What is the hottest month in Pocahontas?

July is the warmest month in Pocahontas, with an average high of 84.4°F.

What is the coldest month in Pocahontas?

January is the coldest month in Pocahontas, with an average low of 7.5°F.

What month does Pocahontas get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Pocahontas, with about 4.67 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Pocahontas in?

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

Has the climate in Pocahontas changed recently?

9.8% of Pocahontas'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.

Pocahontas, IA

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Pocahontas has an annual average temperature of 46.9°F with about 32.8 inches of precipitation per year and 38.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 7.5°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.67 in) and January the driest (1.02 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

56.8°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,092

HDD/yr

Cooling need

582

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

36 of 366 (9.8%) of Pocahontas'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		5
1910s		19
1920s		35
1930s		90
1940s		23
1950s		24
1960s		15
1970s		13
1980s		31
1990s		19
2000s		35
2010s		34
2020s		23

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	25.6°F	7.5°F	16.6°F	1.02 in	9.3 in	7
February	30.1°F	11.7°F	20.9°F	1.02 in	7.4 in	7
March	43.6°F	24.0°F	33.8°F	2.04 in	5.8 in	8
April	58.8°F	35.5°F	47.2°F	3.41 in	1.9 in	10
May	70.9°F	48.5°F	59.7°F	4.57 in	—	13
June	81.4°F	59.3°F	70.4°F	4.67 in	—	11
July	84.4°F	62.3°F	73.4°F	4.02 in	—	9
August	81.8°F	59.5°F	70.6°F	4.34 in	—	9
September	76.1°F	50.4°F	63.2°F	2.60 in	—	9
October	62.3°F	37.5°F	49.9°F	2.28 in	0.4 in	8
November	45.0°F	24.7°F	34.9°F	1.60 in	3.7 in	6
December	31.2°F	13.6°F	22.4°F	1.22 in	10.3 in	7