Fayette County, IA Climate

Fayette, IA County has a humid continental climate, with cool to cold temperatures in the winter months and hot and humid temperatures in the summer. During winter months, snowfall is common and average temperatures range from a high of 30°F to a low of 15°F. In the spring and fall months, temperatures are milder with an average high temperature of 63°F. Summers bring warm to hot temperatures with an average high temperature of 83°F and an average low temperature of 64°F. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year with average precipitation ranging from 2.4-3.6 inches per month.

Fayette County, Iowa gets 37 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Fayette County averages 36 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 191 sunny days per year in Fayette County. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Fayette County gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 105 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 82 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 7
Rain: averages 37 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 36 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Fayette County is 6.7 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Iowa.

9 Summer - 4.1 Winter

June, August and September are the most pleasant months in Fayette County, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Fayette, Iowa	United States
	36.9 in.	38.1 in.
	35.8 in.	27.8 in.
	105.2 days	106.2 days
	191 days	205 days
	82.4°	85.8°
	6.9°	21.7°
	6.7	7
	4	4.3
	1100 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 Fayette County with an average high temperature of 82.4°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Iowa. In Fayette County, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Fayette County are June, August and September.

In Fayette County, there are 6.0 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Iowa.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Fayette County with an average of 6.9°. This is colder than most places in Iowa.

In Fayette County, there are 155.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Iowa.

In Fayette County, there are 23.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Iowa.

The humidity is usually comfortable in Fayette County 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.

July is the wettest month in Fayette County with 5.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 40% of yearly precipitation and 10% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 36.9 inches in Fayette County means that it is wetter than most places in Iowa.

May is the rainiest month in Fayette County with 12.0 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 5.8 rainy days. There are 105.2 rainy days annually in Fayette County, 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 19% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 35.8 inches in Fayette County means that it is snowier than most places in Iowa. December is the snowiest month in Fayette County with 9.5 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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