Today: Partly Cloudy w/a slight chance of scattered showers/thunderstorms this afternoon. High 85. S/SW @ 10-20.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, w/a 60% chance of showers & thunderstorms through midnight. Low 60. S-NW @ 10-15.
Saturday: P/Cldy w/a 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms during the afternoon. High 76. NW @ 10-20..
Sat. Night: Showers ending during the evening; Partly cloudy & breezy, with a low around 57.
Sunday: P/Cldy & breezy. High 79. NW @ 15-25.
Monday: Clear to P/Cldy. High around 77.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 84. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 53. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 77 and the low was 59. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 93 in 1911. The Record Low was 32 in 1969.

355 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…CLEAR. SOUTHWEST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW AROUND 60. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 70 PERCENT.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.

SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHWEST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.

MONDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 80.

Today: Areas of fog this morning; Partly Cloudy. High 79. S @ 5-10.                 Tonight: Partly Cloudy. Low 58.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/isolated thundershowers late. High 85. SW @ 10-20.

Saturday: P/Cldy w/scattered showers. High 77.

Sunday P/Cldy. High 75.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 78. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 49. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 74 and the low was 55. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 100 in 1934. The Record Low was 36 in 1907.

338 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2016

EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.

TODAY…SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 80. EAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW AROUND 60. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.

FRIDAY…SUNNY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MIDNIGHT…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS 60 PERCENT.

SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

SUNDAY…SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S.

Despite a few hot days and some heavy downpours in parts of Iowa, state climatologist Harry Hillaker says the state overall ended the month of May with both near-normal warmth and rainfall. Hillaker says, “For the statewide average, very close to normal both for temperatures and precipitation, although certainly the last week of the month we were much warmer than usual and also much wetter than usual at the tail end of the month.”

The warmest day in Iowa for the month was May 6th when it reached 90 degrees in Cedar Rapids and Hawarden. The lowest temperature was set on May 15th with 27 degrees in Cresco, Decorah and Elkader. While most of eastern Iowa was drier than normal, much of Iowa’s western third got a drenching during May, wrapping up the month much wetter than normal.

“The largest rain totals that I’ve seen, Atlantic in southwest Iowa had 10.75 inches of rain there,” Hillaker says. “That was helped a lot by about 6 inches during the last week of the month, locally very heavy rains.” One of the driest places in the state was the Des Moines area, with just 2.6 inches of rain during May. The forecast for the month of June calls for slightly cooler-than-normal temperatures and near-normal rainfall.

(Radio Iowa)

• KJAN, Atlantic  .39″ (10.27″ in May)
• 7NE of Atlantic  .46″
• Elk Horn  .81″
• Creston  .18″

Today: Mostly Sunny. High 77. W @ 10-15.

Tonight: Partly Cloudy. Low 53.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 79. S @ 10.

Friday: P/Cldy w/isolated afternoon thundershowers. High 82.

Saturday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/any showers ending in the morning. High 78.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 75. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 52. We received .39” rain Tuesday. Total rainfall for the month of May was 10.27”.  Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 72 and the low was 49. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 99 in 1934. The Record Low was 36 in 1956.

Early This Morning: Mostly clear. West wind near 5 mph.
Today: Sunny. High in the mid 70s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low in the mid 50s. West wind near 10 mph.
Thursday: Sunny. A slight chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. High in the upper 70s. Southwest wind near 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Low in the upper 50s. South wind near 10 mph.
Friday: Sunny. High in the lower 80s. South wind near 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. Low in the lower 60s.
Saturday: Sunny with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. High in the upper 70s.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Although rain has slowed progress in some regions of the country, farmers planting corn remain ahead of schedule. Nationally, 94 percent of the crop is planted, two percentage points ahead of the five-year average. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday virtually all the corn is planted in Iowa and 90 percent of the plants have emerged from the dirt, about five days ahead of average.

Iowa’s soybean planting is 10 percentage points ahead of normal with 88 percent planted. Nebraska’s corn crop is at 96 percent, near the five-year average and soybean planting is at 73 percent, behind the average of 82 percent.

Rain is presenting challenges in areas of both states and water is reported standing in some fields from the frequent showers and thunderstorms in recent days.

Today: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & thunderstorms, mainly this afternoon. High 79. S @ 10-15.

Tonight: Scattered showers ending late; Becoming P/Cldy. Low 55. NW @ 5-10.

Tomorrow: Mo. Sunny. High 77. NW @ 10-15.

Thursday: P/Cldy. High 79.

Friday: P/Cldy w/a slight chance of isolated thundershowers. High 82.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 86. Our 24-hour Low thru 7-a.m. today was 62. We received .02” rain (two-one hundredth’s of an inch of rain) over the past 24-hours.  Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 67 and the low was 46. The All-time Record High in Atlantic on this date was 101 in 1934. The Record Low was 31 in 1897.