Todays featured POW COUNTY Ghost Town at bottom of page.
A RECORD COOL HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL 19 WAS BROKEN AT OTTUMWA. MAX TEMP OF 41 BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 44 SET IN 1953.
THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WHICH BROUGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS POW CTY TUESDAY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD...AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE IN.
THE NEXT WEATHER MAKER WILL MOVE INTO POW CTY DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVE THURSDAY AS ANOTHER STORM CROSSES THE ROCKIES. RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW THE SEASONAL AVERAGE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...BUT WILL TRY TO REBOUND BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
Today 20th: Dry - Temp 50.
Thurs and Fri 21st/22nd: Dry - Showers and Breezy after 3pm Thurs - Showers/Tstorms/HVY Rain Fri (some Storms Severe) - Temps Mid 50's.
Sat thru Mon 23rd-25th: Showers/Breezy Sat Morning - Then Dry - Breezy/Tshowers overnite Sunday into Monday - Temps 60-65.
Tues and Wed 26th/27th: Breezy/Tshowers into Wed morning - then Dry - Temps High 60's.
Thurs thru Sat 28th-30th: Dry and Breezy Thurs - Tshowers Fri/Sat.
Sun thru Tues May 1st-3rd: Showers Sunday - Then Dry.
Wed thru Fri 4th-6th: Stormy.
Ghost Towns in Iowa: When Iowa was just begining there were many towns and villages being planned and built. Poweshiek County was no exception to rest of the state. Over the next couple of weeks, I will highlight the 28 known Ghost Towns in Poweshiek County. Some are obvious - some may not be. You may be living In or Around one of them and not even know it...........
Yesterdays GHOST TOWN #1: BEAR CREEK. A post office (1849-65) near the east edge of Bear Creek Township on the south side of Bear Creek, about one mile northeast of the present town of Brooklyn.
Todays GHOST TOWN #2: BROWNSVILLE. A village in the southwestern part of section 35, Jackson Township, five miles south and one and one-half west of Montezuma, and just north of the Mahaska County line. The name of its post office (1864-95) was Sherman.
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