Sheldon, Iowa — Another year is in the record books, and the weather observers at KIWA have compared December 2019 to December 2018, as well as a normal December.
In Sheldon, the warmest temperature in December was 41 degrees, which we saw back on December 22nd. The coolest low temperature came on December 11th, when the mercury dropped to -2.
December 2019’s average high temperature of 29 degrees compares to 2018’s average high of 31 degrees, and our normal average high of 30.
December 2019’s average low temperature at the KIWA studios was 14 degrees, just one degree cooler than the lowest low in December 2018. December’s average low was 3 degrees warmer than the normal average low of 11.
As for precipitation, Sheldon received 1.68-inches of moisture during December 2019, which is well above the normal of 93-hundredths of and inch. As for snowfall, 3.7-inches of the white stuff fell on Sheldon in December, which is a hefty 4-inches of snow BELOW normal for a normal December.
