Battle Creek, IA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BATTLE CREEK 3NE, IA US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Battle Creek has an annual average temperature of 46.9°F with about 32.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 83.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 7.8°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.80 in) and January the driest (0.74 in).

Annual swing
55.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,050
Cooling need
549

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Climate change signal

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258 of 366 (70.5%) of Battle Creek'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.

2010s
194
2020s
172

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 27.4°F 7.8°F 17.6°F 0.74 in
February 32.0°F 11.7°F 21.9°F 0.87 in
March 45.2°F 23.4°F 34.3°F 1.78 in
April 59.5°F 34.7°F 47.1°F 3.42 in
May 70.9°F 48.1°F 59.5°F 4.40 in
June 80.7°F 58.7°F 69.7°F 4.80 in
July 83.9°F 62.3°F 73.1°F 3.71 in
August 81.9°F 59.0°F 70.5°F 4.23 in
September 75.9°F 49.5°F 62.7°F 3.16 in
October 62.6°F 35.8°F 49.2°F 2.37 in
November 45.9°F 23.6°F 34.8°F 1.48 in
December 32.5°F 13.2°F 22.9°F 1.12 in

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