Sheldon, Iowa — The month of May featured near normal temperatures and below average moisture in Sheldon.
On the precip front we finished the month with a year to date precip total of 7.91 inches to end the month 1.42 inches below normal for the year to date. For the month we received 3.05 inches of rain compared to a norm of 3.37. There were 11 days with at least a trace of precip and significant rain on three days. May first brought .52 of an inch. The Memorial weekend thunderstorms gave us .74 inches of rain recorded at 7:00 am on the 30th with another .62 recorded on the 31st.
Looking at temperatures we averaged a high of 70 degrees for the month compared to a norm of 72. The average low was 47 degrees and that matched the average low temp for the month. Three days saw a high temperature in the 90’s with a record high of 97 on the 13th to break the old record of 92 from 1932 and later matched in 1987. Two nights saw an overnight low in the 20’s including a record low of 25 on the 22nd that broke the old record of 27 from 1931 and tied in 1963.
