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Flood — Humboldt, IA

Jun 26, 2005

June temperatures averaged 73.4º or 3.6º above normal while precipitation averaged 5.19 inches or 0.55 inches above normal. This ranks as the 14th warmest and 50th wettest June among 133 years of state records. This was also the warmest June since 1991 and wettest since 2000. Rainfall, as was also the case in April and May, was heaviest in northern and western Iowa and least in the southeast. Precipitation was fairly evenly distributed through the month with the exception of the 24th-26th whe

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5454725). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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