What is the hottest month in Pilot Mound?

July is the warmest month in Pilot Mound, with an average high of 84.2°F.

What is the coldest month in Pilot Mound?

January is the coldest month in Pilot Mound, with an average low of 9.1°F.

What month does Pilot Mound get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Pilot Mound, with about 5.38 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Pilot Mound in?

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

Has the climate in Pilot Mound changed recently?

8.7% of Pilot Mound's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Pilot Mound, IA

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Pilot Mound has an annual average temperature of 48.1°F with about 39.1 inches of precipitation per year and 35.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 9.1°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.38 in) and January the driest (1.20 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

54.8°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

6,675

HDD/yr

Cooling need

588

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

32 of 366 (8.7%) of Pilot Mound'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.

1900s		6
1910s		25
1920s		36
1930s		108
1940s		20
1950s		21
1960s		16
1970s		10
1980s		35
1990s		22
2000s		24
2010s		26
2020s		17

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	28.2°F	9.1°F	18.7°F	1.20 in	9.9 in	9
February	33.3°F	13.3°F	23.3°F	1.41 in	9.3 in	9
March	46.3°F	25.6°F	35.9°F	2.26 in	5.0 in	10
April	60.0°F	36.7°F	48.4°F	4.06 in	1.3 in	13
May	71.0°F	48.5°F	59.7°F	5.17 in	—	14
June	80.7°F	58.6°F	69.6°F	5.38 in	—	13
July	84.2°F	62.7°F	73.5°F	4.80 in	—	10
August	82.2°F	60.8°F	71.5°F	4.92 in	—	11
September	76.1°F	51.7°F	63.9°F	3.32 in	—	9
October	63.2°F	38.8°F	51.0°F	2.97 in	0.6 in	9
November	46.9°F	26.8°F	36.8°F	2.08 in	1.9 in	8
December	33.8°F	15.8°F	24.8°F	1.57 in	7.9 in	9