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Temperatures are going to fall, but will still be above average

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February 7th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The high temperatures in the upper 50s and 60s are about to go away. National Weather Service Meteorologist, Rod Donovan, says Thursday will be the last day. “We’re going to have highs across the state generally in the 50s to low 60s. So that again will be near to even above record highs across a good portion of the area,” Donovan says. He says the change will blow in by the weekend.

“We do have a cold front moving through and so we will be seeing those temperatures drop off by Friday and especially into the weekend where we’re going to see highs more into the 30s and 40s,” he says. We could see some more precipitation as well. “Can be some showers as mentioned even a few thunderstorms especially across eastern parts of the state as that moves across,” Donovan says. The forecast says we won’t see the 60s next week, but Donovan says temps will still be well above average.

“We’re going to be highs generally in the 40s. Average high temperatures fill this time of year still in the upper 20s across northern Iowa and so low to mid 30s elsewhere. So, even though we’re dropping off, we’re still looking at temperatures five even ten degrees above normal,” he says. Donovan says most of the snow has melted away and that helps things stay warmer during the day.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Wed. Feb. 7, 2024

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February 7th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly cloudy & windy. High near 60. S @ 10-20 mph w/gusts to around 35 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy & windy, w/a slight chance of rain after midnight. Low around 47.
Thursday: Partly sunny & windy. High near 59. S-W @ 15-35 mph w/gusts to near 40.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 47.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 53. The Low was 20. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 44 and the Low was 23. The Record High for Feb. 7th in Atlantic, was 64 in 1987. The Record Low was -30, in 1905. Sunrise today: 7:26. Sunset: 5:43.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024

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February 6th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. South wind 10-20 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. S @ 15-35 mph.
Wed.Night: A 30% chance of rain. Low 46. S @ 20-35 mph.
Thursday: A 30% chance of rain, mainly before noon; Partly sunny & windy, with a high near 60.
Friday: Mostly sunny & breezy, with a high near 47.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 57. The Low was 20. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 55 and the Low was 32. The Record High for Feb. 6th in Atlantic, was 59 in 2009. The Record Low was -27, in 1982. Sunrise today: 7:27. Sunset: 5:42.

Iowa could see record warmth in the 60s later this week

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February 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – It wasn’t long ago that Iowa was buried under a blanket of white with wind chills howling as low as 40 degrees below zero, but most of that deep snow is long gone and what remains will very soon melt. Meteorologist Andrew Ansorge, at the National Weather Service, says it could be a record-setting week ahead — for warmth. “For early February, we tend to see temperatures in the upper 20s to low 30s,” Ansorge says, “but as we get into Wednesday and especially Thursday, we’ll see temperatures in the 50s and on Thursday, well into the 50s and even low 60s, and that will challenge some record highs in portions of the state.”

For the time being, Ansorge says it doesn’t appear that wintry weather will be making a return. “We’ll get a little bit cooler late in the week and into this weekend,” Ansorge says. “Highs by Sunday will be back down towards 40, but it’s still going to be above normal for this time of year, so nothing the next seven days like an arctic blast like what we had a few weeks ago here across Iowa.” Two snowstorms walloped Iowa during one week in mid-January, dumping a combined more than 20 inches of snow on most of the state. Even for Iowa, that was a lot of snow, but most signs of those storms have now vanished. “There’s maybe a few spots where there’s a little bit of snow on the ground, but overall, it’s just piles,” Ansorge says. “You go to your big parking lots, there’s just piles of snow piled up, and that’s pretty much all that’s left. I look out in our parking lot here and that’s all we have left as well.”

We’re barely half-way through winter, and Ansorge says it’s almost certain we haven’t seen the last of snow and bitter cold for the season. “No, there’s still plenty of time for winter to reappear and make sure we get to experience all the winter fun of snow shoveling, driving in it and cold weather as well,” he says.

The first day of Spring is March 19th.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Monday, Feb. 5. 2024

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February 5th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. North wind around 5 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. South wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy & windy, with a high near 57.
Wed. Night: Cloudy & windy, w/a 40% chance of rain, mainly after midnight. Low around 46.
Thursday: Partly sunny & windy, w/a 40% chance of rain. High near 61.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 47. The Low was 24. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 47 and the Low was 27. The Record High for Feb. 5th in Atlantic, was 66 in 1948. The Record Low was -26, in 1936. Sunrise today: 7:28. Sunset: 5:41.

Skycan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024

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February 4th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Northeast wind 9 to 11 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. North northeast wind 5 to 9 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. North wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. South wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Windy.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Windy.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Saturday, Feb. 3rd, 2024

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February 3rd, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today
Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 47. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Tonight
Cloudy, with a low around 31. East wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. East northeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with a high near 49. North northeast wind around 6 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 29.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 58. Windy.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 40. The Low was 35. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 26 and the Low was 2. The Record High for Feb. 3rd in Atlantic, was 60 in 1934. The Record Low was -29, in 1996. Sunrise today: 7:29. Sunset: 5:38.

After swing of 70-plus degrees from snowy January, look for warmth ahead

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February 2nd, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Much of Iowa is seeing above-normal temperatures for the first week of February, a radical change from just a couple of weeks ago. January wrapped up with some Iowa cities reporting mid-50s for highs, and state climatologist Justin Glisan says that’s some 60 to 70 degrees warmer than the middle of the month when we were in the teens below zero, with wind chills of 40-below.

Some Iowa cities saw more than 20 inches of snow during January, and many communities ended up 10 to 15-inches above their averages for snowfall.

Say goodbye to the last of that snow! (Radio Iowa photo)

Glisan says the month concluded as the third-snowiest January on record for Iowa.

That allowed the water to filter down into the soil, he says, which brought some improvements in our statewide drought conditions. As for the month ahead, Glisan says we can expect more of what we’ve been seeing all week — warmer-than-normal temperatures.

The National Weather Service says the two snowstorms we had during mid-January dropped more than 27 inches of snow on Des Moines, which recorded its second-snowiest January on record, while the 25-plus inches that fell on Waterloo made it -the- snowiest January in history for that northeast Iowa city. It was also Waterloo’s fourth-snowiest month of any month on record.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the Nishna Valley: Friday, Feb. 2nd, 2024

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February 2nd, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Today: Patchy fog this morning; Otherwise, mostly cloudy. High near 48. E/SE winds at 10-25 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. E/SE @ 15-25 mph.

Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy & breezy. High near 48. E winds @ 15-25 mph.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 53.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 59 (one-degree shy of tying the record). The Low was 26. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 26 and the Low was 0. The Record High for Feb. 2nd in Atlantic, was 66 in 1992. The Record Low was -36, in 1905. Sunrise today: 7:31. Sunset: 5:37.

January 2024 Weather Data for Atlantic

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February 1st, 2024 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa – KJAN) – Weather data for the month of January, 2024 in Atlantic, show that despite several sub-zero days, the Average High for the month was 27, which was 2-degrees cooler than normal. The Average Low was 12, which was 3 degrees warmer than the norm. Precipitation for the month (both rain & melted snow) amounted to .85-inches, which just above the norm of .84″ above normal. Snowfall for the month averaged out to 11.4-inches. The data was compiled at KJAN, the official National Weather Serving reporting site for Atlantic.

Looking ahead, we find the Average High for the month of February, in Atlantic, is typically 35 degrees, while the Low should average out to be around 15. Precipitation (rain & or melted snow) is typically just under an inch, at .96 inches.