Sheldon, Iowa — Pretty obviously, the month of June 2024 was much wetter than normal in Sheldon. It was also a little bit warmer than normal.
According to the weather facts collected by KIWA Radio, the highest high was 94 degrees, recorded on June 24. The lowest high temperature was 66 degrees, recorded on June 20th.
The lowest low in the month was 50, which was recorded on three separate days — June 7th, June 9th, and Jund 29th. The highest low was 73 on the same day as the highest high — June 24th.
The average high for the month was 80. The normal is 79. The average low was 59. The normal is 55. The average temperature as-a-whole for the month was 70 degrees, and normally it’s 67.
We received 11.68 inches of precipitation for June. Just to give you an idea, in a normal year, Sheldon sees around 30 inches of precipitation. A normal June sees 3.91 inches, so we were 7.77 inches above normal for the month. Year-to-date precip has already been 29.95 inches, which is close to the normal amount for an entire year. Normal year-to-date precip would be 13.26, so at the end of June, we were 16.69 inches above normal on the year. The day with the most precip was June 21st when we received 4.02 inches of rain. Other significant rains were on June 20th with 3.2 inches, June 16th with 1.43 inches, and an inch on June 2nd.
