The data is in and according to the National Weather Service (NWS) the first six months of this year are now the officially the wettest recorded for the area. Another rainy month persisted across the Twin Lakes area placing June in the record books as residents look to July for a stretch of dry conditions.
At KTLO, Classic Hits and the Boot, the official reporting station for the NWS in Mountain Home, 8.97 inches of rain was recorded for the month of June. This places last month as the 6th wettest June on record. The 5th wettest June was recorded in 1935 with 9 inches with the wettest June on record set in 1928 with 15.04 inches being recorded.
While June may not have placed in the top 5 wettest, the significant rainfall recorded across the Twin Lakes area for the first six months of 2025 did place this year as the wettest first six months on record. From the start of the year to the end of June, 43.21 inches of precipitation has been recorded at KTLO, Classic Hits and the Boot. This beats out the previous wettest first six months that was set in 1999 with 39.48 inches of rain being recorded.
The warmest temperature recorded was June 25 which saw a high of 92 degrees and the coolest temperature was on June 1 which saw a low of 54 degrees. The most rain recorded in one day was on June 16 which saw 2 inches of rainfall in the rain gauge. The average high for June was 85.7 degrees, and the average low was 67.1.
July has started relatively dry with clear skies being forecasted into the Independence Day holiday weekend.
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