Shannon City, IA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BEACONSFIELD, IA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Shannon City has an annual average temperature of 49.2°F with about 38 inches of precipitation per year and 26.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 12.1°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.27 in) and January the driest (0.94 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Shannon City
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All-time records →49 of 366 (13.4%) of Shannon City'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.
| 1950s | 51 | |
| 1960s | 44 | |
| 1970s | 36 | |
| 1980s | 85 | |
| 1990s | 44 | |
| 2000s | 31 | |
| 2010s | 54 | |
| 2020s | 21 |
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 | 30.4°F | 12.1°F | 21.3°F | 0.94 in | 7.2 in | 5 |
| February | 35.5°F | 16.1°F | 25.8°F | 1.32 in | 6.2 in | 6 |
| March | 48.2°F | 26.9°F | 37.5°F | 2.19 in | 3.5 in | 7 |
| April | 60.5°F | 37.6°F | 49.1°F | 4.05 in | 1.3 in | 10 |
| May | 70.1°F | 49.7°F | 59.9°F | 5.27 in | — | 13 |
| June | 79.4°F | 59.8°F | 69.6°F | 5.27 in | — | 11 |
| July | 83.5°F | 64.2°F | 73.9°F | 4.14 in | — | 10 |
| August | 82.1°F | 61.7°F | 71.9°F | 4.10 in | — | 9 |
| September | 75.5°F | 52.9°F | 64.2°F | 4.11 in | — | 7 |
| October | 63.1°F | 40.8°F | 51.9°F | 2.97 in | 0.5 in | 8 |
| November | 48.2°F | 28.3°F | 38.2°F | 2.12 in | 1.8 in | 6 |
| December | 35.9°F | 18.1°F | 27.0°F | 1.49 in | 6.0 in | 6 |
Climate twins of Shannon City
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