(Radio Iowa) — Forecasters say Iowa may have cooler-than-normal temperatures and much less rainfall throughout June. That may sound great, but not if you’re a farmer. Rains will diminish over the coming weeks and other signs of summer may be lacking. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the U-S-D-A’s Midwest Climate Hub in Ames, says the rainy spell we’ve been enduring for months is over.
“For once in quite a while, most of our region is free of expected big rainfalls,” Todey says. Still, that doesn’t mean there won’t be rain on Iowans’ parades. Todey says there will be plenty of opportunities for showers, thunderstorms — and for more flooding. “Much of our region still has chances for storms,” Todey says. “They’re going to be spottier and less effective in the way of big precipitation. We don’t have a lot of capacity in much of our hydrologic system in the soils and the rivers, so even minor rainfall amounts can cause some problems.”
According to forecast models, Todey says much of the month ahead will be cooler than usual and may not bring Iowa’s acres of corn and soybeans the warmth they need to mature. “June is one time when above-average temperatures would help spur more development and accumulate some more ‘degree days’ without reaching those stressful mid-to-upper 80s on a regular basis,” Todey says.
“Instead of having above-average temperatures, we’re likely to have below-average temperatures throughout almost all of our region. It will be pleasant from a human standpoint and for livestock, but for our crops, it’s not good news.” Summer arrives two weeks from today. Todey says the effects of the ongoing El Nino pattern will be felt well into fall.
Today: Partly cloudy. High 87. E @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 64. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 87. SE @ 10-15.
Sunday: P/Cldy to cldy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 80.
Monday: P/Cldy. High 78.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 87. Our Low this morning 60. Last year on this date our High was 83 and the Low was 64. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 98 in 1934 & 2011. The Record Low was 36 in 1894.
Today: Partly cloudy w/isolated afternoon showers. High 87. NE @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 64. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 87. SE @ 10.
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 85.
Sunday: Variably cloudy w/scattered shwrs & tstrms. High 83.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 90. Our Low this morning 64. Last year on this date our High was 92 and the Low was 64. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 103 in 1933. The Record Low was 32 in 1894.
Today: Isolated showers this morning, otherwise partly cloudy. High 86. NW @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 60. Winds light & variable.
Tomorrow: P/Cldy. High 84. NE @ 10.
Friday: P/Cldy w/isolated showers. High 84.
Saturday: P/Cldy to cldy w/scattered showers & tstrms. High 82.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 85. Our Low this morning 65. Last year on this date our High was 88 and the Low was 64. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 104 in 1933. The Record Low was 40 in 1897 & 1935.
Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/scattered showers & thunderstorms. High 79. S @ 10-20.
Tonight: Mo. Cldy /wscattered showers & tstrms. Low 65. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Scattered morning showers & tstrms. High 83. NW @ 10.
Thursday & Friday: P/Cldy w/lighr rain possible. High both days in the low 80’s.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 83.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 69. Our Low 61. We received .34” rain, Monday. Last year on this date our High was 78 and the Low was 55. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 96 in 1914. The Record Low was 31 in 1945.
(Radio Iowa) — May rainfall ended up just a little short of being double the normal average. State Climatologist Justin Glissen says we got trapped in a pattern that wouldn’t go away. “What we were seeing is the jet stream was effectively locking in over the state, so every two or three days we would get measurable rainfall over parts of the state,” according to Glissen. “Statewide where we turned out was eight-point-two inches…and that will make it the fourth wettest May on record.”
He says average rainfall for May is four-and-half inches. The month ended up just a little cooler on average. “We were below average –not too bad, about three degrees under what we would expect. Normal temperature is about 60 degrees. We came in about 57,” Glissen says. He says with all the cloudy days, the three-degree difference from the average was a little surprising. “Not as cool as it would have seemed with all the rainfall that we had across the state,” he says.
Glisan says the climatological out early on for June showed an equal chance for both higher or lower than normal rainfall and temperatures. He says the mid-May outlook showed a little warmer and less rainfall in the outlook. “So, it looks like we might be shifting towards what we would expect climatologially across the state. June tends to be the wettest month of the year and we start to have longer days and warmers temperatures. We shall see as we move forward,” Glissen says.
The wetter than average June comes after March and April were both slightly below average in percipitation.
Today: Partly cloudy to cloudy w/isolated afternoon showers & thunderstorms. High 78. SE @ 10-20.
Tonight: Mo. Cldy /wscattered showers & tstrms. Low 65. S @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Cloudy to p/cldy w/showers & tstrms in the morning. High 84. SW @ 10-20.
Wednesday: Scattered morning shwrs; P/Cldy. High around 87.
Thursday: P/Cldy. High 83.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 77. Our Low 52. Last year on this date our High was 81 and the Low was 48. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 93 in 1911. The Record Low was 32 in 1969.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 75. North wind around 6 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. South southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.
Monday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 76. South southeast wind 5 to 13 mph.
Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. South wind around 11 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 81. We received .16” rain, Saturday. Our Low 49. Last year on this date our High was 78 and the Low was 54. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 100 in 1934. The Record Low was 36 in 1907.
The just wrapped-up month of May, in Atlantic, was cooler than normal, and much wetter than average. The average High last month was 69.6 degrees, and the average Low was 47.6. Typically, the average High in Atlantic is 73.1 degrees, the average Low is 49.1. We typically also received 4.32-inches of rain in May, but last month we were 2.8-inches above the norm, at 6.9 inches.
Looking ahead to the Month of June: The Average High is 82.7, the average Low is 58.8, and rainfall normally amounts to 4.98 inches.
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