Glenwood, IA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from GLENWOOD 3SW, IA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Glenwood has an annual average temperature of 50.9°F with about 34.8 inches of precipitation per year and 23.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 12.2°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.96 in) and January the driest (0.66 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.
Best time to visit Glenwood
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →0 of 366 (0%) of Glenwood'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 | 59 | |
| 1900s | 3 | |
| 1910s | 3 | |
| 1920s | 31 | |
| 1930s | 100 | |
| 1940s | 21 | |
| 1950s | 25 | |
| 1960s | 14 | |
| 1970s | 14 | |
| 1980s | 28 | |
| 1990s | 37 | |
| 2000s | 31 |
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 | 33.0°F | 12.2°F | 22.6°F | 0.66 in | 8.2 in | 5 |
| February | 38.2°F | 16.4°F | 27.3°F | 1.03 in | 7.0 in | 5 |
| March | 51.5°F | 27.5°F | 39.5°F | 2.03 in | 3.4 in | 7 |
| April | 63.9°F | 38.0°F | 50.9°F | 3.73 in | 0.4 in | 10 |
| May | 74.2°F | 50.2°F | 62.2°F | 5.19 in | — | 12 |
| June | 83.4°F | 61.2°F | 72.3°F | 5.96 in | — | 9 |
| July | 86.9°F | 64.7°F | 75.8°F | 4.31 in | — | 10 |
| August | 85.1°F | 62.1°F | 73.6°F | 3.81 in | — | 7 |
| September | 79.4°F | 52.7°F | 66.1°F | 3.32 in | — | 6 |
| October | 66.6°F | 39.9°F | 53.3°F | 2.30 in | — | 6 |
| November | 50.6°F | 27.7°F | 39.2°F | 1.30 in | 1.3 in | 5 |
| December | 37.6°F | 17.5°F | 27.6°F | 1.16 in | 3.4 in | 4 |
Climate twins of Glenwood
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).