Dakota City, IA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DAKOTA CITY, IA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Dakota City has an annual average temperature of 46.8°F with about 35.8 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 83.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 8.0°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.41 in) and January the driest (0.89 in).
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All-time records →200 of 366 (54.6%) of Dakota City'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.
| 2000s | 3 | |
| 2010s | 276 | |
| 2020s | 87 |
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 | 25.8°F | 8.0°F | 16.9°F | 0.89 in | — | — |
| February | 29.8°F | 12.1°F | 21.0°F | 1.37 in | — | — |
| March | 43.1°F | 24.1°F | 33.6°F | 2.02 in | — | — |
| April | 58.5°F | 35.4°F | 47.0°F | 3.71 in | — | — |
| May | 70.0°F | 48.0°F | 59.0°F | 5.12 in | — | — |
| June | 79.8°F | 58.8°F | 69.3°F | 5.41 in | — | — |
| July | 83.3°F | 62.4°F | 72.8°F | 4.01 in | — | — |
| August | 81.4°F | 59.5°F | 70.5°F | 4.49 in | — | — |
| September | 75.6°F | 51.2°F | 63.4°F | 3.24 in | — | — |
| October | 62.1°F | 38.2°F | 50.1°F | 2.59 in | — | — |
| November | 45.2°F | 25.7°F | 35.5°F | 1.61 in | — | — |
| December | 31.0°F | 14.7°F | 22.9°F | 1.37 in | — | — |
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