The first month of 2017 here in Atlantic was warmer than average for both the High and Low temperatures. It was also a little wetter. Records compiled here at KJAN (the official National Weather Service record-keeping site for Atlantic), show the average High for January was 33 degrees (4 degrees warmer than normal), while the average Low was 19 (9 degrees warmer than normal). The warmest day was Jan. 30th, when we hit 49 degrees. The coldest mornings were Jan. 5th and 6th, when the thermometer bottomed out at -6.

Liquid precipitation (rain and melted snowfall) for the month amounted to 1.27-inches, which was more than .4″ above average. Snowfall for January amounted to 5.4-inches.

Looking ahead to the month of February, the average High is 35, the average Low 15, and monthly precipitation amounts to just under an inch.