Sheldon, Iowa — The month of August was very close to normal temperature-wise in Sheldon, and just a bit drier than normal.
According to the weather facts collected by KIWA Radio, the highest high was 88 degrees, recorded four times — on August 3rd, 11th, 30th, and 31st. The lowest high temperature was 63 degrees, recorded on October 4th.
The lowest low in the month was 50 on August 22nd. The highest low was 68 degrees, and that was recorded five times — on August 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th and 14th.
The average high for the month was 80. The normal is 81. The average low was 60. The normal is 57. The average temperature as-a-whole for the month was 70 degrees, and normally it’s 69.
We received 3.15 inches of precipitation for August. A normal August sees 3.77, so we were below normal for the month by 62 hundredths of an inch. Year-to-date precip has been 17.18 inches. Normal year-to-date precip would be 20.61 inches, so we’re 3.43 inches below normal on the year. The day with the most precip was August 3rd when we received 1.07 inches of rain.
