Near normal temperatures and below normal rainfall in Webster City for May!

Webster City weather records for the month of May showed near normal temperatures and below normal rainfall. Records at the Radio Hill weather reporting station for the month ending on Saturday night showed the average high temperature at 71 degrees and the average low at 44 degrees. The normal high for May is at 70 degrees. Webster City’s warmest temperature for the month was 86 degrees set the afternoon of May 10th with the lowest temperature set May 3rd and 4th at 37 degrees. Rainfall for Webster City in May measured 2.94 inches. The normal rainfall was for May is 4.6 inches.

There was good weather news for May as there were no tornadoes reported anywhere in Iowa for the month. The last time this happened was in 2010. May is one of the months for tornadic activity in Iowa.

The National Weather Service forecast for June in Iowa is indicating a month of above normal temperatures but equal chances for precipitation in Iowa. Last June in Webster City the average high was 82 degrees with an average low of 59 degrees. There was 3.75 inches of rainfall  in Webster City for June. KQWC-KZWC Radio is Webster City’s official observer for the National Weather Service.