Heavy Precipitation in the West; Wintry Mix in the North; Fire Weather in the High Plains

Pacific moisture will continue to bring locally heavy coastal/lower elevation rain and heavy mountain snow to the West Coast and portions of the Intermountain West through Monday. A wintry mix will create hazardous travel across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest into early Monday. Dry, gusty winds are resulting in elevated to critical fire weather in the south/central High Plains. Read More >

Climate/Almanac Data - August Normals - August Records

August

Site (Click site name for report)	Avg Temp	Normal 1991-2020	Dept From Norm	Precip Total	Normal 1991-2020	Dept From Norm
Burlington	72.6°	73.8°	-1.2°	2.56"	3.77"	-1.21"
Cedar Rapids	71.6°	70.8°	+0.8°	3.27"	4.07"	-0.80"
Davenport	71.8°	71.7°	+0.1°	4.64"	3.96"	+0.68"
Dubuque	71.4°	69.8°	+1.6°	2.73"	3.95"	-1.22"
Iowa City	73.5°	73.5°	0.0°	4.29"	3.94"	+0.35"
Moline	73.2°	73.4°	-0.2°	4.26"	3.97"	+0.29"

The ranking is listed in parentheses (__) when within the "Top 10".

August 2024 was about 1 degree below normal at Burlington to 1.5 degrees above normal at Dubuque.

Precipitation totals varied from near 1.25" below normal at Burlington and Dubuque, to almost 0.75" above normal at Davenport.

Please see August Records for monthly record information.

Burlington	Cedar Rapids	Davenport	Dubuque	Iowa City	Moline

The climate maps below are courtesy of the Midwest Regional Climate Center.

These maps become available around 10am on the first of the month.

Average Temperature	Average Temperature Departure from Mean	Accumulated Precipitation	Accumulated Precipitation Percent of Mean

Climate/Almanac Data - Summer Normals - Summer Records

Summer
(Jun-Aug)

Site (Click site name for report courtesy of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.)	Average Temperature	Normal 1991-2020	Departure From Normal	Precipitation Total	Normal 1991-2020	Departure From Normal
Burlington	73.5°	73.9°	-0.4°	13.85"	12.66"	+1.19"
Cedar Rapids	72.2°	71.1°	+1.1°	16.22"	14.04"	+2.18"
Davenport	72.4°	72.2°	+0.2°	14.70"	12.76"	+1.94"
Dubuque	71.3°	70.0°	+1.3°	14.54"	13.94"	+0.60"
Iowa City	73.9°	73.9°	0.0°	16.46"	13.14"	+3.32"
Moline	73.8°	73.7°	+0.1°	13.15"	13.21"	-0.06"