.

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