Elkader weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Elkader, Iowa: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Elkader 6 Ssw, 10 km from Elkader; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 38.8 in986 mm
- Snow a year
- 36 in90 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 10
- First fall freeze
- Sep 30
- Heating degree days
- 7,512
- Cooling degree days
- 582
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −18°−28° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Elkader in January
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 6°−14°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 64°18° (1897)
- Record low
- −41° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1510
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elkader in February
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 10°−12°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2024)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1245
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elkader in March
Highs average 44°7° and lows 22°−5°, with 2 in52 mm of precipitation and 5 in14 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1895)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 982
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Elkader in April
Highs average 59°15° and lows 34°1°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1895)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 563
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Elkader in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 46°8°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2018)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 259
- Cooling degree days
- 33
Elkader in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 6.7 in169 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 47
- Cooling degree days
- 126
Elkader in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 60°16°, with 4.6 in117 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1901)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 202
Elkader in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 58°14°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1913)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 28
- Cooling degree days
- 153
Elkader in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 49°9°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1955)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 167
- Cooling degree days
- 56
Elkader in OctoberThis month
Highs average 62°16° and lows 37°3°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1963)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1906)
- Heating degree days
- 502
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Elkader in November
Highs average 45°7° and lows 25°−4°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1999)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 903
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elkader in December
Highs average 32°0° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2021)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 1294
- Cooling degree days
- 0