What is the hottest month in Dickens?

July is the warmest month in Dickens, with an average high of 83.7°F.

What is the coldest month in Dickens?

January is the coldest month in Dickens, with an average low of 7.0°F.

What month does Dickens get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Dickens, with about 4.60 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Dickens in?

Dickens is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Dickens changed recently?

11.2% of Dickens's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Dickens, IA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SPENCER 1 N, IA US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Dickens has an annual average temperature of 46.1°F with about 31 inches of precipitation per year and 43.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 7.0°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.60 in) and January the driest (0.72 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

56.6°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,317

HDD/yr

Cooling need

510

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

41 of 366 (11.2%) of Dickens'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		8
1900s		0
1910s		10
1920s		38
1930s		106
1940s		30
1950s		17
1960s		16
1970s		17
1980s		26
1990s		14
2000s		29
2010s		21
2020s		34

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	25.1°F	7.0°F	16.1°F	0.72 in	9.8 in	6
February	29.8°F	11.4°F	20.6°F	0.79 in	8.9 in	6
March	43.0°F	23.7°F	33.3°F	1.66 in	5.9 in	8
April	57.7°F	34.9°F	46.3°F	3.49 in	3.0 in	11
May	69.9°F	47.4°F	58.6°F	4.19 in	0.1 in	13
June	80.3°F	58.3°F	69.3°F	4.60 in	—	12
July	83.7°F	61.8°F	72.7°F	3.74 in	—	9
August	81.0°F	59.0°F	70.0°F	3.77 in	—	9
September	74.6°F	50.2°F	62.4°F	3.29 in	—	8
October	60.2°F	37.3°F	48.7°F	2.35 in	0.7 in	8
November	43.6°F	23.9°F	33.8°F	1.41 in	5.3 in	6
December	30.0°F	12.7°F	21.3°F	0.98 in	9.6 in	7