The month of February was warmer and wetter than average, here in Atlantic. Weather stats compiled here at KJAN (the official National Weather Service reporting/record keeping site for Atlantic), show the Average High for the month was 39.2 degrees (3.8 degrees warmer than the normal average of 35.4), while the Average Low was 20.2 (5 degrees warmer than normal). Precipitation for the month (including rain/mixed precip. and/snow) amounted to 1.65 inches, which was nearly 7 tenths of an inch above average for the month (normal is .96″).

Snowfall in Atlantic amounted to 9.7 inches last month. The warmest day, which was also a record setter, was 71 set Feb. 27th. That beat the old record of 68 set in 1976). The coldest day was 3 degrees on Feb. 12th.