Iowa Freeze Warning | Effective 05/02/2026 00:37

Headline: 
Freeze Warning issued May 2 at 2:37AM CDT until May 2 at 8:00AM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Event: 
Freeze Warning
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
May 2, 2026 - 12:37am
Expires: 
May 2, 2026 - 6:00am
Description: 
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 expected. * WHERE...Portions of northern and north central Iowa. * WHEN...Until 8 AM CDT this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instruction: 
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
Area Description: 
Emmet; Kossuth; Winnebago; Worth; Palo Alto; Hancock; Cerro Gordo; Pocahontas; Humboldt; Wright; Franklin; Butler; Bremer; Sac; Calhoun; Webster; Hamilton; Hardin; Crawford; Carroll; Greene; Boone
Forcast Office: 
NWS Des Moines IA
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov