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October wraps up heavy on the heat and short on rain

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November 4th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The final numbers are tallied and state climatologist Justin Glisan says the just-ended month of October ended up being much warmer and drier than usual. “Overall, the temperature was about 57 degrees and that’s about six degrees above average,” Glisan says, “so around the 13th warmest on record with 153 years of records.” As for precipitation, Glisan says rain showers were few and far between during October.

“About 6/10 of an inch below the average,” Glisan says. “There was a swath from southwest through central to north-central Iowa in which we saw above-normal rainfall, and a lot of that rain fell in the last week of October.”

As for the month ahead, he says there are strong signals in the forecast through the first half of November indicating warmer-than-normal temperatures and near-normal precipitation.

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(Atlantic, Iowa) – Weather data for Atlantic during the month of October, 2025 (Compiled here at KJAN – the official National Weather Service reporting site), shows we were warmer than normal for both the average High and Low. The average High last month was 67, compared to the norm of 64. The average Low was 43, compared to the norm of 39. The warmest days last month were on the 2nd & 3rd of October, when we topped out at 88 degrees. Our coolest mornings were on the 22nd & 23rd, when the thermometer bottomed-out at 28 degrees.
Rainfall for the month was greater than what would typically occur in Atlantic. We received 2.97-inches, which was slightly more than two-tenth of an inch above the normal. The most rain fell on Oct. 5th, when we received 1.35-inches, followed by Oct. 28th, when Atlantic received .72″.
Looking ahead, we find the average High temperature for the month of November in Atlantic, according to historical records, is typically 46 degrees, while the average Low is 27. Precipitation typically amounts to 1.85-inches. Check back with us during the first week of December, 2025, to see how our actual weather data compared to the historical averages for November.