(Radio Iowa & KJAN) – State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the latest outlook from the National Weather Service shows a slightly elevated chance for precipitation in Iowa over the next two weeks. The month of December was the fifth warmest ever recorded in the Midwest. Burlington recorded the second warmest December on record. Sioux City’s snowfall total for the month was six inches below normal.

Weather data for the month of December, 2023 in Atlantic, show the Average High for the month was 45, which was 12-degrees warmer than normal. The Average Low was 25, which was 11 degrees warmer than the norm. Precipitation for the month (rain & melted snow) amounted to 2.03-inches, which was .92″ above normal. The data was compiled at KJAN, the official National Weather Serving reporting site for Atlantic.