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Hamburg, Iowa Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Sidney 1SSE, 14.7 km from Hamburg

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 86°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 13°F. A normal year brings 33.3 in of precipitation and 20.6 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Nebraska City (AFK), since 1933. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Hamburg through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
75°F
Normal low
51°F
Record high
92°Fin 2017
Record low
32°Fin 1965
Chance of a wet day
23%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January33°F13°F71°F (1981)-28°F (1963)0.77 in4.85.0 in29.81,3080
February38°F17°F81°F (2024)-23°F (2021)1.03 in5.36.3 in25.31,0490
March51°F28°F96°F (2026)-12°F (1962)1.85 in7.02.3 in21.08002
April63°F39°F95°F (2012)4°F (1975)3.15 in9.61.2 in6.74427
May73°F51°F98°F (1967)27°F (1976)5.26 in11.30.0 in0.117062
June82°F61°F106°F (1980)40°F (1969)4.81 in9.50.0 in0.018215
July86°F65°F109°F (2012)41°F (1988)4.49 in8.50.0 in0.02323
August84°F63°F106°F (2012)44°F (1966)3.28 in8.00.0 in0.07261
September78°F54°F102°F (1975)28°F (1984)3.10 in6.60.0 in0.290111
October65°F42°F96°F (2024)14°F (1997)2.72 in7.20.5 in4.337217
November50°F29°F83°F (1968)-6°F (1964)1.59 in5.61.1 in17.87740
December37°F19°F73°F (2021)-23°F (1989)1.21 in5.14.2 in28.91,1500
Year62°F40°F33.26 in8820.6 in1346,182996

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

33.3 in in a normal year, most in May.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Hamburg, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Sidney 1SSE.

20.6 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Sidney 1SSE. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 19 and the first fall freeze around October 19, a growing season of about 182 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 30, first October 9
Median at 32°F
last April 19, first October 19
Median at 28°F
last April 9, first October 29

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Hamburg.

The muggiest month is July, when 58 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January19°F81%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February22°F78%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March31°F73%97%2%1%0%0%0%
April41°F69%92%6%2%0%0%0%
May53°F72%55%18%17%9%1%0%
June63°F73%15%20%19%29%17%1%
July65°F70%7%13%23%30%24%4%
August63°F68%13%21%25%24%15%2%
September54°F67%52%18%15%11%3%0%
October42°F69%88%7%4%1%0%0%
November31°F75%99%1%0%0%0%0%
December23°F82%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 46 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 64 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 12.8 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 16, with 15 h 05 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 9 h 16 min.

Hours of daylight at Hamburg through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Fremont County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Fremont County: 75.0°F (+1.0 °F against 1991-2020), the 51st warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Fremont County: 3.48 in (-0.13 in against 1991-2020), the 63rd driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Fremont County: 57.0°F (+3.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 4th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Fremont County: 24.95 in (-0.34 in against 1991-2020), the 46th wettest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
81.9°F in 1913
Coolest August
68.1°F in 1915
Wettest August
15.08 in in 1977
Driest August
0.51 in in 1909

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Fremont County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-6-4-20+2+4+61900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Iowa climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Hamburg in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1933. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00137669 (Sidney 1SSE), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00255810, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.