(Radio Iowa) – The National Weather Service plans to offer a series of weather spotter classes starting next month. Meteorologist Chad Hahn says they will do in person training and are adding online training as well. “We’re going to be doing some virtual sessions that will be scheduled during the months of March and April that will be during the evening and we might have one or two during the daytime as well so folks could jump on really to learn about what the warning system is about severe weather and how ground truth can help the warning decisions that the forecasters make,” he says.

Hahn says they will have the full schedule out soon.”Definitely encourage folks to check out our website and keep an eye on weather.gov/Des Moines,” Hahn says. “We’ll have some information on there as about those classes and the virtual sessions once they’re scheduled and maybe future in-person sessions as well.”

Hahn says they want to got to some counties they haven’t visit in a while for in person classes and they should start in the first week in March.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Light and variable wind.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy w/a 20% chance of snow before 8am, then a slight chance of rain. A high near 56. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the morning.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 62.
Washington’s Birthday (Monday): Partly sunny, with a high near 62.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy & breezy, with a high near 67.

Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 58 degrees. Our Low this morning was 15. Last year on this date (Feb. 13th), the High in Atlantic was 16, and the Low was -10. The Record High for this date was 63 in 1934, the record Low was -30 in 1905. Sunrise: 7:20; Sunset: 5:51.

Today: Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 55. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light south southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high to near 20 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 28.
Tomorrow: Sunny, with a high near 57. Light and variable wind.
Tom. Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.
Saturday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 59.
Washington’s Birthday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62.

Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 52 degrees. The Low was 12. Last year on this date (Feb. 12th), the High in Atlantic was 12, and the Low was -11. The Record High for this date was 72 in 1990, the record Low was -24 in 1986 & 1989. Sunrise: 7:20; Sunset: 5:50.

Today: Sunny, with a high near 49. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: Cloudy, with a low around 32. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Cloudy early, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 52. S/SE wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 54.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.
Saturday: A 20% chance of rain, otherwise mostly sunny, with a high near 54.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 57.

Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 49 degrees. The Low was 12. Last year on this date (Feb. 11th), the High in Atlantic was 16, and the Low was 4. The Record High for this date was 64 in 1951 & 1999, the record Low was -26 in 1899. Sunrise: 7:20; Sunset: 5:48.

(Radio Iowa) – Temperatures are going to be above normal again today (Tuesday) but not near the 60’s we saw across parts of Iowa Monday. National Weather Service meteorologist Kristy Carter says its around a 20 degree drop. “We’ll have highs that are back in the 40s across much of the state, 50s kind of towards the Iowa-Nebraska border. And then we’re going to stay kind of in the highs in the 40s through the middle part of the week,” she says. Carter says we won’t likely see 60’s again this week, but it’s still warm for this time of year.

“That’s still a little bit above normal. Early February, kind of normal temperatures are going to be in like the low to mid 30s, kind of in the central and southern portions of the state and kind of like mid to upper 20s in the northern part of the state,” Carter says. Carter says there doesn’t appear to be a big drop in temperatures coming in the near future. “for what we can at least look at, we’re looking at these highs in the 40s all the way through kind of mid-week and then even into early to late next weekend, potentially another bit of a warm up back towards the 50s,” she says.

Des Moines saw a record high of 67 Monday, breaking the record set in 1976. Atlantic’s High of 70 broke the record of 59 set in 1954, 2000 & 2009.

(Radio Iowa) – The National Weather Service’s summary for 2025 shows the number of confirmed tornadoes in Iowa was below average in 2025. N-W-S meteorologist Kristi Carter says there were 32 confirmed twisters. “The average is around 50, and especially lower than say two years ago in 2024 when we had 125,” Carter says. There were no reported injuries are deaths from tornadoes in 2025. There were 18 confirmed tornadoes in July of last year, the most of any month, and 12 of those happened on July 11th. Carter says the spring months are usually the ones that see the most tornadic activity.

“Late April, May, June climatologically is our highest. It’s not uncommon to get tornadoes in, you know, July, August, really any time of year, we’ve had a tornado at some point in time,” she says. “But it just so happened that this year, like this past year, 2025, July was kind of our busier month.” Carter says we had fewer severe weather events through the springtime than in past years. Tornadoes are measured on a scale starting at zero, going up to the most severe which are rated a five. A majority of last year’s tornadoes were at the bottom of the scale.

“We had 22 or the E-F-zero or E-F-U, so they didn’t hit any damage indicators in order for them to be rated. We had seven E-F-1s and three E-F-2s and nothing higher than E-F-2,” Carter says. The longest path for a tornado was 20 miles for one that touched down in Fremont and Page County. The peak hour for tornadoes in 2025 was 3 p-m.

Today: Mostly cloudy to start-off, then gradually becoming sunny. Breezy. A high near 48. Winds N @ 10-15 gusting to around 25 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 24.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Wind becoming S/SW at around 5 mph.
Tom. Night: Cloudy, with a low around 32. S/SE wind 5-10 mph.
Thursday: A 10% chance of rain in the morning, otherwise partly sunny, with a high near 51.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.
Saturday: A 30% chance of rain. A high near 50.

Monday’s High in Atlantic was 70 degrees, which broke the previous record high of 59 set in 1954, 2000 & 2009. The Low was 20. Last year on this date (Feb. 10th), the High in Atlantic was 35, and the Low was 3. The Record High for this date was 72 in 1999, the record Low was -24 in 1905. Sunrise: 7:23; Sunset: 5:46.

Today: Mostly sunny & breezy. A high near 65. S/SW winds 5-15 mph with gusts near around 25 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. S/SW winds 10-25 mph becoming north after midnight.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49. North wind 10 to 20 mph.
Tue. Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy w/a 20% chance of rain after midnight. A low around 30.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46.

Sunday’s High in Atlantic was 52 degrees. The Low (& 24-hour Low) was 17. Last year on this date (Feb. 9th), the High in Atlantic was 32, and the Low was 1. The Record High for this date was 59 in 1954, 2000 & 2009, & the record Low was -36 in 1975. Sunrise: 7:23; Sunset: 5:46.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of rain. A high near 47.

Saturday’s High in Atlantic was 47 degrees. The Low (& 24-hour Low) was 11. Last year on this date (Feb. 8th), the High in Atlantic was 36, and the Low was 6. The Record High for this date was 62 in 1954 & 2022, & the record Low was -34 in 1971. Sunrise: 7:25; Sunset: 5:45.

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with an east wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south 11 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. South southeast wind 5 to 11 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. North northwest wind 3 to 7 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph after midnight.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. South southwest wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Friday’s High in Atlantic was 50 degrees. The Low (& 24-hour Low) was 12. Last year on this date (Feb. 7th), the High in Atlantic was 41, and the Low was 21. The Record High for this date was 64 in 1987, & the record Low was -30 in 1905. Sunrise: 7:26; Sunset: 5:43.