Official NWS Spotter reports:

Other reports (from local media):

Cass County residents located 4 miles West & 7-miles SW of Atlantic, each reported 1.00″

SE of Bridgewater, 1.25″

Marne, 1.10″

Shenandoah, .97″

Clarinda, .80″

North of Neola, .60″

Stanton, 1.70″

Villisca, 1.00″

Lenox, .80″

Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely this morning & again later this afternoon. Some severe storms are possible late today. Large hail, damaging winds & isolated tornadoes are possible. A high near 68. Winds S/SW @ 10 to 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 31. Winds S @ 15-25 mph becoming NW after midnight. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing. Breezy. A high near 50. NW @ 5-15 mph w/gusts to around 25.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. SW winds 10-20 mph.
Sunday: Sunny & breezy, with a high near 64.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 67.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 58 (that was a 24-hour high, w/temps rising overnight into early this morning).  We received .73″ rain overnight (thru 7-a.m. today), at KJAN. The Low was 42. Last year on this date (March 6th), the High in Atlantic was 38 & the Low was 13. The Record High was 76 in 2017, & the Record Low was -20 in 1960. Sunrise: 6:47; Sunset: 6:16.

Today: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 63. S/SE winds 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11-p.m. Low around 48. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A few of the storms could produce large hail.
Friday: Showers and some thunderstorms. High near 70. S/SW winds 15 to 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Large hail and damaging wind gusts will be possible, along with a few tornadoes mainly in southern Iowa.
Friday Night: Rain before 3am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 30. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 33.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Breezy.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 71.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 54. The Low was 39. Last year on this date (March 5th), the High in Atlantic was 26 & the Low was 12. The Record High was 74 in 1921, & the Record Low was -31 in 1960. Sunrise: 6:49; Sunset: 6:15.

(Radio Iowa) – March came in like a lamb, but State Climatologist Justin Glisten says as we move from winter to spring it could bring just about anything. “We can see all types of weather. We can see severe weather, we can see snowfall. We’ve had it all. So as a transition month, who knows, it’s a flip of the coin sometimes,” Glisan says. Glisan says March could help improve some of the dry conditions across the state. “As a state, we typically see slightly under two inches, that’s the 30 year average. And this varies from two-point-three inches in southeast Iowa, all the way up to one-point-six inches in northwest Iowa. So the wetter part of the state is the southern, southeastern (areas),” Glisan says.

Glisan says there is some optimism March could be wetter than normal. “If you look at the short-term outlooks getting into first half of March and even the full March outlook from the Climate Prediction Center, we are showing higher probabilities of warmer and wetter conditions possible,” he says.

April, May and June are generally the wettest months of the year in Iowa.

Today: Cloudy. A high near 51. E/NE winds around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy w/a chance of drizzle, mainly between 9pm and 2am. A low around 38.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. S/SE winds 5-10 mph in the afternoon.
Tom. Night: A chance of showers & thunderstorms. Low around 49.  New rainfall amounts between 1/4 & 1/2 inch are possible.
Friday: Showers & possible thunderstorms. Breezy. High near 67. New rainfall amounts between 1/4 & 1/2 inch are once again possible.
Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 30.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 51.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 33.
Sunday: Sunny & breezy, with a high near 65.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 42 degrees. We received a Trace of rain (<.01). The Low was 36. Last year on this date (March 4th), the High in Atlantic was 56, and the Low was 21. The Record High for this date was 78 in 1921, the record Low was -17 in 1978. Sunrise: 6:50; Sunset: 6:14.

(Radio Iowa) – State climatologist Justin Glisan says February continued what has been a dry winter. “Preliminary liquid equivalent total, so melted snow, melted sleet in the rainfall that we saw, only about four-tenths of an inch, and that’s about eight tenths of an inch below average,” Glisan says. He says it will end up around the 17th driest February in So if you look at 154 years of records. Glisan says February did not have the snow drought we saw in January.

“Overall, about three-point-eight inches of snow on the ground, so three inches below average. So not exceedingly significant snowfall departures, but overall through winter, meteorological winter, December, January, February, as a state, we’re about eight inches below average,” Glisan says. He says the meteorological winter saw much more snow than last year, which ranked 4th for the least amount of snow on the ground. Glisan says the overall snowfall season was a little behind normal. “Starts in October, runs through May, and we’ve even had snow in June. We still have deficits in snowfall, but not as high as what we saw in meteorological winter,” he says. Glisan says the areas that got less snow, like southeastern Iowa and also northwestern Iowa, saw drought conditions increase.

“Coupled with less rainfall and basically no snowpack on the ground, you deplete soil moisture profiles, topsoil particularly, and that’s where you start to see these drier conditions reemerge,” he says. Glisan says temperatures in February were about seven degrees above normal, which provided the benefit of warming of the top level of soil, allowing moisture to sink in. “We did remove shallow frost. So with that shallow frost removal, we did see infiltration of melting snow, but also any rainfall that we got,” he says. “So at least in the shallow profile, we have seen some improvement, particularly you look at a soil moisture map, bullseye right over central Iowa, where we’re right near normal for soil moisture this time of year.”

Glisan says in the southeast and eastern Iowa, there was less overall moisture and the soil profiles remain dry.

Today: Mostly cloudy w/a chance of drizzle this morning. A high near 49. Light and variable wind becoming NE @ 5-10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: A chance of drizzle, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.
Wednesday: A chance of drizzle before noon, then a chance of rain after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night: A 40% chance of rain. A low around 35.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.
Thursday Night: A chance of rain, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after midnight. Low around 48.
Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 70. Breezy.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 49 degrees. The Low was 29. Last year on this date (March 3rd), the High in Atlantic was 60, and the Low was 38. The Record High for this date was 79 in 1983, the record Low was -11 in 2014. Sunrise: 6:53; Sunset: 6:12.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Weather data for Atlantic during the month of February, 2026 (Compiled here at KJAN – the official National Weather Service reporting site), shows we were 12 degrees warmer than normal for a High, at 48 degrees on average, and 3 degrees warmer than normal for a Low, at 18 degrees. The warmest day last month was 70 on Feb. 9th. Our coolest morning was -7 degrees on the 22nd.

Snowfall amounted 5.3 inches, which was a liquid equivalent of .34,” which was a deficit of .62″ as compared to the historical February average.

Looking ahead, we find the average High temperature for the month of March in Atlantic, is 48 degrees, while the average Low is 26. Precipitation typically amounts to 2.38.”

Check back with us during the first week of April, 2026, to see how our actual weather data compared to the historical averages.

Today: Cloudy, with a high near 46. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.
Tonight: A chance of drizzle, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 34. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow: A chance of drizzle. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Light and variable wind becoming NW @ 5-10.
Tom. Night: A 50% chance of rain. A low around 34. New precipitation amounts between 1/10″ & 1/4″ possible.
Wednesday: A 40% chance of rain; Partly sunny. A high near 50. New precipitation < 1/10″.
Wednesday Night: A 40% chance of rain. A low around 35.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 37 degrees. The Low was 19. Last year on this date (March 2nd), the High in Atlantic was 50, and the Low was 17. The Record High for this date was 76 in 1992, the record Low was -12 in 2014. Sunrise: 6:54; Sunset: 6:11.

Today: A 20 percent chance of snow after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 35. Wind chill values as low as 10. East wind 7 to 13 mph.
Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. East southeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Monday: Cloudy, with a high near 45. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Monday Night: Rain likely, mainly after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 35. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday: A chance of rain before noon, then a chance of showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. East northeast wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then a chance of rain after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Chance of precipitation is 40%.