According to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, unseasonable warmth persisted across the state last week. 

The warmest conditions occurred over Iowa’s southern half, where temperatures were up to 14 degrees above normal. The statewide average temperature was 61.4 degrees, 10.4 degrees above normal. Most stations reported measurable rain, with above-normal precipitation observed across portions of eastern Iowa 

According to the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities, the average temperature in Washington from October 1st through the 23rd was 66.2 degrees, about eight degrees above normal.

Information from the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report, which is released weekly by the United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service from April through November, was not available due to the federal government shutdown.