June ended up warm and dry.

The average temperature for June was two degrees above normal says Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln.

Precipitation ended up below normal and Shimon says if it wasn't for some pretty heavy downpours to end the month, June would have been even more dry. He adds we are starting to keep track of moisture deficits.

July will start about average for precipitation and temperatures but those signals will turn to above-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation as we get deeper into July. 

We'll have more on that with Shimon next week on Regional Radio.