Exira, IA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from AUDUBON, IA US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Exira has an annual average temperature of 47°F with about 35 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 82.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 8.8°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.18 in) and January the driest (0.88 in).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
53.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,939
Cooling need
474

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

23 of 366 (6.3%) of Exira'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
16
1900s
13
1910s
15
1920s
19
1930s
105
1940s
19
1950s
28
1960s
15
1970s
14
1980s
37
1990s
30
2000s
21
2010s
18
2020s
16

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 8.8°F 18.4°F 0.88 in 5
February 32.6°F 12.9°F 22.7°F 1.14 in 5
March 46.3°F 24.4°F 35.3°F 1.68 in 7
April 59.7°F 35.1°F 47.4°F 3.65 in 10
May 70.2°F 47.6°F 58.9°F 5.18 in 12
June 79.6°F 58.1°F 68.9°F 5.11 in 10
July 82.6°F 61.6°F 72.1°F 3.82 in 9
August 80.7°F 59.0°F 69.8°F 4.51 in 9
September 74.7°F 49.8°F 62.3°F 3.52 in 8
October 62.0°F 37.1°F 49.5°F 2.83 in 8
November 46.3°F 24.8°F 35.5°F 1.53 in 5
December 33.0°F 14.4°F 23.7°F 1.18 in 6

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