Prescott, IA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CORNING, IA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Prescott has an annual average temperature of 49.4°F with about 35.3 inches of precipitation per year and 27.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 12.0°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.16 in) and January the driest (0.84 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Prescott
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →20 of 366 (5.5%) of Prescott'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 | 23 | |
| 1900s | 9 | |
| 1910s | 30 | |
| 1920s | 32 | |
| 1930s | 107 | |
| 1940s | 18 | |
| 1950s | 15 | |
| 1960s | 17 | |
| 1970s | 17 | |
| 1980s | 32 | |
| 1990s | 17 | |
| 2000s | 20 | |
| 2010s | 16 | |
| 2020s | 13 |
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 | 31.4°F | 12.0°F | 21.7°F | 0.84 in | 8.2 in | 6 |
| February | 36.6°F | 15.7°F | 26.1°F | 1.20 in | 6.2 in | 6 |
| March | 49.2°F | 26.5°F | 37.8°F | 2.08 in | 3.3 in | 7 |
| April | 61.4°F | 36.5°F | 48.9°F | 3.44 in | 1.2 in | 10 |
| May | 71.3°F | 48.9°F | 60.1°F | 5.15 in | — | 12 |
| June | 80.8°F | 59.2°F | 70.0°F | 5.16 in | — | 10 |
| July | 84.8°F | 63.6°F | 74.2°F | 4.00 in | — | 8 |
| August | 83.3°F | 61.2°F | 72.3°F | 3.82 in | — | 8 |
| September | 76.4°F | 52.3°F | 64.3°F | 3.50 in | — | 7 |
| October | 64.0°F | 40.0°F | 52.0°F | 2.80 in | 0.4 in | 8 |
| November | 48.8°F | 27.4°F | 38.1°F | 1.86 in | 1.6 in | 6 |
| December | 36.4°F | 17.5°F | 26.9°F | 1.43 in | 6.9 in | 6 |
Climate twins of Prescott
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