Elgin weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Elgin, Iowa: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Fayette, 18 km from Elgin; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 39.5 in1004 mm
- Snow a year
- 41 in104 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 3
- Heating degree days
- 7,766
- Cooling degree days
- 523
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −16°−27° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Elgin in January
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 6°−14°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1944)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 1539
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elgin in February
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 9°−13°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2024)
- Record low
- −40° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1282
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elgin in March
Highs average 42°6° and lows 22°−6°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation and 5 in14 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1895)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1020
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elgin in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 33°1°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1980)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 596
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Elgin in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 45°7°, with 5.1 in128 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1934)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 271
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Elgin in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 5.9 in150 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 54
- Cooling degree days
- 118
Elgin in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 60°15°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1901)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 15
- Cooling degree days
- 187
Elgin in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 57°14°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1930)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 133
Elgin in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 48°9°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1893)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 174
- Cooling degree days
- 48
Elgin in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°16° and lows 36°2°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1963)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 523
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Elgin in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 24°−4°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation and 2.7 in6.9 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1933)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 926
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elgin in December
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 13°−10°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2021)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 1336
- Cooling degree days
- 0