The climate of Waterloo (Iowa
- United States of America)
Waterloo is a city located centrally in the northeastern part of Iowa
in Black Hawk County. Together with Cedar Falls Waterloo forms the
Waterloo-Cedar Falls metropolitan area. Waterloo was founded in the
19th century on the banks of the Cedar River. Over the past few year
the river floods regularly. During the 2008 flood the river reached a
record high of 8 meters above its normal level. This was the biggest
flood in the history of Waterloo.
Waterloo has a moderate continental climate with cold winters and warm
to hot summers. Precipitation figures are highest during spring, the
risk of floods is highest during this season. Winters are very cold.
During the coldest months temperatures hardly rise above freezing
point. Summers are pleasantly warm, it may even get hot. Precipitation
figures may be high in Waterloo, during the winter most precipitation
falls in the form of snow and glazed frost.
Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records.
They are an average for Waterloo:
average maximum
temperature (°C)
average
minimum
temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine
per day
average days with
precipitation
per month
average
mm precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January
-3
-15
5
8
n/a
February
0
-2
6
7
n/a
March
7
-4
7
10
n/a
April
16
3
8
11
n/a
May
23
9
9
11
n/a
June
28
14
10
11
n/a
July
30
17
10
10
n/a
August
29
15
9
9
n/a
September
24
10
8
10
n/a
October
18
4
7
8
n/a
November
8
-3
4
8
n/a
December
0
-11
4
9
n/a
= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
Disclaimer
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