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United States / Iowa / No Metro Area / Appanoose County / Unionville / Zip Codes
Unionville, IA has a humid continental climate, which is characterized by hot summers and cold winters with moderate precipitation throughout the year. Temperatures in the summer months often reach into the 80's while winter lows can dip into the single digits. Rainfall is plentiful throughout the year with typically over 40 inches falling annually. However, snowfall can vary from year to year depending on weather patterns. Snowfall averages around 20 inches each year, but can range from as little as a few inches up to more than 50 inches in some years.

Unionville, Iowa gets 39 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Unionville averages 24 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 200 sunny days per year in Unionville. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Unionville gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 100 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.


Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 85 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 14
Rain: averages 39 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 24 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Unionville is 7.1 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Iowa.

8.6 Summer - 5 Winter
June, September and May are the most pleasant months in Unionville, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateUnionville, IowaUnited States
  38.6 in.38.1 in.
  24.3 in.27.8 in.
  99.9 days106.2 days
  200 days205 days
  85.3°85.8°
  14.0°21.7°
  7.17
  3.94.3
  958 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Unionville with an average high temperature of 85.3°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Iowa. In Unionville, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Unionville are September, June and August.
In Unionville, there are 16.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Iowa.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Unionville with an average of 14.0°. This is one of the warmest places in Iowa.
In Unionville, there are 130.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the warmest places in Iowa.
In Unionville, there are 11.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Iowa.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Unionville but some summer months can be unpleasant. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months in Unionville are July, August and June.
July is the wettest month in Unionville with 5.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 0.9 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 38% of yearly precipitation and 9% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 38.6 inches in Unionville means that it is one of the wettest places in Iowa.
May is the rainiest month in Unionville with 12.0 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 5.3 rainy days. There are 99.9 rainy days annually in Unionville, which is about average compared to other places in Iowa. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 18% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 24.3 inches in Unionville means that it is one of the least snowy places in Iowa. February is the snowiest month in Unionville with 6.3 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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