Today: Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming south southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 88.
Tuesday Night: A 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms after midnight; Partly cloudy, with a low around 68.
Wednesday: A 30% chance of showers & thunderstorms, otherwise mostly sunny, with a high near 84.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 79. The Low this morning was 55. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 89 and the Low was 72. The Record High in Atlantic on July 13th, was 108 in 1936. The Record Low was 44 in 1897. Sunrise today: 5:57; Sunset tonight: 8:53.
Official rainfall reports (relayed to the NWS)
Atlantic (KJAN), .44″
7.1. miles N/NE of Atlantic, .03″
College Springs, .06″
Earling, .86″
Elk Horn, .44″
Massena, .36″
New Market, .76″
Woodbine, .51″
Today: Mostly sunny, high near 79. N/NW wind 8-10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, low around 59. NW wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening
Tomorrow: Sunny with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming S/SW 5-9 mph in the morning
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy, low around 66. S winds around 6 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. S/SW wind 3-8 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67.
Tuesday: 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1 p.m. Mostly sunny with a high around 86.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 84. The Low this morning was 67. We received .44″ rain. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 86 and the Low was 64. The Record High in Atlantic on July 12th, was 106 in 1939. The Record Low was 47 in 1895 & 1975. Sunrise today: 5:56; Sunset tonight: 8:54.
(Radio Iowa) – Heavy wind and rains moved through central Iowa overnight and this morning (Friday). National Weather Service Metrologist Alexis Jimenez says there were some big totals in the rain gauges. “Kind of in between Interstate 80 and Highway 30, we saw several amounts around one to three inches,” she says. Jimenez says the storm had winds driving the rain and knocking down tree limbs. And as it approached Des Moines and even a little bit east of Des Moines, we had some winds exceeding 70 miles per hour,” she says. Thousands were left without power early this morning as many tree limbs were knocked down. Tornadoes were spotted yesterday (Thursday)evening in Franklin Count near Alexander, near Malcom in Poweshiek County, and northeast of Canton in Jackson County. There were no reports of any damage or injury from the tornadoes.
Jimenez says the storms are expected to start up again in the early afternoon, bringing more rain. “That will continue at least through the first half of the afternoon for the Des Moines area and then for portions of eastern and southeast Iowa, we’re talking probably for the rest of at least this afternoon and into the early evening” she says. “Rainfall now so looking anywhere between one to three inches in addition, and you could have some locally higher amounts as well with any heavier thunderstorm.” Jimenez says the it is a persistent storm. “A two-pronged system that we had starting yesterday and then moving into today. So this is part of the same system that affected us last night and I guess being helped by whatever is leftover from yesterday,” she says.
Jimenez says to be award of the potential for flash flooding with more rain today (Friday).
Atlantic (KJAN), 1.6”
Atlantic (7.1 miles N/NE) – Delbert Westphalen, 1.3”
Carroll, .29″
Manning, .85″
Massena, 1.12″
Mondamin, .94”
Mo. Valley, 1.49”
Elk Horn, 1.17”
Creston, .06”
Council Bluffs (2.1 miles S/SE), .07”
Schleswig, 1.39″
Dunlap, .91″
Persia, 1.9″
Earlham, 2.55″
Oakland, .77″
Kirkman, 1.55″
Earling, 1.25″
**A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 4-a.m.**Flood Watch until 7-a.m.**
Today: Cloudy this morning w/a 50% chance of showers & thunderstorms; Gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 82. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: A 40% chance of showers & thunderstorms; Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. North wind 5-10 mph.
Tomorrow: A slight chance of showers & thunderstorms early; gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 80. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tom. Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 83.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 88.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 86 and the Low was 65. We received 1.6″ of rain over the past 24-hours (ending 7-a.m. today).
The following are reports from the National Weather Service offices in Omaha and Des Moines:
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS..
1235 AM Tstm Wnd Dmg 4 NNW Arispe 41.00N 94.26W 07/08/2025 Union IA Public 4 inch diameter tree limb snapped. Delayed report relayed through social media. Time estimated by radar.
1213 AM Tstm Wnd Dmg Exira 41.59N 94.88W 07/11/2025 Audubon IA Trained Spotter Healthy, mature tree knocked over. Numerous large 6+ diameter limbs snapped off also.
1216 AM Tstm Wnd Dmg Lenox 40.88N 94.56W 07/08/2025 Taylor IA Public Several trees snapped and uprooted. Delayed report relayed through social media. Time estimated by radar.
1223 AM Tstm Wnd Dmg Bedford 40.67N 94.72W 07/08/2025 Taylor IA Public Top of mature tree snapped. Delayed report relayed through social media. Time estimated by radar.
1150 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Guthrie Center 41.68N 94.50W 07/10/2025 Guthrie IA Trained Spotter Large tree limb down.
1145 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Greenfield 41.31N 94.46W 07/10/2025 Adair IA Emergency Mngr Tree damage across much of the city.
1145 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Menlo 41.52N 94.40W 07/10/2025 Guthrie IA Emergency Mngr Tree damage across much of the area.
1049 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 5 S Harlan 41.58N 95.34W 07/10/2025 M68 MPH Shelby IA AWOS
(Radio Iowa) – Drought conditions continue to improve in the state. The latest U-S Drought Monitor shows most of the middle of the state has no drought conditions, which is about 64 percent — and is up from 57 percent last week. Less than four percent of the state has areas of moderate drought, including one county in northwest Iowa, six in the southeast, four in south-central, and two in eastern Iowa.
Around 36 percent of the state is abnormally dry, in sections along the eastern and western edges. Just 20 percent of the state had no drought conditions at the start of the year.
Official reports from NWS Cooperative Weather Observers:
Atlantic (KJAN), .22″
Atlantic (7.1 miles N/NE), .15″
College Springs, .17″
Council Bluffs (2.1 miles S/SE), 1.38″
Creston (8.3 miles W/NW), .22″
Earling, .35″
Elk Horn, .65″
Emerson (3.2 miles NE), 1.23″
Massena, .38″
Missouri Valley, 1.24″
New Market (4.7-miles North), .6″
Thurman (7.1 miles S/SE), .28″
Woodbine, .08″
Other, unofficial rainfall reports (to area media, etc.):
Anita, .12”
Atlantic (Downtown), .29”
Atlantic (southern City limits), .3”
Audubon, .08”
SE of Bridgewater, .4”
Corning, .35”
Glenwood, .2”
Griswold, .45”
Guthrie Center, 1.6”
Lenox, .3”
North of Neola, .41”
Oakland, .85”
Red Oak, .25”
Shenandoah, .47”
Stanton, .39”
Villisca, .21”
Storm damage reports:
Today: Showers & thunderstorms ending this morning; Partly sunny & breezy, with a high near 87. Winds South @ 10-20 mph w/gusts to near 25.
Tonight: Showers & thunderstorms likely, mainly after midnight. Low around 70. S/SE winds 10-20 mph. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Friday: Mostly cloudy w/a 70% chance of showers & thunderstorms. A high near 85. S/SE winds 5-10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Fri. Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday: A slight chance of afternoon showers & thunderstorms; Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 83.
Wednesday’s high in Atlantic was 86. The Low was 64. We received .22″ rain early this morning, at KJAN. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 84 and the Low was 58. The Record High for July 10th in Atlantic, was 104 in 1930 & 1936. The Record Low was 46 in 1895 & 1996. Sunrise: 5:55; Sunset: 8:55.
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