What is the hottest month in Alburnett?

July is the warmest month in Alburnett, with an average high of 85.5°F.

What is the coldest month in Alburnett?

January is the coldest month in Alburnett, with an average low of 12.5°F.

What month does Alburnett get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Alburnett, with about 5.68 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Alburnett in?

Alburnett is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Alburnett changed recently?

10.7% of Alburnett's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Alburnett, IA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CEDAR RAPIDS #1, IA US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Alburnett has an annual average temperature of 49.9°F with about 38.8 inches of precipitation per year and 34.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 12.5°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.68 in) and January the driest (1.17 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

53.1°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

6,114

HDD/yr

Cooling need

687

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

39 of 366 (10.7%) of Alburnett's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s		33
1900s		19
1910s		47
1920s		48
1930s		60
1940s		17
1950s		13
1960s		7
1970s		8
1980s		20
1990s		18
2000s		21
2010s		30
2020s		25

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	30.0°F	12.5°F	21.3°F	1.17 in	8.7 in	9
February	35.1°F	16.6°F	25.9°F	1.34 in	8.3 in	8
March	48.9°F	27.5°F	38.2°F	2.06 in	4.0 in	10
April	63.3°F	38.4°F	50.9°F	4.02 in	1.5 in	11
May	73.8°F	49.6°F	61.7°F	4.74 in	—	13
June	82.3°F	59.6°F	71.0°F	5.68 in	—	12
July	85.5°F	63.3°F	74.4°F	4.47 in	—	10
August	83.4°F	61.2°F	72.3°F	4.42 in	—	10
September	77.3°F	53.0°F	65.2°F	3.96 in	—	9
October	64.1°F	41.5°F	52.8°F	3.00 in	0.6 in	10
November	48.1°F	29.3°F	38.7°F	2.22 in	2.2 in	8
December	34.7°F	18.6°F	26.7°F	1.67 in	9.0 in	9