Climate in Mount Pleasant, Iowa

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

Mount Pleasant averages 25 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 203 sunny days per year in Mount Pleasant. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Mount Pleasant gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 97 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 86 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 39 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 25 inches of snow a year

BESTPLACES COMFORT INDEX

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

July is the hottest month for Mount Pleasant with an average high temperature of 86.4°, which ranks it as one of the hottest places in Iowa. In Mount Pleasant, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Mount Pleasant are September, June and May.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Mount Pleasant with an average of 15.5°. This is one of the warmest places in Iowa.

In Mount Pleasant, there are 19.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the hottest places in Iowa.

In Mount Pleasant, there are 121.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the warmest places in Iowa.

In Mount Pleasant, there are 8.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the warmest places in Iowa.

May is the wettest month in Mount Pleasant with 4.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.3 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 35% of yearly precipitation and 12% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 38.5 inches in Mount Pleasant means that it is one of the wettest places in Iowa.

May is the rainiest month in Mount Pleasant with 11.1 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 6.3 rainy days. There are 97.1 rainy days annually in Mount Pleasant, which is less rainy 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 21% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 24.5 inches in Mount Pleasant means that it is less snowy than most places in Iowa. December is the snowiest month in Mount Pleasant with 6.9 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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