Atlantic (KJAN), .71″
7.1 miles N/NE of Atlantic, .80″
Anita, .95″
Audubon, .75″
2.4 miles SE of Earling, .50″
Clarinda, 1.05″
Corning & Creston, .90″
Cumberland, 1.00″
Elk Horn (.2 mile S/SE), .37″
Glenwood, .85″
Greenfield, .80″
Griswold, .90
Guthrie Center, .85″
Massena, .97″
New Market (Taylor County), .91″
Oakland, .80″
Red Oak, 1.05″
Shenandoah, 1.20″
Stanton, .76″
Wiota, .82″
Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 3pm. High near 63. SE winds 10-20 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers and possible thunderstorms. Patchy fog. Low around 58. S @ 10-20 mph.
Tomorrow: A chance of showers & thunderstorms. High around 61 in the morning w/the temperature falling to around 55 during the remainder of the day. S winds becoming N @ 10-20.
Tom. Night: Showers and possible thunderstorms. Low around 40. North wind around 10 mph.
Tuesday: Partly sunny w/a 40% chance of showers before noon. High near 52.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.
Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 57. Our Low was 33. 24-hour rainfall (ending at 7-a.m. today) was .71″ at the KJAN studios. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 60 and the Low was 26. The Record High here on Nov. 3rd was 78 in 2020. The Record Low was 6 in 1966. Sunrise: 6:54. Sunset: 5:13.
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. 50% chance of showers after 3 pm. South Southeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Showers likely, possible thunderstorm after 10 pm, with a low around 48. Southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23. 100% chance of precipitation
Tomorrow: Showers, and a possible thunderstorm before 1pm. High near 63. S/SE winds around 14 mph, gusts as high as 23. 90% chance of precipitation
Tom. Night: Showers, with thunderstorms possible. Low around 57. South wind at 8 to 11 mph.
Monday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 63.
Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 39.
Tuesday: Showers likely before 1 pm. Then partly sunny High near 52.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.
Friday’s High in Atlantic was 60. Our Low was 27. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 60 and the Low was 19. The Record High here on Nov. 2nd was 72 in 1965 & 2015. The Record Low was 5 in 1966. Sunrise: 7:53. Sunset: 6:13.
(Radio Iowa) – State climatologist Justin Glisan (like listen) says the rain across the state this week helped bump the month of October down the dry weather record book.
He says much of the state got some rainfall to impact the average for October, which still ended up below normal.
The storms that brought the late October rain also brought in some cold weather — including some snowflakes in northern Iowa. Glisan says the lack of moisture impacted overall temperatures.
Glisan says the early indicators for November are showing the potential for above average temperatures, with a potential for more precipitation.
(Atlantic, Iowa – KJAN) – Weather data for the month of October, 2024, in Atlantic, shows we were warmer and much drier than normal. The average High for the month came in eight-degrees warmer, at 71 degrees. The average Low was just slightly cooler, coming in at 38 degrees, or about one-degree under the norm. Rainfall for the month amounted to 1.97 inches, a deficit of just under 1-inch (-.97″). The data was compiled at KJAN, the official National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic.
Looking ahead, we find the High temperature for the month of November in Atlantic, typically averages out to 46 degrees, while the average Low should be around 27. Precipitation typically amounts to 1.85 inches. Check back with us during the first week of December to see how our actual weather data compared to the historical averages.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 58. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: Showers likely, mainly after 5pm.High near 58. SE winds 10-20 mph.
Tom. Night: Showers, with thunderstorms possible late. Low around 46.
Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 65.
Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 53.
Monday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 64.
Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 52. Our Low this morning was 27. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 50 and the Low was 19. The Record High for November 1st in Atlantic, was 78 in 1955 & 2022. The Record Low was 10 in 1895. Sunrise today: 7:52; Sunset: 6:15.
(Radio Iowa) – It’s neither a trick nor a treat as a surprise snowfall is blanketing parts of northwest Iowa this Halloween morning. A photo taken by an Iowa D-O-T snowplow camera in the seven o’clock hour shows flurries flying and snow on the ground. National Weather Service meteorologist Rod Donavon says they’re the state’s first flakes of the season, and October 31st is a little early for the first snowfall, but it’s not unprecedented. “We do have some light snow moving across northwest Iowa up into south central Minnesota, with that strong system that moved through. We have had some minor accumulations across northwest Iowa,” Donavon says. “We have seen some plow cameras, at least, showing a little bit of accumulation on roadways up in that area. Fortunately, as we go through the day today and get a little bit of sunlight, most of that will melt off the roadways.”
Forecasters issued a host of advance warnings about Wednesday’s storm, how it might include hail, high winds, heavy rain and tornadoes, but there was no mention of possible snow. Was this unexpected? “Yeah, definitely, it’s a little bit of a surprise that it’s gotten down into northwest Iowa,” Donavon says. “The main forecast was certainly up north, up into Minnesota, where the cold air was, and it looks like some of that cold air has filtered down into the state.”
IA DOT Snowplow cam 10-31-24, U-S Hwy 59 in NW Iowa
Some light snow may continue falling into north-central Iowa this morning, but little-to-no accumulation is expected. Wednesday’s powerful thunderstorms dropped temperatures some 30 degrees and also dropped plenty of rain. “The heaviest amounts were across east central Iowa, kind of along that Interstate 80 corridor from about Grinnell and then eastward towards the Quad Cities,” Donavon says. “We did have a couple reports right around Montezuma, in that area, right around two and quarter, two and a half inches, which is the highest in the state.”
Both Des Moines and Waterloo set rainfall records for the date, with each reporting over an inch-and-a-half, breaking records set in 1974. At least five Iowa counties had tornado warnings late Wednesday afternoon and evening, though Donavon says it doesn’t appear there were any twisters that reached the ground. “We have not had anything confirmed at this point, as far as tornado touchdowns,” he says. “So far, what we’ve had is strong wind gusts with some damaging winds over 60 miles per hour.”
The most significant damage reported is on a Clarke County farmstead, with a barn destroyed and a grain bin damaged. Peak winds of 62 miles an hour were clocked in Appanoose and Lucas counties, while there were multiple hail reports, including golf ball-sized hail near Clear Lake. The new map out this morning from the U-S Drought Monitor shows almost 88-percent of the state in moderate to severe drought, but it’s based on data from before Wednesday’s storms.
KJAN – Atlantic: 1.68″ (Highest wind gust 37 mph @ 12:35-p.m., 10/30 – Atlantic Airport)
Today: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 50. NW winds 15-to-30 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 28.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 57. S/SE winds 10-20 mph.
Tom. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. S/SE winds 5-10.
Saturday: Partly sunny w/a 50% chance of afternoon showers. High near 59.
Sat. Night: Showers & possible thunderstorms. Low around 46.
Sunday: Showers & possibly thunderstorms. High near 63.
Sun. Night: Showers and thunderstorms possible. Low around 53.
Monday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 66.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 71. Our Low this morning (as of 4:50-a.m.: 46). Rainfall yesterday through early today was 1.68-inches. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 37 and the Low was 14. The Record High for Oct. 31st in Atlantic was 83 in 1950 & 1953. The Record Low was 11 in 1954. Sunrise today: 7:49; Sunset: 6:16.
(Des Moines, Iowa) – Iowa home insurance rates, on average, had a double-digit increase this year due to persisting damages from derechos and inflation. The Iowa Capital Dispatch says a recent Insurify report listed Iowa as one of 15 states with a “mounting insurance crisis,” and ranked the state third on the list of states with the highest year-to-date increases of premiums for homeowners. According to the report, premiums for Iowa homeowners increased 14% from October 2023 to 2024, with the average homeowner now spending $2,416 annually. The report also noted a handful of insurance companies have stopped writing home insurance policies in Iowa.
Increasingly, insurance companies are hiking up rates in states, primarily on the coasts, that are consistently hit with natural disasters. Sonya Sellmeyer, a consumer advocate with the Iowa Insurance Division, said she consistently hears from Iowans who receive increased premiums. “We’re not California or Florida or Louisiana … but we are in a hard insurance market, and it does follow with all these storms,” Sellmeyer said.
In 2020, Iowa was one of several Midwest states hit by a derecho that the National Weather Service called, “the costliest severe thunderstorm event in United States history.” It is estimated the storms and record high wind speeds caused over $11 billion in damages. “Mother Nature has not been kind to Iowa,” Sellmeyer said. “It just seems like we can’t get away from those bad storms.” Sellmeyer said damages from that major event are “still on the books” for insurance underwriting purposes. And parts of Iowa have had at least one derecho each year since, according to the National Weather Service.
Tornado damage in Minden (April, 2024)
These long clusters of thunderstorms and wind can cause destruction similar to tornadoes, and therefore leave lots of homeowners and insurance companies with big repairs. “When insurance companies start paying out more in claims than what they’re bringing in in premiums, or when that number really shrinks, they’re going to raise their rates,” Sellmeyer said. Inflation is also a factor in increasing premiums, Sellmeyer said. Although overall inflation percentages decreased from a high of 7% in 2021 to just 2.4%, according to the U.S. inflation calculator, the cost of housing in the Midwest has increased by nearly 5% from last year.
Sellmeyer said an increase in construction material costs and continued supply chain issues are also increasing rates for most Iowans, and making it more difficult to mitigate damage from storms by building more durable, and costly, houses. The same effect is happening with auto insurance, Sellmeyer said. As cars become more complicated with more expensive repairs, insurance companies pay out more on a claim, which is increasing the overall premiums a company charges. Insurify data shows Iowa car insurance rates increased nearly 8% from September 2023.
But, Sellmeyer said the situation is not all bleak. Iowans can control certain elements of their policies to try to reduce premiums. Credit score, the age of a roof, location or the material of a house, are all granular factors at play in insurance premiums, which Sellmeyer encouraged Iowans to be aware of. “You can’t control Mother Nature, but if you can work on your credit score, it might help lower your insurance rates,” Sellmeyer said.
She said it’s also a good idea to go ahead make any repairs, like improve a roof or installing a railing, that a provider suggests because it is usually more expensive to have to switch providers. “My big push is : Get out that boring insurance policy and look at it and understand what you have,” Sellmeyer said.
Iowans can find other tips on the division’s consumer connection page.
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