Packwood, IA

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Packwood has an annual average temperature of 49.7°F with about 38.4 inches of precipitation per year and 21.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 13.6°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.51 in) and January the driest (1.52 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
51.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,132
Cooling need
621

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

27 of 366 (7.4%) of Packwood'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
20
1900s
10
1910s
22
1920s
22
1930s
86
1940s
27
1950s
40
1960s
20
1970s
12
1980s
33
1990s
15
2000s
17
2010s
26
2020s
16

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 30.6°F 13.6°F 22.1°F 1.52 in 6.2 in 8
February 35.6°F 17.7°F 26.6°F 1.80 in 7.2 in 8
March 48.5°F 28.1°F 38.3°F 2.40 in 2.7 in 8
April 61.9°F 38.8°F 50.4°F 3.71 in 1.0 in 11
May 71.3°F 49.8°F 60.5°F 5.51 in 13
June 80.5°F 59.5°F 70.0°F 5.11 in 11
July 84.2°F 63.5°F 73.8°F 3.96 in 9
August 82.6°F 61.3°F 71.9°F 3.83 in 9
September 76.1°F 52.8°F 64.4°F 3.58 in 8
October 62.8°F 41.3°F 52.0°F 3.00 in 0.2 in 9
November 47.8°F 29.7°F 38.7°F 2.28 in 0.9 in 7
December 35.4°F 19.7°F 27.6°F 1.72 in 3.5 in 8

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