Lone Rock, IA

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Lone Rock has an annual average temperature of 45.9°F with about 34.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 83.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 6.0°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.49 in) and January the driest (0.90 in).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
56.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,332
Cooling need
474

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

37 of 366 (10.1%) of Lone Rock'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
12
1900s
10
1910s
25
1920s
20
1930s
80
1940s
38
1950s
19
1960s
15
1970s
7
1980s
25
1990s
27
2000s
31
2010s
32
2020s
25

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 24.9°F 6.0°F 15.4°F 0.90 in 5
February 29.3°F 10.2°F 19.8°F 1.04 in 5
March 42.7°F 22.6°F 32.6°F 1.95 in 7
April 58.4°F 33.8°F 46.1°F 3.36 in 10
May 70.5°F 46.5°F 58.5°F 4.72 in 13
June 80.2°F 57.8°F 69.0°F 5.49 in 12
July 83.1°F 61.2°F 72.1°F 4.13 in 9
August 80.6°F 58.8°F 69.7°F 4.27 in 9
September 75.2°F 50.1°F 62.6°F 3.27 in 9
October 61.8°F 37.5°F 49.7°F 2.44 in 7
November 44.7°F 23.9°F 34.3°F 1.46 in 6
December 30.5°F 12.8°F 21.6°F 1.06 in 6

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