Aside from an outburst of destructive tornadoes two weeks ago, the just completed month of July was fairly uneventful in terms of weather. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says it was a welcome change from the extremes Iowans experienced the previous three months.
The statewide preliminary average rainfall total for July is three-point-five inches. That’s just an inch below normal for a typical July.
The statewide preliminary average temperature last month — 73.3 degrees — is only three-tenths-of-a-degree below normal for a typical July.
The highest temperature recorded in Iowa last month was 101-degrees, in Lamoni, on July 13. The towns of Stanley, Sheldon, and Waukon tied for the coldest temperature of 48 on July 27th and 28th. The National Weather Service is still investigating, but so far, 12 tornadoes have been confirmed in Iowa last month.
