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Keota, Iowa Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Washington, 22.5 km from Keota

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 85°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 12°F. A normal year brings 37.9 in of precipitation and 25.2 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Washington (AWG), since 1893. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Keota through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
75°F
Normal low
48°F
Record high
93°Fin 2017
Record low
31°Fin 1942
Chance of a wet day
27%
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
January30°F12°F70°F (1989)-32°F (2009)1.25 in7.77.5 in29.81,3680
February35°F15°F80°F (2024)-29°F (1905)1.56 in7.38.1 in25.51,1160
March48°F27°F89°F (2026)-16°F (1962)2.32 in8.22.3 in22.08571
April62°F38°F94°F (1930)7°F (1899)3.65 in10.20.8 in8.24646
May72°F50°F103°F (1934)23°F (2005)5.11 in12.50.0 in0.518257
June81°F60°F107°F (1936)35°F (1903)5.17 in12.20.0 in0.022190
July85°F63°F113°F (1936)45°F (2008)4.13 in9.00.0 in0.03284
August83°F61°F109°F (1930)39°F (1915)4.18 in9.20.0 in0.010226
September77°F51°F102°F (1933)23°F (1942)3.60 in7.90.0 in0.311090
October64°F40°F96°F (1938)6°F (1925)3.03 in8.80.4 in6.241513
November49°F28°F82°F (2016)-7°F (1898)2.23 in7.71.4 in19.38040
December36°F18°F74°F (2021)-25°F (1924)1.71 in7.84.7 in27.71,1860
Year60°F38°F37.94 in10925.2 in1406,536867

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.

37.9 in in a normal year, most in June.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Keota, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Washington.

25.2 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Washington. 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 28 and the first fall freeze around October 11, a growing season of about 165 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 6, first October 1
Median at 32°F
last April 28, first October 11
Median at 28°F
last April 17, first October 22

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

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

The muggiest month is July, when 52 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January17°F86%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February21°F82%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March30°F77%97%2%1%0%0%0%
April41°F74%90%8%2%0%0%0%
May53°F75%60%15%13%11%1%0%
June62°F76%18%20%23%23%16%1%
July65°F74%7%17%24%25%23%4%
August62°F72%16%24%23%22%13%2%
September54°F70%54%19%13%11%3%0%
October42°F73%87%8%2%2%0%0%
November31°F79%98%1%0%0%0%0%
December22°F86%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 47 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 66 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 12.3 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 20, with 15 h 11 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 9 h 11 min.

Hours of daylight at Keota 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 Keokuk 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 Keokuk County: 73.4°F (+1.4 °F against 1991-2020), the 41st warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Keokuk County: 4.91 in (+0.66 in against 1991-2020), the 32nd wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Keokuk County: 54.7°F (+2.9 °F against 1991-2020), the 5th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Keokuk County: 24.97 in (-2.26 in against 1991-2020), the 57th wettest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
81.0°F in 1947
Coolest August
65.6°F in 1915
Wettest August
9.93 in in 2007
Driest August
0.40 in in 2020

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Keokuk County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Iowa climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Keota 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 1893. 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 USC00138688 (Washington), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00138688, 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.