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The climate of Iowa (United States of America)
The state of Iowa is centrally located in the United States of America. Iowa is a landlocked state located east from the mountainous western part of the country. This causes the landscape in Iowa to be hilly. The northeastern part even has a mountain-like pattern. However, no really high altitudes can be found here. This part of the state is part of the Paleozoic Plateau, the Mississippi River flows through this region. Iowa has a warm continental climate. Extremes in temperatures and weather conditions are not uncommon in this state. On average 37 tornadoes hit the state every year.

Tornadoes mainly occur during spring and summer and may cause tremendous amounts of damage. Summers are warm with daytime temperatures between 28-32 degrees Celsius (82-90 degrees Fahrenheit). July is the warmest month, during this month temperatures may rise as high as 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). As warm as it may get during the summer as cold as it may get during the winter. Because of its central location warm sea water has no influence here. When cold air is supplied from the north it may get extremely cold during here. Very low temperatures are not uncommon then, even during the day it remains freezing cold. During the winter snowfall is not uncommon. Iowa gets 20-35 days of snowfall per year with about 1 meter of snow. In extreme cases dozens of centimeters of snow may fall within 24 hours. When this occurs a few times in one winter complete villages may get completely isolated.

Climate information of places in Iowa
The climate information given on this page is only brief. Specific information on weather and climate can be found on the pages per region or city. The following climate information is available for Iowa:

Climate information
Throughout Iowa several climate figures and temperatures can be recorded. The figures below are for Des Moines and cannot be seen as an average for this state. For climate figures for other places and regions in Iowa please, visit the individual climate pages.

	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	-2	-12	5	8		n/a
February	1	-9	6	7		n/a
March	8	-3	7	10		n/a
April	17	4	8	11		n/a
May	23	10	9	11		n/a
June	28	15	10	10		n/a
July	30	19	11	10		n/a
August	29	17	10	9		n/a
September	24	12	8	9		n/a
October	18	5	7	8		n/a
November	9	-2	5	8		n/a
December	-1	-9	4	8		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 tables are useful but they don’t give an overall picture of the climate and possible weather conditions during a period of time. How high the chances are of hot or cold weather or hurricanes can often not be found in these tables. This is why we offer extra climate information per month. The figures below apply to Iowa. For climate figures on specific regions and places please, visit the relevant individual climate pages

	chance of (very) hot weather	chance of (very) cool weather	chance of long-term precipitation	chance of hurricanes (cyclones)	chance of sunny days	UV-index
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February
March
April
May
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July
August
September
October
November
December
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