Sheldon, Iowa — The month of September, 2023 was a little warmer and a little drier than normal in Sheldon.
According to the weather facts collected by KIWA Radio, the highest high was 95 degrees, recorded on both September 2nd and September 4th. The lowest high temperature was 64 degrees on September 22nd.
The lowest low in the month was 37 degrees on September 6th. The highest low was 70 on September 30th.
The average high for the month was 78. The normal is 74. The average low was 54. The normal is 49. The average temperature as-a-whole for the month was 66 degrees, and normally it’s 62.
We received 2.85 inches of precipitation for September. A normal September sees 3.05, so we were below normal for the month by 0.2 inches. Year-to-date precip has been 22.63 inches. Normal year-to-date precip would be 23.66, so we’re 1.03 inches below normal on the year. The day with the most precip was September 22nd when we received 1.79 inches of rain.
And, we normally measure snowfall from September first until May first, but we had no snow in September, which is pretty normal.
