Pleasant Hill, IA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DES MOINES INTL AP, IA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Pleasant Hill has an annual average temperature of 50.9°F with about 36.6 inches of precipitation per year and 36.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 13.8°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.26 in) and January the driest (1.08 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Pleasant Hill
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →63 of 366 (17.2%) of Pleasant Hill'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.
| 1940s | 22 | |
| 1950s | 49 | |
| 1960s | 40 | |
| 1970s | 37 | |
| 1980s | 57 | |
| 1990s | 27 | |
| 2000s | 36 | |
| 2010s | 64 | |
| 2020s | 34 |
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 | 30.9°F | 13.8°F | 22.3°F | 1.08 in | 9.4 in | 8 |
| February | 35.7°F | 18.0°F | 26.9°F | 1.34 in | 10.2 in | 8 |
| March | 49.2°F | 29.6°F | 39.4°F | 2.17 in | 4.4 in | 10 |
| April | 62.0°F | 40.6°F | 51.3°F | 4.02 in | 1.2 in | 12 |
| May | 72.4°F | 52.3°F | 62.4°F | 5.24 in | 0.2 in | 13 |
| June | 81.9°F | 62.4°F | 72.2°F | 5.26 in | — | 12 |
| July | 85.6°F | 66.4°F | 76.0°F | 3.82 in | — | 10 |
| August | 83.6°F | 64.2°F | 73.9°F | 4.17 in | — | 9 |
| September | 76.9°F | 55.4°F | 66.2°F | 3.18 in | — | 8 |
| October | 63.4°F | 42.9°F | 53.2°F | 2.78 in | 0.5 in | 9 |
| November | 48.3°F | 30.2°F | 39.3°F | 1.91 in | 2.7 in | 8 |
| December | 35.9°F | 19.5°F | 27.7°F | 1.58 in | 7.9 in | 8 |
Climate twins of Pleasant Hill
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