Iowa temperatures plunge to 50 degrees below freezing as GOP caucusgoers prepare to vote

Temperatures throughout Iowa plunged below zero degrees on Monday night as Republican voters trudged to caucus websites to solid the primary votes of the 2024 presidential main elections.

According to Fox Weather information, temperatures within the state’s capital of Des Moines hit 4 degrees below zero and 23 degrees below zero, factoring in wind chill on Monday evening. Other cities in Iowa, together with Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Sioux City and Iowa City, equally plummeted to freezing-cold temperatures, with Sioux City hitting 26 degrees below zero.

The low temperatures had been recorded as Iowa’s Republican caucuses statewide had been known as to order. The temperatures imply Monday evening is the coldest caucus because the state started holding them in 1972, in accordance to Fox Weather.

Some caucus websites had been pressured to delay proceedings barely due to the climate.

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A resident walks outdoors throughout a blizzard forward of the Iowa Caucus in Des Moines, Iowa. (Rachel Mummey/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images)

“When it’s that cold, and you’re also talking about things that happen at night, this is not a ‘go out the middle of the day type of thing,'” David Richards, an affiliate professor and political chair on the University of Lynchburg in Virginia, informed Fox Weather. “It’ll tend to turn some people off. And I think if you are a more casual participant, you might be turned off by the elements.”

It is unclear how the climate will impression Iowa voters’ determination to attend caucuses or if it’s going to have a broad impression on the outcomes of the election.

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But forward of the caucus, candidates known as for voters to courageous the chilly climate and make their voices heard.

Former President Donald Trump, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are vying for the Republican presidential main nomination. (Getty Images)

“I’m asking you to go out, brave the cold and support me in the Iowa Caucus,” Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stated on X. “You will never have an opportunity to have your vote make more of an impact than you will tonight!”

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Fellow GOP candidate former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley informed voters to “layer up” and head to their caucus website.

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Fox News’ Matteo Cina contributed to this report.