Dallas Center, IA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PERRY, IA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Dallas Center has an annual average temperature of 48.9°F with about 36.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 85.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 10.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.15 in) and January the driest (0.95 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →37 of 366 (10.1%) of Dallas Center'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.
| 1900s | 20 | |
| 1910s | 40 | |
| 1920s | 25 | |
| 1930s | 78 | |
| 1940s | 30 | |
| 1950s | 21 | |
| 1960s | 14 | |
| 1970s | 10 | |
| 1980s | 28 | |
| 1990s | 25 | |
| 2000s | 24 | |
| 2010s | 27 | |
| 2020s | 24 |
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 | 29.5°F | 10.2°F | 19.8°F | 0.95 in | — | 7 |
| February | 34.0°F | 14.1°F | 24.1°F | 1.14 in | — | 8 |
| March | 47.5°F | 25.8°F | 36.6°F | 1.96 in | — | 9 |
| April | 61.3°F | 36.7°F | 49.0°F | 4.10 in | — | 12 |
| May | 71.9°F | 49.0°F | 60.5°F | 5.15 in | — | 14 |
| June | 81.9°F | 59.8°F | 70.9°F | 4.88 in | — | 12 |
| July | 85.4°F | 63.5°F | 74.5°F | 4.42 in | — | 10 |
| August | 83.3°F | 60.8°F | 72.1°F | 4.14 in | — | 10 |
| September | 77.1°F | 51.5°F | 64.3°F | 3.44 in | — | 9 |
| October | 64.0°F | 39.1°F | 51.5°F | 2.70 in | — | 9 |
| November | 47.8°F | 26.8°F | 37.3°F | 1.86 in | — | 7 |
| December | 35.0°F | 16.5°F | 25.7°F | 1.38 in | — | 8 |
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