What is the hottest month in Toledo?

July is the warmest month in Toledo, with an average high of 83.0°F.

What is the coldest month in Toledo?

January is the coldest month in Toledo, with an average low of 9.4°F.

What month does Toledo get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Toledo, with about 5.60 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Toledo in?

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

Has the climate in Toledo changed recently?

8.7% of Toledo'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.

Toledo, IA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TOLEDO 3N, IA US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Toledo has an annual average temperature of 47.3°F with about 35.3 inches of precipitation per year and 32.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 9.4°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.60 in) and January the driest (0.98 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

54.4°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

6,873

HDD/yr

Cooling need

507

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Toledo

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

32 of 366 (8.7%) of Toledo'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		17
1900s		23
1910s		35
1920s		41
1930s		81
1940s		29
1950s		15
1960s		11
1970s		8
1980s		28
1990s		15
2000s		21
2010s		23
2020s		19

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	26.8°F	9.4°F	18.1°F	0.98 in	8.6 in	7
February	31.5°F	13.2°F	22.4°F	1.01 in	7.9 in	7
March	45.1°F	24.6°F	34.9°F	1.79 in	4.2 in	8
April	59.2°F	35.7°F	47.5°F	3.51 in	1.1 in	10
May	70.3°F	48.0°F	59.2°F	4.80 in	0.2 in	12
June	79.7°F	58.7°F	69.2°F	5.60 in	—	12
July	83.0°F	61.9°F	72.5°F	4.05 in	—	9
August	81.1°F	59.3°F	70.2°F	3.99 in	—	10
September	75.1°F	50.8°F	62.9°F	3.48 in	—	8
October	62.0°F	38.9°F	50.4°F	2.82 in	0.4 in	8
November	46.0°F	26.6°F	36.3°F	2.02 in	1.8 in	7
December	32.6°F	15.8°F	24.2°F	1.20 in	8.6 in	7