Baxter, IA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NEWTON, IA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Baxter has an annual average temperature of 48.6°F with about 35.1 inches of precipitation per year and 28.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 10.4°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.01 in) and January the driest (0.93 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Baxter
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →46 of 366 (12.6%) of Baxter'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 | 36 | |
| 1940s | 6 | |
| 1950s | 52 | |
| 1960s | 50 | |
| 1970s | 23 | |
| 1980s | 54 | |
| 1990s | 36 | |
| 2000s | 33 | |
| 2010s | 54 | |
| 2020s | 22 |
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 | 28.0°F | 10.4°F | 19.2°F | 0.93 in | 9.2 in | 6 |
| February | 33.0°F | 14.4°F | 23.7°F | 1.10 in | 6.0 in | 6 |
| March | 46.4°F | 25.8°F | 36.1°F | 2.06 in | 4.5 in | 8 |
| April | 60.4°F | 37.1°F | 48.8°F | 3.44 in | 0.8 in | 10 |
| May | 71.4°F | 49.8°F | 60.6°F | 4.84 in | — | 12 |
| June | 81.2°F | 60.0°F | 70.6°F | 5.01 in | — | 11 |
| July | 84.6°F | 63.8°F | 74.2°F | 3.93 in | — | 8 |
| August | 82.5°F | 61.4°F | 72.0°F | 4.30 in | — | 9 |
| September | 76.2°F | 52.4°F | 64.3°F | 3.59 in | — | 7 |
| October | 62.5°F | 40.4°F | 51.5°F | 2.66 in | 0.3 in | 8 |
| November | 46.7°F | 27.3°F | 37.0°F | 2.01 in | 1.6 in | 6 |
| December | 33.6°F | 16.9°F | 25.2°F | 1.27 in | 6.3 in | 7 |
Climate twins of Baxter
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