Today (Monday): Partly Cloudy. High 92. SW winds 10-20 mph.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low around 68. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy w/scattered late showers & thunderstorms. High around 92. SW @ 10-15 mph.
Wednesday: P/Cldy to Cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High near 90.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 85.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 87. Our Low this morning, 66. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 90 and the Low was 64. The Record High on this date was 107 in 1911. The Record Low was 41 in 1972.

(Today/Sunday) Independence Day: Sunny, with a high near 88. South/southwest winds 10-20 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 68. South/southwest winds 10-20 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 90. South/southwest winds 10-20 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny w/a slight chance of showers & thunderstorms in the afternoon. High near 90. S/SW @ 5-10.
Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Low around 64.
Wednesday: Showers & thunderstorms ending in the morning; Becoming Partly sunny, with a high near 79.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 88. Our Low this morning, 62. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 88 and the Low was 65. The Record High on this date was 111 in 1936. The Record Low was 41 in 1967.

Today: Partly-to-Mostly Sunny. High 91. S at 10 mph.

Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 67. S @ 5.

Tomorrow (Independence Day): P/Cldy. High 92. S @ 10-15.

Monday: P/Cldy w/isolated showers & thunderstorms. High 91.

Tuesday: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 87.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 89. Our Low this morning, 60. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 91 and the Low was 62. The Record High on this date was 107 in 1936. The Record Low was 43 in 1967 & 1968.

(Radio Iowa) Even with the deluges of rain, hail and thunderstorms that brought severe flash flooding to parts of Iowa, June wrapped up with below-normal rainfall statewide. State climatologist Justin Glisan says we also experienced some wide temperature swings, finishing the month above-normal. “We did see the first half of the month, very warm and very dry,” Glisan says. “We had low relative humidity days and temperatures in the 80s and 90s, even some 100-degree readings across the state. The first half of the month was actually a top ten warmest start to the month.”

The second half of June brought storms and plenty of them. Parts of southeastern Iowa had heavy downpours, with some areas recording up to 11 inches of rain in two hours. In spite of that, given the long-running drought, the state overall was still lacking for rainfall. “On the precipitation side, well below average across much of northern Iowa, anywhere from two to four inches below what we’d expect in June, and June is the wettest month for the northern two-thirds of the state,” Glisan says, “so that is a red flag there in terms of drought conditions.”

Forecast models indicate the hot, dry pattern will continue into July. “We do see an elevated signal for warmer temperatures across much of the upper Midwest, including Iowa,” Glisan says, “and then equal chances of above-below-or-near average precipitation across southeastern Iowa, but then a slightly elevated signal for drier-than-normal conditions across northwestern Iowa.”

The latest map released Thursday by the U-S Drought Monitor shows conditions improving slightly, as the percentage of the state NOT in drought grew from roughly seven to 14 counties, all in the southeast, while abnormally dry conditions, moderate and severe drought areas all decreased, though slightly.

Today: Partly Cloudy. High 89. NE at 10 mph.

Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 65.

Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 91. E @ 10.

Sunday (Independence Day): P/Cldy. High 92.

Monday: P/Cldy w/isolated showers & thunderstorms. High 91.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 87. Our Low this morning, 58. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 89 and the Low was 66. The Record High on this date was 102 in 1911. The Record Low was 45 in 1924 & 1959.

The month of June in Atlantic was about six-degrees warmer than normal, and we received less rain than we typically would see. Weather data compiled here at the KJAN Studios (The official National Weather Service reporting site), show the Average High last month (rounded-off) was 88, compared to the normal average high of 82. Our Average Low in June was 61, which was three-degrees above average. On June 17th, we tied a 103-year old record high when we reached 102-degrees (it was first set in 1918). Atlantic received 2.92 inches of rain last month, compared to the average of 4.98 inches.

Looking ahead to the month of July, we can expected an Average High of 86-degrees, an Average Low of 63, and rain typically amounting to 4.62-inches. We’ll let you know how the data compared to the norm,  when we compile the data on August 1^st.

(Radio Iowa) – Despite recent rain, most of Iowa is still rated as abnormally dry or in moderate to extreme drought and fire officials are urging extreme caution when it comes to fireworks. “We still haven’t had enough rain to get a lot of moisture build up, so it’s still dangerous,” Estherville Fire Chief Richard Beaver said. “The best thing I can say is if you’re going to light them, be very, very, very careful. Have a water hose handy and watch what’s going on.”

Beaver warns a grassy area that looks green can still catch fire. “It’s not the green stuff that you catch on fire, it’s the dead brown stuff underneath that catches fire and then once it catches fire, the green stuff will burn,” he said. If you do intend to shoot off fireworks, Beaver’s advice is to do so in an open area where you can see where they land.

“If you can’t see where they’re coming down at, they can land in the grass and lay there and smoke for a long time and then all of a sudden you’ve got a fire after you’ve gone to bed,” Beaver said.

(Radio Iowa) Today (Wednesday) is the last day of June and what marks the end of the peak season for tornadoes in Iowa. National Weather Service meteorologist Kenny Podrazik says April, May and June were relatively quiet months for severe storms. In fact, it’s been a fairly quiet year. “So far, there’s only been six confirmed tornadoes in the state and that’s through the end of June,” Podrazik says. “Normally, through the end of this month, the statewide totals would typically average around 34 or 35 tornadoes.” That means Iowa has only seen about one-sixth the usual number of tornadoes by this date, not that anyone is complaining.

“I’m totally fine with being below normal for tornadoes,” Podrazik says. “We don’t like seeing people’s property getting damaged and things like that. That’s one of the things we’re okay with for right now.” Tornadoes can strike at any time of day and during any month of the year and Podrazik says it’s entirely possible we’ll see some twisters in the weeks ahead. “We’ll have a little bit of a secondary season into July and then we definitely get some storms in August,” he says. “Obviously, the derecho is still fresh in folks’ minds from last year. We’re still not out of the woods yet but the peak season, June, is typically when we have the most active severe weather.”

The derecho that tore across Iowa on August 10th of last year was the most damaging thunderstorm in United States’ history. It caused 13-billion dollars damage, most of it in the state of Iowa. Also last year, Iowa saw 28 tornadoes with no reports of injuries or deaths due to the storms.