What is the hottest month in Pottawattamie Park?

July is the warmest month in Pottawattamie Park, with an average high of 82.1°F.

What is the coldest month in Pottawattamie Park?

January is the coldest month in Pottawattamie Park, with an average low of 17.3°F.

What month does Pottawattamie Park get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Pottawattamie Park, with about 4.38 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Pottawattamie Park in?

Pottawattamie Park is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Pottawattamie Park changed recently?

12% of Pottawattamie Park'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.

Pottawattamie Park, IN

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LAPORTE, IN US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Pottawattamie Park has an annual average temperature of 50°F with about 42.6 inches of precipitation per year and 65.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.38 in) and February the driest (2.52 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

3 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

48.9°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,961

HDD/yr

Cooling need

567

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

44 of 366 (12%) of Pottawattamie Park'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		42
1900s		21
1940s		18
1950s		75
1960s		40
1970s		17
1980s		36
1990s		27
2000s		24
2010s		41
2020s		25

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	31.2°F	17.3°F	24.2°F	3.01 in	23.0 in	17
February	35.1°F	20.3°F	27.7°F	2.52 in	16.0 in	13
March	46.0°F	28.7°F	37.4°F	2.70 in	7.1 in	13
April	58.8°F	39.3°F	49.0°F	3.77 in	1.1 in	13
May	70.0°F	50.0°F	60.0°F	4.33 in	—	13
June	78.9°F	59.7°F	69.3°F	4.38 in	—	11
July	82.1°F	64.0°F	73.1°F	4.04 in	—	10
August	80.3°F	62.8°F	71.5°F	4.22 in	—	10
September	74.4°F	55.2°F	64.8°F	3.38 in	—	10
October	62.0°F	43.9°F	53.0°F	4.11 in	0.2 in	12
November	47.7°F	32.9°F	40.3°F	3.24 in	4.0 in	13
December	36.2°F	23.5°F	29.9°F	2.85 in	13.8 in	15