Blue Grass, IA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ROCK ISLAND L&D 15, IL US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Blue Grass has an annual average temperature of 50.3°F with about 38.8 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 83.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 13.4°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.22 in) and January the driest (1.49 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
52.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,003
Cooling need
720

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

76 of 366 (20.8%) of Blue Grass'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.

1860s
0
1870s
56
1880s
12
1890s
12
1980s
37
1990s
68
2000s
69
2010s
64
2020s
48

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 31.0°F 13.4°F 22.2°F 1.49 in 11
February 36.3°F 17.9°F 27.1°F 1.78 in 9
March 48.4°F 28.0°F 38.2°F 2.62 in 10
April 61.4°F 39.3°F 50.3°F 3.81 in 12
May 72.3°F 50.8°F 61.6°F 5.12 in 13
June 81.2°F 61.0°F 71.1°F 5.22 in 12
July 83.9°F 64.9°F 74.4°F 4.22 in 9
August 82.4°F 63.1°F 72.7°F 4.03 in 10
September 76.7°F 55.0°F 65.8°F 3.31 in 8
October 63.7°F 42.9°F 53.3°F 2.89 in 10
November 48.7°F 30.2°F 39.4°F 2.30 in 10
December 36.0°F 19.7°F 27.8°F 2.02 in 10

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