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United States / Iowa / No Metro Area / Clayton County / Elkport / Zip Codes
Elkport, IA has a humid continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. The average temperature in the summer is 70°F and in the winter it can drop to 15°F. July is usually the hottest month of the year with an average high temperature of 86°F and January is usually the coldest with an average low temperature of 7°F. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year with an annual average of about 40 inches per year.

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

Elkport averages 34 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 189 sunny days per year in Elkport. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Elkport gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 103 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 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 9
Rain: averages 35 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 34 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

8.9 Summer - 4.4 Winter
June, September and August are the most pleasant months in Elkport, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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 Elkport with an average high temperature of 84.0°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Iowa. In Elkport, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Elkport are June, September and August.
In Elkport, there are 12.1 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is about average compared to other places in Iowa.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Elkport with an average of 8.5°. This is colder than most places in Iowa.
In Elkport, there are 149.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Iowa.
In Elkport, there are 20.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Iowa.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Elkport 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 Elkport with 5.1 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 39% of yearly precipitation and 11% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 35.3 inches in Elkport means that it is about average compared to other places in Iowa.
May is the rainiest month in Elkport with 11.3 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 6.2 rainy days. There are 103.4 rainy days annually in Elkport, which is rainier than most places in Iowa. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 33.9 inches in Elkport means that it is snowier than most places in Iowa. December is the snowiest month in Elkport with 10.9 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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