Skyscan Forecast  Thursday, September 29, 2022  Dan Hicks

Today: Mostly sunny. SE @ 10-15. High 70.

Tonight: Fair to partly cloudy. SE @ 5-10. Low 46.

Friday: Fair to partly cloudy. SE @ 10-20. High 75.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy. SE @ 5-10. Low 47.

Saturday: Partly cloudy. High 78.

Sunday: Partly cloudy. High 80.

Yesterday’s high was 68 and the low was 31. This day last year the high was 86 and the low 54. The all-time record high was 96 in 1955 and the record low was 17 in 1899. Sunrise today is at 7:14 a.m. and sunset tonight is 7:06 p.m.

Skyscan Forecast  Wednesday, September 28, 2022  Dan Hicks

Today: Mostly sunny. SE @ 10. High 68.

Tonight: Clear. SE @ 5-10. Low 39.

Thursday: Mostly sunny. SE @ 10-15. High 71.

Thursday Night: Clear. SSE @ 5-10. Low 46.

Friday: Partly cloudy. High 75.

Saturday: Partly cloudy. High 78.

Yesterday’s high was 76 and the low this morning was 33. This day last year the high was 93 and the low 51. The all-time record high was 100 in 1953 and the record low was 22 in 1908. Sunrise this morning is 7:13 a.m. and sunset tonight is 7:14 a.m.

Skyscan Forecast  Saturday, September 27, 2022  Dan Hicks

Today: Partly cloudy. N @ 10-15. High 70.

Tonight: Fair to partly cloudy. Cool. Light and variable. Low 35.

Wednesday: A little frost possible in the morning. Mostly sunny. SE @ 10. High 68.

Wednesday Night: Clear. ESE @ 5. Low 38.

Thursday: Partly cloudy. High 70.

Friday: Partly cloudy. High 74.

Yesterday’s high was 74 and the low was 41. This day last year the high was 94 and the low was 51. The all-time record high was 94 set last year. The record low was 28 in 1893. Sunrise this morning is 7:12 a.m. and sunset tonight will be 7:09 p.m.

Skyscan Forecast Monday, September 26, 2022  Dan Hicks

Today: Mostly sunny. NW @ 10-20. High 70.

Tonight: Clear. NW 5-10. Low 42.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny. NW @ 10-15. High 70.

Tuesday Night: Clear. ENE @ 5-10. Low 38.

Wednesday: Sunny. High 68.

Thursday: Sunny. High 70.

Yesterday’s high was 77 and the low overnight was 41. This day last year the high was 88 and low 55. The all-time record high was 91 in 1897 and 1998. The record low was 24 in 1984. Sunrise is 7:11 a.m. and sunset is 7:11 p.m.

Today: Sunny & windy, with a high near 74. NW winds 10-20 mph w/gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. N/NW northwest wind 10-25 mph, with gusts to 25.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 69. NW wind 10 to 25 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 68. N/NE winds @ 5-10 mph in the morning.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low this morning, 50. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 78 and the Low was 32. The Record High on this date was 90 in 1897. The Record Low was 25 in 1893.

Today: Dense Fog Advisory for counties along & south of I-80 until 9-a.m.; Look for partly cloudy skies otherwise. High today around 80. Winds NW @ 10-15.

Tonight: Becoming clear overnight. Low 54. NW @ 10.

Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High 75. NW @ 10-20.

Monday: Mo. Sunny. High 70. NW @ 10.

Tuesday: Sunny. High 69. NE @ 10.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 58. The Low was 52. We received .11″ of rain, Friday. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 72 and the Low was 32. The Record High for Sept. 24th was 93 in 1892, and the Record Low was 28 in 1965.

Today: Mostly cloudy w/scattered light rain. High 65. SE @ 15-25 mph.
Tonight: Becoming partly cloudy. Low 52. SW @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High near 80. WNW @ 10-15.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 74.
Monday: P/Cldy. High 74.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 68. The Low was 50. We received .04″ rain overnight here at KJAN. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 79 and the Low was 36. The Record High on this date was 99 in 1892. The Record Low was 23 in 1983.

Today: Partly cloudy. High 66. NE @ 10 mph.
Tonight: Cloudy w/a chance of showers, late. Low 52. NE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy w/rain. High 64. SE @ 15-25.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High near 80.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 74.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 69. We received .01″ rain. Our Low this morning (as of 5am) was 51. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 73 and the Low was 36. The Record High on this date was 98 in 1937. The Record Low was 27 in 1995 & 2012.

(Radio Iowa) – Some thermometers in western Iowa hit triple digits yesterday (Tuesday). National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Trellinger says the highest temperature reported to his office in Sioux Falls was 102, just south of Akron. “We got one of our sites at Morris, which is in Sioux County, at 100 degrees,” he says, “and then Spencer hit 101.” That was the temperature in Spencer at 5 p.m.

It’s been 97 years since Spencer had a 101 degree day in September — and that 101 degree day back in 1925 was on September FOURTH. Things warmed up quickly in Iowa yesterday (Tuesday), with temperatures soaring by 11 a.m.  “We just got a much warmer air into the region out ahead of a cold front, which really helped to effect all of these much warmer temperatures here in our region,” Trellinger says, “especially considering the time of year here, the middle-to-end of September.”

Trellinger says drought conditions played a role in yesterday’s high temperatures in northwest Iowa, as the sun’s heat bore down on parched ground. “When we’re not in a drought, the heat is also used to evaporate some of the moisture in the soil there, so it’s not as efficient as a heating mechanism when there’s moisture in the soil,” he says, “so by being very dry, that does set us up to being warmer than usual.”

Several other Iowa cities broke high temperature records Tuesday: In Atlantic we reached 99 degrees, which broke a 131-year old record of 95 (set in 1891); Cedar Rapids hit 96. That was also the record high in Lamoni. It reached 95 in Burlington. Des Moines hit 94 and it was 93 in Dubuque. Meteorologist Jim Lee of the National Weather Service office in metro Des Moines, who was tracking the records, says Waterloo hit 96 degrees. “We were unseasonably hot, as any resident would tell you,” Lee says. “We had multiple parts of the state get well up into the mid to upper 90s.” A triple digit temperature had not been recorded on a September 20th anywhere in Iowa for 69 years.

“By a lot of measures not only did we break daily records, but to be this late in the year and get this hot maybe it not unprecedented, but very rare,” Lee says. Today’s forecast: highs in the 60s and 70s.