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United States / Iowa / No Metro Area / Keokuk County / What Cheer / Zip Codes
What Cheer, IA has a humid continental climate with hot, humid summers and cold winters. The average summer temperature is around 73 degrees Fahrenheit (23 degrees Celsius), while the average winter temperature is around 18 degrees Fahrenheit (-8 degrees Celsius). The region experiences heavy rainfall throughout the year, mostly during the spring and summer months. Snowfall averages around 28 inches per year, mainly from December to February. Generally speaking, it is mild compared to other parts of Iowa with plenty of sunshine for most of the year.

What Cheer, Iowa gets 38 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

What Cheer averages 27 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 193 sunny days per year in What Cheer. The US average is 205 sunny days.

What Cheer gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 101 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 12
Rain: averages 38 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 27 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for What Cheer is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Iowa.

8.7 Summer - 4.8 Winter
June, September and August are the most pleasant months in What Cheer, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateWhat Cheer, IowaUnited States
  37.5 in.38.1 in.
  26.9 in.27.8 in.
  101.4 days106.2 days
  193 days205 days
  85.0°85.8°
  12.3°21.7°
  77
  3.74.3
  778 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 What Cheer with an average high temperature of 85.0°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Iowa. In What Cheer, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for What Cheer are September, June and August.
In What Cheer, there are 14.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Iowa.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for What Cheer with an average of 12.3°. This is warmer than most places in Iowa.
In What Cheer, there are 138.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Iowa.
In What Cheer, there are 14.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Iowa.
The humidity is usually comfortable in What Cheer 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 What Cheer are July, August and June.
June is the wettest month in What Cheer with 4.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 37% of yearly precipitation and 10% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 37.5 inches in What Cheer means that it is one of the wettest places in Iowa.
May is the rainiest month in What Cheer with 12.0 days of rain, and January is the driest month with only 5.5 rainy days. There are 101.4 rainy days annually in What Cheer, which is rainier than most 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 26.9 inches in What Cheer means that it is less snowy than most places in Iowa. February is the snowiest month in What Cheer with 7.5 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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