Today: Mostly cloudy. High 79. NW @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 590. N @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mo. Sunny. High 83. N @ 10-15.
Monday: Mo. Sunny. High 83. E @ 5.
Tuesday: Mo. Sunny. High 93. SE @ 10-15.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 84. We received .09″ rain from Friday into this (Saturday) morning. Our Low was 60. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 92 and the Low was 62. The Record High on this date was 100 in 1947. The Record Low was 36 in 1897.
Today: Partly cloudy w/scattered afternoon showers & tstrms. High 87. NW @ 10-15.
Tonight: P/Cldy to Cldy w/scattwered showers & thunderstorms. Low 60. NW @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Morning showers possible; Becoming P/Cldy. High 80. NW @ 10-15.
Sunday: Mo. Sunny. High 83.
Monday: P/Cldy. High 86.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 83. Our Low was 57. Rainfall overnight Thursday into early today amounted to .12″ at KJAN. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 89 and the Low was 68. The Record High on this date was 100 in 1947. The Record Low was 41 in 1981.
(Radio Iowa) – Despite widespread rainfall earlier this week, drought conditions are worsening across Iowa, according to the new map out today (Thursday) from the U-S Drought Monitor. Field agronomist Rebecca Vittetoe, with the Iowa State University Extension, says the new red spots on the map are particularly troubling. “It just got updated again this morning based off of rainfall as of Tuesday morning of this week,” Vittetoe says, “so, not necessarily major changes on the Drought Monitor but parts of western Iowa, there’s a few more areas that are in the D-3 or that extreme drought compared to last week.”
Extreme drought is now shown in five western counties: Cherokee, Monona, Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury, while statewide, 67 counties are now in some form of drought, up from 64 counties last week. Vittetoe is based in southeast Iowa’s Washington County, which is listed as both abnormally dry and in moderate drought, and she’s encouraged by crop conditions as harvest season nears. “It’s amazing what the plant breeders have been able to do to help crops better withstand drought,” Vittetoe says. “I look at some fields that have had less than five inches of rainfall this growing season and I’m impressed with how well they look, considering the little rainfall that we have had.”
She says Iowa’s two biggest crops are suffering fairly equally in the drought. “On the corn side, that pollination and grain fill is a really critical period when we don’t want to be having a lot of drought stress. We want to have plenty of moisture, cooler temperatures, to really help with pollination and with grain fill,” Vittetoe says. “On the soybean side, if we’re hot and dry in July, when that corn’s pollinating, I’m not as concerned then as when we get into August and we’re trying to work on putting on pods, filling pods.”
Vittetoe will be hosting a statewide virtual meeting next on the drought from the fall harvest perspective. For details, visit: https://www.aep.iastate.edu/drought/view
Today: Partly cloudy. High 86. S @ 10-15.
Tonight: P/Cldy w/scattwered showers & thunderstorms. Low 65. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy to cldy w/scatt. Shwrs & tstrms. High 80. NW @ 10-15.
Saturday: Mo. Cldy w/scattered showers/thunderstorms. High 78.
Sunday: P/Cldy. High 82.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low this morning, 56. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 87 and the Low was 68. The Record High on this date was 111 in 1936. The Record Low was 40 in 2012.
Today: Patchy fog early; Mostly sunny. High 82. E @ 10.
Tonight: Fair to P/Cldy. Low 58. SE @ 5.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 84. S @ 10.
Friday: P/Cldy w/scattered showers/thunderstorms. High 80.
Saturday: P/Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 78.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 83. Our Low this morning, 58. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 89 and the Low was 64. The Record High on this date was 108 in 1936. The Record Low was 38 in 1897.
(Radio Iowa) – While parts of Iowa saw up to two inches of rain on Monday, it may be too little, too late for many of the crops that have been critically damaged by the long string of hot, dry days. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the U-S-D-A’s Midwest Climate Hub in Ames, says there are big differences in corn crop conditions across the region, especially compared to areas in northwest Iowa that are in extreme drought.
“We really have done the damage already and things are looking pretty bleak in some places,” Todey says. “We have some places that we could maybe still help limp through a little bit, but it’s interesting because in contrast, you go up to northeast South Dakota or eastern Iowa, parts of Minnesota, conditions are pretty good.” While any more rain that falls on Iowa this week may green up our lawns a bit, Todey says precipitation at this stage on the calendar will be of limited help to farmers.
“There are still some chances for some rainfall, some hit-and-miss rainfalls, that could help some soybeans still, but we’re late enough now, the chances of being able to help much are not great,” Todey says. “Then the overall outlooks, they’re not terribly optimistic for great improvement.” The latest map from the U-S Drought Monitor shows moderate drought now stretches all the way from Iowa’s eastern border to the western border and that about 64 of the state’s 99 counties are in some form of drought.
“The other thing we’re concerned about now is starting to look towards fall soil moisture recharge,” Todey says. “We’re going to need some rainfalls in the fall to get some moisture back in the soils.” The climate outlooks show above-normal temperatures and below-normal rain for most of the region through much of September.
Today: Mostly cloudy w/rain ending this morning; Becoming Partly cloudy. High 76. N @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 55.
Tomorrow: Areas of fog in the morning; Mo. Sunny. High 80. E/SE @ 10-15.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 83.
Friday: Mo. Cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High near 80.
Monday’s High in Atlantic was 69. Our Low this morning, 62. 24-hour rainfall (7-am Mon.-7-a.m. today) at KJAN amounted to .88.” Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 86 and the Low was 56. The Record High on this date was 105 in 1936. The Record Low was 48 in 1966.
Today: Partly-to-mostly cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 78. E @ 10-15.
Tonight: Showers & thunderstorms. Low 63. E @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Showers ending in the morning; P/Cldy. High 78. N @ 10-15.
Wednesday: Mo. Sunny. High near 80.
Thursday: Mo. Sunny. High 83.
Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 83. As of 5-a.m. Today, we had received a trace of rain. Our Low was 60. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 84 and the Low was 49. The Record High on this date was 103 in 1937. The Record Low was 40 in 1929.
Today: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 84. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: Mostly cloudy w/a 40% chance of showers. High near 79. East wind 5 to 10 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday Night: A chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm; Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. East @ 10-20 mph.
Tuesday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 73. East wind 10 mph.
Wednesday: A chance of showers in the morning, otherwise mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 88. Our Low this morning was 56. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 85 and the Low was 49. The Record High was 107 in 1936. The Record Low was 45 in 1929.
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