Sheldon, Iowa — June 2021 went into the books as being warmer and drier than normal, which probably doesn’t come as a surprise.
But as hot as it got during the month of June, there was only one day during the month when the mercury topped out in the triple digits and that tied, but didn’t break, a record.
The highest temperature recorded in Sheldon in June, 2021 was 100-degrees, which was recorded on June 6th, matching the record for that date, which was set in 1933. That was the only day the mercury hit the century mark last month. Looking back at previous years’ records, though, we see that the temperature had reached or exceeded 100 degrees on eighteen separate days during the month of June since records have been kept.
Our average temperature this June was 86-degrees, some 7-degrees warmer than the normal average high, but just 1-degree warmer than June, 2020. Our lowest temperature this June was 41-degrees, which was recorded on June 1st. Our average low temperature last month was 59, which is 4-deegrees warmer than the normal average low, but some 3-degrees cooler than the average low for June last year.
The drought continues, as we received just 1.08-inches of precipitation during the month of June, compared to the normal June precipitation of 3.91 inches, making this June 2.83-inches below normal.
The high and low temperatures, along with the 24-hour precipitation, are recorded at 7:00 am each day, seven days a week. Records are kept by Sheldon’s Official National Weather Service Weather Observer, KIWA’s Larry Ahrens.
