Here are the weather stats for Atlantic as we end December and enter January: The Average High temperature in December (recorded at the KJAN Studios, the official National Weather Service site for Atlantic), was 33.9 degrees, which was one-degree warmer than the normal, average high for the month. The average Low was 14.1, which was slightly cooler than the norm of 14.4. The warmest day was on Dec. 25th, when we reached 53 degrees. The low was -17 on the 17th.

Precipitation for the month (melted snow, and rain) amounted to 1.35 inches, which was greater than the 1.11″ average. Snowfall for the month was 1.6 inches. Looking ahead to January, the normal High for the month averages out to 29 degrees, while the normal Low is 19. Precipitation in January usually amounts to just under an inch (.84″).

Total precipitation for 2016 in Atlantic amounted to 42.75 inches. The normal annual precipitation is 34.94.”

Today (New Year’s Day): Increasing clouds, with a high near 39. Wind chill values as low as 5. South wind 6 to 11 mph.
Tonight: A slight chance of drizzle or freezing drizzle between 11pm and midnight, then a chance of drizzle. Cloudy, with a low around 33. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.
Monday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 43. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Night: A chance of rain, mixing with freezing rain after 11pm, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Blustery, with a west southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest 12 to 17 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 22. Windy, with a northwest wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 6. Blustery.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 17.

AREA COUNTIES: SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD….341 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017

TODAY AND TONIGHT: SPOTTY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BUT THERE MAY BE SLICK SPOTS ON SOME ROADS.

MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: SPOTTY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY MORNING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BUT THERE MAY BE SLICK SPOTS ON SOME ROADS.

AREA COUNTIES: MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE COUNTIES….405 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017

TODAY AND TONIGHT: THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW…POSSIBLY MIXING WITH LIGHT RAIN…THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT WITH ONLY A DUSTING POSSIBLE. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. AREAS NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 80 STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WHERE A COUPLE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICING IS POSSIBLE. ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING…SO THE RISK OF ANY ICING IS LOW.

MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 80. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO ABOVE FREEZING BEFORE NOON…SO ICING SHOULD REMAIN RATHER LIGHT IF ANY. BEHIND THIS STORM SYSTEM…COLDER AIR WILL SPILL INTO THE REGION FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK WITH LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND HIGHS IN THE TEENS OR LOWER 20S. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS OF 5 TO 15 BELOW ARE FORECAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS.