Keystone, IA

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Keystone has an annual average temperature of 48.2°F with about 36 inches of precipitation per year and 27.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 10.4°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.23 in) and January the driest (1.11 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
54°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,621
Cooling need
582

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

22 of 366 (6%) of Keystone'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
15
1900s
13
1910s
20
1920s
44
1930s
96
1940s
21
1950s
30
1960s
15
1970s
7
1980s
33
1990s
14
2000s
18
2010s
30
2020s
10

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 28.1°F 10.4°F 19.3°F 1.11 in 7.8 in 6
February 32.8°F 14.3°F 23.5°F 1.28 in 7.4 in 6
March 46.0°F 25.8°F 35.9°F 2.03 in 3.4 in 7
April 60.0°F 37.1°F 48.6°F 3.68 in 0.8 in 10
May 70.9°F 49.2°F 60.1°F 4.43 in 12
June 80.3°F 59.7°F 70.0°F 5.23 in 12
July 83.6°F 62.9°F 73.3°F 4.06 in 8
August 82.1°F 60.2°F 71.1°F 4.08 in 9
September 75.8°F 51.1°F 63.5°F 3.55 in 7
October 62.9°F 39.0°F 51.0°F 2.86 in 0.4 in 8
November 47.2°F 27.1°F 37.2°F 2.11 in 1.8 in 6
December 33.6°F 16.8°F 25.2°F 1.58 in 6.3 in 7

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