Asbury, IA Climate

Asbury, IA has a humid continental climate, characterized by cold, snowy winters and warm summers. The average temperature throughout the year ranges from 35°F in January to 73°F in July. Average snowfall is 32 inches per year while rainfall averages 37 inches annually. The area experiences all four seasons with temperatures dropping below zero in the winter and reaching up to 80°F in the summertime. Winters are usually dry with occasional snow showers while summers are warm and humid with frequent thunderstorms.

Asbury, Iowa gets 36 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Asbury averages 39 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 Asbury. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Asbury gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 116 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 11
Rain: averages 36 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 39 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

9 Summer - 4.2 Winter

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

Climate	Asbury, Iowa	United States
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	83.3°	85.8°
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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 Asbury with an average high temperature of 83.3°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Iowa. In Asbury, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Asbury are June, August and September.

In Asbury, there are 10.3 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Iowa.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Asbury with an average of 10.5°. This is warmer than most places in Iowa.

In Asbury, there are 141.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Iowa.

In Asbury, there are 17.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Iowa.

The humidity is usually comfortable in Asbury 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 Asbury with 4.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is January with 1.2 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 37% of yearly precipitation and 12% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 36.2 inches in Asbury means that it is wetter than most places in Iowa.

May is the rainiest month in Asbury with 12.7 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 7.8 rainy days. There are 115.7 rainy days annually in Asbury, which is one of the rainiest places in Iowa. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 38.6 inches in Asbury means that it is one of the snowiest places in Iowa. December is the snowiest month in Asbury with 11.3 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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