La Motte, IA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DUBUQUE RGNL AP, IA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
La Motte has an annual average temperature of 47.2°F with about 38.2 inches of precipitation per year and 42.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 11.1°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.19 in) and January the driest (1.32 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →71 of 366 (19.4%) of La Motte'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.
| 1950s | 48 | |
| 1960s | 47 | |
| 1970s | 26 | |
| 1980s | 63 | |
| 1990s | 38 | |
| 2000s | 41 | |
| 2010s | 54 | |
| 2020s | 49 |
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 | 26.5°F | 11.1°F | 18.8°F | 1.32 in | 10.7 in | 9 |
| February | 30.9°F | 15.0°F | 22.9°F | 1.57 in | 10.6 in | 9 |
| March | 44.1°F | 26.3°F | 35.2°F | 2.25 in | 5.7 in | 10 |
| April | 57.7°F | 37.2°F | 47.4°F | 4.06 in | 1.9 in | 11 |
| May | 69.2°F | 48.5°F | 58.8°F | 4.30 in | — | 13 |
| June | 78.5°F | 58.6°F | 68.5°F | 5.19 in | — | 12 |
| July | 81.5°F | 62.0°F | 71.7°F | 4.80 in | — | 10 |
| August | 79.6°F | 60.0°F | 69.8°F | 3.95 in | — | 9 |
| September | 72.9°F | 51.8°F | 62.3°F | 3.82 in | — | 9 |
| October | 59.9°F | 39.9°F | 49.9°F | 2.93 in | 0.5 in | 9 |
| November | 44.8°F | 28.1°F | 36.4°F | 2.21 in | 2.8 in | 8 |
| December | 31.8°F | 17.2°F | 24.5°F | 1.80 in | 10.3 in | 9 |
Climate twins of La Motte
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).