What is the hottest month in Lime Springs?

July is the warmest month in Lime Springs, with an average high of 82.8°F.

What is the coldest month in Lime Springs?

January is the coldest month in Lime Springs, with an average low of 5.7°F.

What month does Lime Springs get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Lime Springs, with about 6.26 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Lime Springs in?

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

Lime Springs, IA

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

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 6a USDA hardiness Zone 6a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Lime Springs has an annual average temperature of 45°F with about 38 inches of precipitation per year and 40.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 5.7°F). June is typically the wettest month (6.26 in) and January the driest (1.12 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

56.5°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,593

HDD/yr

Cooling need

393

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

22 of 366 (6%) of Lime Springs'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		37
1900s		20
1930s		30
1940s		45
1950s		29
1960s		21
1970s		17
1980s		35
1990s		31
2000s		43
2010s		58
2020s		0

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	24.2°F	5.7°F	14.9°F	1.12 in	9.4 in	8
February	28.8°F	8.5°F	18.6°F	1.17 in	10.0 in	8
March	41.9°F	21.0°F	31.5°F	1.89 in	6.0 in	8
April	57.1°F	32.9°F	45.0°F	3.74 in	2.4 in	10
May	69.4°F	45.3°F	57.4°F	4.47 in	0.2 in	13
June	79.3°F	56.3°F	67.8°F	6.26 in	—	12
July	82.8°F	60.0°F	71.4°F	4.83 in	—	10
August	80.8°F	57.1°F	68.9°F	4.59 in	—	10
September	73.9°F	48.4°F	61.2°F	3.76 in	—	9
October	60.1°F	35.7°F	47.9°F	2.87 in	0.2 in	9
November	43.6°F	24.1°F	33.9°F	1.88 in	2.6 in	7
December	30.1°F	13.0°F	21.5°F	1.42 in	9.5 in	9