Ida Grove, IA Climate: Temperature by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Ida Grove's primary NOAA station, IDA GROVE 5NW.
The climate verdict for Ida Grove
Winter sets the terms in Ida Grove, Iowa. A pronounced 55.8°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 48°F. July is the warmest month at 74°F and January the coldest at 18°F.
- 48°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 168 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Ida Grove: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00134038 · Ida Grove, IA 48°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #1,990
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Midland
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 56°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 7,143 HDD
- STN-1 USC00134038
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Midland, SD (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every IA station list.
- Ida Grove (this station) 48°F
- Hot Bonesteel, SD 48°F
- Near Midland, SD 48°F
- Near Milesville, SD 48°F
- Near Philip, SD 48°F
Climate Living Index · Ida Grove
Ida Grove: 36/100 · grade F
Ida Grove publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ida Grove, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 156 calendar days | 42/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 168 days/year | 40/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.5°F · 20.0° from 67.5°F | 29/100 · F |
Ida Grove · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Ida Grove sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Ida Grove are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 71%
- Among 6,861 stations, Ida Grove sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Ida Grove is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27°F (-3°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | N/A | 30.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 32°F (0°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | N/A | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | N/A | 24.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (9°C) | N/A | 10.1 | 0.1 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | N/A | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 6.4 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 4.2 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | N/A | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | N/A | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | N/A | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 32°F (0°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | N/A | 30.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 7, short of 90°F on every date, while 156 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 8°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 4, then returns to freezing around November 1, covering 156 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
September 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
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Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Ida Grove.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 27
50% probability date
Growing Season
168 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,143
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
819
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside IA closest to Ida Grove on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (48°F here).
- Anselmo, NE 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Ardmore, SD 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Butte, NE 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Elizabeth, IL 48°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Ida Grove's climate pattern fits together
heating led · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Ida Grove logs 7,143 heating degree days, more than twice its 819 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 55.8°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Ida Grove's frost-free season lasts about 168 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Ida Grove's calendar has a pronounced split: July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, with 55.8°F between them. The annual average is 48°F. That average is context, while the monthly highs, lows, and precipitation totals describe the lived parts of the year.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Ida Grove's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Ida Grove's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Ida Grove, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Ida Grove's primary station: IDA GROVE 5NW (USC00134038). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1938010). Match rule for Ida Grove: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Ida Grove comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.