Albia, Iowa climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Albia's normal year runs from 13°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 36.5 inches of precipitation and 30 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.0°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 29°C, 927 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAlbia (3 mi NNE)
- Station IDUSC00130112
- Location41.07°N 92.79°W
- Elevation880 ft (268 m)
- From the center3 miles
- Population3,579
On October 23, the normal high in Albia is 60°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Albia.
- Jan 31° 13°
- Feb 36° 17°
- Mar 49° 28°
- Apr 61° 39°
- May 71° 51°
- Jun 80° 61°
- Jul 84° 65°
- Aug 83° 62°
- Sep 76° 54°
- Oct 63° 42°
- Nov 49° 30°
- Dec 37° 19°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Albia each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 13°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.18 in), the least in January (1.12 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 13°F | 22.2°F | 1.12 | 7.4 | 7 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 36°F | 17°F | 26.3°F | 1.49 | 8.4 | 7 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 49°F | 28°F | 38.3°F | 2.02 | 3.9 | 8 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 39°F | 50.1°F | 3.77 | 1.1 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 71°F | 51°F | 60.7°F | 4.86 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 80°F | 61°F | 70.4°F | 5.18 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 84°F | 65°F | 74.5°F | 4.02 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 83°F | 62°F | 72.6°F | 4.04 | 0.0 | 9 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 76°F | 54°F | 64.8°F | 3.57 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 42°F | 52.6°F | 2.80 | 0.4 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 49°F | 30°F | 39.2°F | 2.14 | 1.9 | 7 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| December | 37°F | 19°F | 27.9°F | 1.47 | 6.9 | 7 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 40°F | 50.0°F | 36.48 | 30.0 | 105 | 15 | 135 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −10°C | −5.4°C | 28 mm | 19 cm |
| February | 2°C | −8°C | −3.2°C | 38 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 9°C | −2°C | 3.5°C | 51 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 16°C | 4°C | 10.1°C | 96 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 22°C | 10°C | 15.9°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 16°C | 21.3°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 18°C | 23.6°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 17°C | 22.6°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 12°C | 18.2°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 5°C | 11.4°C | 71 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 9°C | −1°C | 4.0°C | 54 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 3°C | −7°C | −2.3°C | 37 mm | 18 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00130112; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Albia?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00130112.
When is the last frost in Albia?
In Albia, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 24 in half of years and after May 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 16 in half of years and before September 29 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 241 year in 10 after May 9; 9 in 10 after April 8
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 161 year in 10 before September 29; 9 in 10 before October 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 173 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 195 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 12 in half of springs and before October 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Albia in zone 5b in ZIP code 52531, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Albia's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (29 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Iowa · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00130112; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Albia?
In a normal year in Albia, 15 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 135 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 105 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 15a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 135a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 46high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 105a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1894) is 113°F, on August 8, 1934; the lowest is −31°F, on February 3, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2010, with 56.65 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 70.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00130112; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00130112. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Albia?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Albia, 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and December the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 69% | 2.0 |
| February | 74% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 3.8 |
| April | 70% | 4.8 |
| May | 72% | 5.6 |
| June | 77% | 6.2 |
| July | 81% | 6.3 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 81% | 4.6 |
| October | 73% | 3.1 |
| November | 71% | 2.1 |
| December | 66% | 1.6 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Albia need?
A normal year in Albia brings 6,336 heating degree days, 18% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 899 cooling degree days, 1% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,213 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,325 | 0 |
| February | 1,082 | 0 |
| March | 828 | 1 |
| April | 454 | 7 |
| May | 185 | 52 |
| June | 24 | 186 |
| July | 3 | 298 |
| August | 9 | 244 |
| September | 105 | 97 |
| October | 399 | 15 |
| November | 773 | 0 |
| December | 1,150 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,336 | 899 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00130112. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Albia been warmer than normal lately?
Over 96 complete years from 1893 to 2020, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.1°F per century (+0.01°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Albia's climate compare?
Albia is warmer than 110 of the other 131 places with their own NOAA record in Iowa, and wetter than 62. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.0°F is warmer than 40%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Albia is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Albia share this climate record?
5 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Lovilia, IA456 people · 8 mi NW
- Bussey, IA378 people · 11 mi NW
- Blakesburg, IA273 people · 11 mi SE
- Hamilton, IA125 people · 10 mi NW
- Marysville, IA46 people · 12 mi NW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Albia's climate
What is the coldest month in Albia?
January, with a normal high of 31°F and a normal low of 13°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in Albia?
Yes: 30 inches in a normal year, falling on 16 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (8.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Albia?
June, with 5.18 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.12 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Albia in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Albia in zone 5b in ZIP code 52531, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Albia's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Albia?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 24; in one year in ten it comes after May 9. Waiting until May 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Iowa climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Rathbun, IA17 miles from this station, 50.4°F a year
- Ottumwa, IA18 miles from this station, 50.7°F a year
- Oskaloosa, IA19 miles from this station, 50.1°F a year
- Centerville, IA24 miles from this station, 49.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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