Atlantic (KJAN), .05″

7.1 miles N/NE of Atlantic, .07

about 1.2 mile south of Anita, .04″

East/southeast of Council Bluffs, .08″

Creston, .10″

Cromwell, .16″ (Union County)

.2 mile S/SE of Elk Horn, .04″

.2 mile S/SE of Manning, .14″

2/1 miles NE of Missouri Valley, .61″; 6.3 miles E/NE, .46″

Mondamin, 1.5″

4.7 miles N of New Market, .06″ (Taylor County)

Pacific Junction, .02

Persia, .18″

about 1/2-mile S/SW of Sac City, 1.09″

Schleswig, 1.47″

(Radio Iowa) – State Climatologist Justin Glisan says forecasters are seeing a mixed bag of weather ahead in November and into the winter when it comes to the temperature and potential snowfall. “Temperature signal is still seeing warmer than average probabilities, but also a bull’s eye of above average potential on the precipitation side,” Glisan says. After a record dry September and below average rain in October, Glisan says things could turn around a bit. “Even with the short term outlooks trending slightly drier to near normal, getting into the middle of the month overall, it’s looking like a wetter potential as we move through November,” he says. Glisan says any rain we get could help replenish groundwater deficits.

“Definitely need it before we freeze up for in winter time get some moisture in the ground for the next growing season,” he says. Glisan says they are waiting on the formation of the La Nina weather pattern to see what happens.” If we look at the last three La Nina winters, which were three consecutive winters, 2020, through 2022, we trended on the dryer side,” Glisan says. “So we’ll just have to see once that La Nina forms. But overall, if we look at historical records, slightly more snow, but overall drier, trending drier in the wintertime.”

The projection right now is slightly more snowfall, four to six inches above our normal average for the state.

Today: Cloudy w/a 50% chance of showers. High near 62. S/SW winds 5-10 mph becoming northerly this afternoon.
Tonight: Showers & some thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Low around 41. N/NW winds 10-20 mph.
Tomorrow (Election Day): Showers & patchy fog in the morning. High near 51. N-W at 10-25 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 55.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 68. The Low was 53. Rainfall from 7-a.m. Sunday through 5-a.m. today was .05″ at the KJAN studios. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 61 and the Low was 27. The Record High here on Nov. 4th was 75 in 1909 & 1978. The Record Low was -1 in 1991. Sunrise: 6:55. Sunset: 5:12.

Atlantic (KJAN), .71″

7.1 miles N/NE of Atlantic, .80″

Anita, .95″

Audubon, .75″

2.4 miles SE of Earling, .50″

Clarinda, 1.05″

Corning & Creston, .90″

Cumberland, 1.00″

Elk Horn (.2 mile S/SE), .37″

Glenwood, .85″

Greenfield, .80″

Griswold, .90

Guthrie Center, .85″

Massena, .97″

New Market (Taylor County), .91″

Oakland, .80″

Red Oak, 1.05″

Shenandoah, 1.20″

Stanton, .76″

Wiota, .82″

Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 3pm. High near 63. SE winds 10-20 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers and possible thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Low around 58. S @ 10-20 mph.
Tomorrow: A chance of showers & thunderstorms. High around 61 in the morning w/the temperature falling to around 55 during the remainder of the day. S winds becoming N @ 10-20.
Tom. Night: Showers and possible thunderstorms. Low around 40. North wind around 10 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny w/a 40% chance of showers before noon. High near 52.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 57. Our Low was 33. 24-hour rainfall (ending at 7-a.m. today) was .71″ at the KJAN studios. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 60 and the Low was 26. The Record High here on Nov. 3rd was 78 in 2020. The Record Low was 6 in 1966. Sunrise: 6:54. Sunset: 5:13.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. 50% chance of showers after 3 pm.  South Southeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Showers likely, possible thunderstorm after 10 pm, with a low around 48. Southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23. 100% chance of precipitation
Tomorrow: Showers, and a possible thunderstorm before 1pm. High near 63. S/SE winds around 14 mph, gusts as high as 23. 90% chance of precipitation
Tom. Night: Showers, with thunderstorms possible. Low around 57. South wind at 8 to 11 mph.
Monday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 63.
Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 39.
Tuesday: Showers likely before 1 pm. Then partly sunny High near 52.
Wednesday:  Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 60. Our Low was 27. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 60 and the Low was 19. The Record High here on Nov. 2nd was 72 in 1965 & 2015. The Record Low was 5 in 1966. Sunrise: 7:53. Sunset: 6:13.

(Radio Iowa) – State climatologist Justin Glisan (like listen) says the rain across the state this week helped bump the month of October down the dry weather record book.

He says much of the state got some rainfall to impact the average for October, which still ended up below normal.

The storms that brought the late October rain also brought in some cold weather — including some snowflakes in northern Iowa. Glisan says the lack of moisture impacted overall temperatures.

Glisan says the early indicators for November are showing the potential for above average temperatures, with a potential for more precipitation.

(Atlantic, Iowa – KJAN) – Weather data for the month of October, 2024, in Atlantic, shows we were warmer and much drier than normal. The average High for the month came in eight-degrees warmer, at 71 degrees. The average Low was just slightly cooler, coming in at 38 degrees, or about one-degree under the norm. Rainfall for the month amounted to 1.97 inches, a deficit of just under 1-inch (-.97″). The data was compiled at KJAN, the official National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic.

Looking ahead, we find the High temperature for the month of November in Atlantic, typically averages out to 46 degrees, while the average Low should be around 27. Precipitation typically amounts to 1.85 inches. Check back with us during the first week of December to see how our actual weather data compared to the historical averages.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 58. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Showers likely, mainly after 5pm.High near 58. SE winds 10-20 mph.
Tom. Night: Showers, with thunderstorms possible late. Low around 46.
Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 65.
Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 53.
Monday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 64.
Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 52. Our Low this morning was 27. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 50 and the Low was 19. The Record High for November 1st in Atlantic, was 78 in 1955 & 2022. The Record Low was 10 in 1895. Sunrise today: 7:52; Sunset: 6:15.

(Radio Iowa) – It’s neither a trick nor a treat as a surprise snowfall is blanketing parts of northwest Iowa this Halloween morning. A photo taken by an Iowa D-O-T snowplow camera in the seven o’clock hour shows flurries flying and snow on the ground. National Weather Service meteorologist Rod Donavon says they’re the state’s first flakes of the season, and October 31st is a little early for the first snowfall, but it’s not unprecedented. “We do have some light snow moving across northwest Iowa up into south central Minnesota, with that strong system that moved through. We have had some minor accumulations across northwest Iowa,” Donavon says. “We have seen some plow cameras, at least, showing a little bit of accumulation on roadways up in that area. Fortunately, as we go through the day today and get a little bit of sunlight, most of that will melt off the roadways.”

Forecasters issued a host of advance warnings about Wednesday’s storm, how it might include hail, high winds, heavy rain and tornadoes, but there was no mention of possible snow. Was this unexpected? “Yeah, definitely, it’s a little bit of a surprise that it’s gotten down into northwest Iowa,” Donavon says. “The main forecast was certainly up north, up into Minnesota, where the cold air was, and it looks like some of that cold air has filtered down into the state.”

IA DOT Snowplow cam 10-31-24, U-S Hwy 59 in NW Iowa

Some light snow may continue falling into north-central Iowa this morning, but little-to-no accumulation is expected. Wednesday’s powerful thunderstorms dropped temperatures some 30 degrees and also dropped plenty of rain. “The heaviest amounts were across east central Iowa, kind of along that Interstate 80 corridor from about Grinnell and then eastward towards the Quad Cities,” Donavon says. “We did have a couple reports right around Montezuma, in that area, right around two and quarter, two and a half inches, which is the highest in the state.”

Both Des Moines and Waterloo set rainfall records for the date, with each reporting over an inch-and-a-half, breaking records set in 1974. At least five Iowa counties had tornado warnings late Wednesday afternoon and evening, though Donavon says it doesn’t appear there were any twisters that reached the ground.  “We have not had anything confirmed at this point, as far as tornado touchdowns,” he says. “So far, what we’ve had is strong wind gusts with some damaging winds over 60 miles per hour.”

The most significant damage reported is on a Clarke County farmstead, with a barn destroyed and a grain bin damaged. Peak winds of 62 miles an hour were clocked in Appanoose and Lucas counties, while there were multiple hail reports, including golf ball-sized hail near Clear Lake. The new map out this morning from the U-S Drought Monitor shows almost 88-percent of the state in moderate to severe drought, but it’s based on data from before Wednesday’s storms.