Aredale, IA Climate


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United States / Iowa / No Metro Area / Butler County / Aredale / Zip Codes
Aredale, IA has a humid continental climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are hot and humid with highs in the mid-80s, while winters are cold and dry with lows in the teens. Spring and fall offer mild weather with temperatures ranging from the low 40s to the high 70s. The area receives an average of 44 inches of precipitation a year, most of which falls during the spring and summer months. Snowfall is generally light at around 16 inches annually, but can vary from year to year.

Aredale, Iowa gets 35 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Aredale averages 32 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 190 sunny days per year in Aredale. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Aredale gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 93 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 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 8
Rain: averages 35 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 32 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Aredale is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Iowa.

9 Summer - 4.3 Winter
June, August and September are the most pleasant months in Aredale, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateAredale, IowaUnited States
  35.1 in.38.1 in.
  31.7 in.27.8 in.
  93.1 days106.2 days
  190 days205 days
  82.9°85.8°
  8.1°21.7°
  6.87
  3.64.3
  1020 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 Aredale with an average high temperature of 82.9°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Iowa. In Aredale, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Aredale are June, August and September.
In Aredale, there are 8.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Iowa.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Aredale with an average of 8.1°. This is colder than most places in Iowa.
In Aredale, there are 152.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Iowa.
In Aredale, there are 21.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Iowa.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Aredale but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.
June is the wettest month in Aredale with 5.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 0.9 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 41% of yearly precipitation and 9% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 35.1 inches in Aredale means that it is drier than most places in Iowa.
May is the rainiest month in Aredale with 11.5 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 4.6 rainy days. There are 93.1 rainy days annually in Aredale, which is less rainy than most places in Iowa. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 17% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 31.7 inches in Aredale means that it is about average compared to other places in Iowa. December is the snowiest month in Aredale with 7.9 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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