(Atlantic, Iowa) –  The month of August here in Atlantic was a little on the warm side for average high and very dry for precipitation. The normal average high for August is 83 degrees and this year we averaged at 86.4 degrees for the month. The average low is typically 61 degrees and this year we averaged a low of 59.5 degrees for the low.

It has been pretty evident that we’ve been stuck in a dry spell for the last two months and we once again fell woefully short of average rainfall. Rainfall typically amounts to 3.88-inches, but this year we only managed to get 1.96 inches of rain which did turn out to be 0.7″ more than July.

Looking ahead to the month of September the average high is 77 and the average low is 50. Rainfall in September typically amounts to 3.45 inches. Check back on October 1st to see how our weather fared in September.