Red Oak, IA

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Red Oak has an annual average temperature of 50.8°F with about 37.2 inches of precipitation per year and 27.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 12.5°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.95 in) and January the driest (0.88 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
53.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,946
Cooling need
825

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

50 of 366 (13.7%) of Red Oak'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
9
1900s
7
1920s
0
1930s
27
1940s
24
1950s
52
1960s
24
1970s
38
1980s
54
1990s
29
2000s
36
2010s
40
2020s
26

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 32.8°F 12.5°F 22.7°F 0.88 in 7.3 in 5
February 37.8°F 16.4°F 27.1°F 1.11 in 8.1 in 7
March 50.9°F 27.7°F 39.3°F 2.03 in 2.6 in 8
April 63.2°F 38.3°F 50.7°F 3.83 in 1.2 in 11
May 73.4°F 50.8°F 62.1°F 5.95 in 14
June 82.8°F 61.4°F 72.1°F 5.44 in 11
July 86.3°F 65.5°F 75.9°F 3.96 in 10
August 84.7°F 62.7°F 73.7°F 3.89 in 9
September 78.4°F 53.2°F 65.8°F 3.58 in 8
October 65.7°F 40.6°F 53.2°F 3.31 in 0.5 in 8
November 50.3°F 27.8°F 39.1°F 1.88 in 1.2 in 6
December 37.4°F 17.9°F 27.6°F 1.38 in 6.5 in 6

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