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United States / Iowa / No Metro Area / Clayton County / Guttenberg / Zip Codes
Guttenberg, IA has a humid continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. Temperatures in summer range from the high 70s to mid 80s in July and August being the hottest months. Winters are cold with temperatures ranging from the teens to low 20s. Rainfall is distributed evenly throughout the year, but snowfall is usually limited to December through February.

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

Guttenberg averages 35 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 194 sunny days per year in Guttenberg. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Guttenberg gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 109 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 9
Rain: averages 35 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 35 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

8.9 Summer - 4.2 Winter
June, September and August are the most pleasant months in Guttenberg, 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 Guttenberg with an average high temperature of 83.0°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Iowa. In Guttenberg, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Guttenberg are June, August and September.
In Guttenberg, there are 9.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Iowa.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Guttenberg with an average of 8.7°. This is colder than most places in Iowa.
In Guttenberg, there are 146.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Iowa.
In Guttenberg, there are 20.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Iowa.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Guttenberg 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 Guttenberg with 5.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 39% of yearly precipitation and 10% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 35.2 inches in Guttenberg means that it is drier than most places in Iowa.
May is the rainiest month in Guttenberg with 11.6 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 6.6 rainy days. There are 108.5 rainy days annually in Guttenberg, which is one of the rainiest 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 35.3 inches in Guttenberg means that it is snowier than most places in Iowa. December is the snowiest month in Guttenberg with 10.9 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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