Lytton, IA

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Lytton has an annual average temperature of 46.6°F with about 33.1 inches of precipitation per year and 30.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 7.8°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.14 in) and January the driest (0.73 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
55.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,131
Cooling need
492

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

33 of 366 (9%) of Lytton'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
16
1900s
15
1910s
16
1920s
19
1930s
94
1940s
30
1950s
39
1960s
16
1970s
9
1980s
24
1990s
17
2000s
22
2010s
21
2020s
28

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 26.4°F 7.8°F 17.1°F 0.73 in 7.0 in 5
February 31.1°F 11.8°F 21.5°F 0.96 in 7.4 in 5
March 44.4°F 23.5°F 34.0°F 1.82 in 4.2 in 7
April 58.9°F 34.5°F 46.7°F 3.48 in 1.9 in 10
May 70.1°F 46.9°F 58.5°F 4.59 in 13
June 80.1°F 57.8°F 69.0°F 5.14 in 11
July 83.2°F 61.7°F 72.5°F 3.89 in 9
August 80.9°F 58.9°F 69.9°F 4.43 in 9
September 75.1°F 49.7°F 62.4°F 2.85 in 9
October 61.8°F 37.2°F 49.5°F 2.42 in 0.5 in 8
November 45.1°F 24.4°F 34.7°F 1.57 in 2.7 in 5
December 31.7°F 14.0°F 22.9°F 1.17 in 7.2 in 6

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