Hurricane Beryl's remnants are moving toward the Midwest. What should Iowa expect?

Hurricane Beryl made landfall along the Texas coast on Monday and its remnants are working their way up through the central United States. Will the hurricane make a difference in Iowa's weather this week?

Will Hurricane Beryl affect temperatures in Iowa?

By Tuesday morning, Iowa was seeing some increased cloud cover due to the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. A map shared by the National Weather Service around 9:40 a.m. Tuesday showed a large area of cloud cover stretching from Arkansas up through Missouri and Iowa, Illinois and Indiana.

Iowa could see a 1-2 degree temperature drop from the cloud cover, said Brooke Hagenhoff, a meteorologist at the weather service's Des Moines office. Overall, temperature changes will be very minor, she said.

Will Hurricane Beryl bring rain to Iowa?

Iowa will miss most of the direct path of rain brought on by Hurricane Beryl.

The National Weather Service's Quad Cities office posted on social media that post-storm effects will be passing by on Tuesday and into Wednesday. Burlington and the Quad Cities area could see some rain, but heavier rainfalls are expected into western Illinois.

Hagenhoff said if any portions of Iowa see rain due to the storm, it will be far southeast.

Have hurricanes caused issues in Iowa before?

If Hurricane Beryl's path continues, it'll join six previous storms that have crossed close to Iowa. Only two storm paths have passed directly over Iowa, according to a post from the National Weather Service: Cristobal in 2020 and an unnamed storm in 1990.

Victoria Reyna-Rodriguez is a general assignment reporter for the Register. Reach her at vreynarodriguez@registermedia.com or follow her on Twitter @VictoriaReynaR.