(Radio Iowa) – Peak tornado season in Iowa usually runs from early April through the end of June, and even though this is the final day of the season, Iowans are warned to stay vigilant. Meteorologist Mike Fowl, at the National Weather Service in Johnston, says it was a busy season, to a degree. “The preliminary statistics that we have across the state, a very active March and April period where we had 28 tornadoes reported in those two months,” Fowl says. “Fifteen of those occurred on March 5th, that was the big outbreak that we had that included the Winterset tornado, the EF-4 that unfortunately resulted in some fatalities.”
Tornado damage near Winterset. (Radio Iowa file photo)
Since April 12th, however, zero twisters have been confirmed touching down anywhere in the state — none during May or June. Still, Fowl says Iowans have to remember that tornadoes can strike at any time of day and on any day of the year. “We can’t let our guard down,” he says. “We’ve seen a number of events that have been in the ‘offseason’ of tornadoes, so we’ve seen tornadoes in July and August, even into the fall as late as December. There really is no offseason for tornadoes in Iowa.” While there’s a long holiday weekend ahead, Fowl urges Iowans to keep an eye on the sky and an ear to the radio.
“Even this Fourth of July weekend, a lot of folks are going to be out and about, camping and outdoor activities,” Fowl says. “We do have at least a threat for some scattered strong, possibly severe storms. Just have a way to get your weather information, whether it be a weather radio, your phone, your favorite media source, just stay up with the weather.”
While tornadoes are rare during the colder months, Iowa reported a total of 61 tornadoes during the “derecho” last year on December 15th.
Today: Partly cloudy. High 95. SW @ 10-20.
Tonight: P/Cldy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. Low 68. S-N @ 10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to cldy w/scatt. morning shwrs & tstrms. High 83. N @ 10.
Saturday: P/Cldy to cldy w/scat. shwrs & tstrms. High 85.
Sunday: P/Cldy to cldy w/scatt. morning shwrs & tstrms. High 88. Independence Day: P/Cldy to Cldy w/a chance of scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 88.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 91. Our Low was 64. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 86 and the Low was 58. The Record High on this date was 101 in 1933. The Record Low was 43 in 1940.
Today: Partly cloudy. High 93. SW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Fair to Partly cloudy. Low around 70. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 93. S @ 10-15.
Friday: P/Cldy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 85.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 87.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low this morning, 58. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 82 and the Low was 63. The Record High on this date was 102 in 1934. The Record Low was 466 in 1950.
Today: Partly cloudy. High 88. SW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Fair to Partly cloudy. Low around 68.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 90. S @ 10-20.
Thursday: P//Cldy. High 92.
Friday: P/Cldy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 85.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 80. Our Low was 50. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 85 and the Low was 66. The Record High on this date was 103 in 1936. The Record Low was 50 in 1896 & 2006.
Today: Mostly sunny. High 82. W @ 10.
Tonight: Fair to Partly cloudy. Low around 56.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 86. SW @ 10-15.
Wednesday: P//Cldy. High 88.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 91.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 79. Our Low this morning, 47. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 83 and the Low was 62. The Record High on this date was 103 in 1934. The Record Low was 43 in 1938, 1958 & 1968.
Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 76. North northwest wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. North northwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light west northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph in the morning.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. South wind 3 to 6 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Breezy, with a southwest wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 63.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 91. Breezy.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 84. The Low was 52. We received .01″ rain at the KJAN studios, Saturday. This day last year the high was 77 and the low was 59. The all-time record high was 103 in 1934 & 1936. The record low was 43 set in 1902. Sunrise today was at 5:47 Ha.m. and sunset tonight is 8:58 p.m.
Skyscan Forecast Saturday, June 25, 2022 Austin Romer
Today: Mostly cloudy. Humid early. NW @ 20. High 83.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. N @ 15. Low 61.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. NW @ 15. High 75.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. NNW @10-15. Low 53.
Monday: Sunny. SW @ 10. High 81.
Tuesday: Sunny. SW @ 20. High 82.
Yesterday’s high was 84 and the low was 71. This day last year the high was 85 and the low was 68. The all-time record high was 1937. The record low was 40 set in 2004. Sunrise today is at 5:47 a.m. and sunset tonight is 8:58 p.m.
Skyscan Forecast Friday, June 24, 2022 Dan Hicks
Today: Partly to mostly cloudy in the morning with scattered showers and t’storms. Partly cloudy this afternoon. S @ 10-15. High 88.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. S @ 10. Low 72.
Saturday: Partly cloudy to cloudy. Scattered showers and t’storms, mainly in the morning. S shifting to NW @ 10-15. High 86.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy. NNW @ 5-10. Low 59.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High 80.
Monday: Mostly sunny. High 82.
Yesterday’s high was 86 and the low was 64. This day last year the high was 92 and the low was 66. The all-time record high was 105 set in 1937. The record low was 41 in 1961. Sunrise this morning is at 5:47 a.m. and Sunset tonight is 8:57 p.m.
Skyscan Forecast Thursday, June 23, 2022 Dan Hicks
Today: Partly cloudy. SSE @ 10. High 89.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. A few showers and thunderstorms. SE @ 5-10. Low 68.
Friday: Any showers and thunderstorms ending in the morning. Becoming partly cloudy. SE @ 10-15. High 89.
Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms possible. Cloudy. SE @ 10-15. Low 69.
Saturday: Partly cloudy to cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. High 86.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Cooler. High 80.
Yesterday’s high was 89 and the low was 60. This day last year we had a high of 89 and a low of 68. The all-time record high was 105 set in 1937 and the low was 44 in 1958. Sunrise this morning is 5:46 a.m. and sunset will be at 8:57 p.m.
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