George weather by month
What a typical year looks like in George, Iowa: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Rock Rapids, 17 km from George; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 29.3 in743 mm
- Snow a year
- 35 in89 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 30
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 7,625
- Cooling degree days
- 754
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −14°−26° (heating, 99%) and 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
George in January
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 6°−14°, with 0.61 in15 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2002)
- Record low
- −40° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1530
- Cooling degree days
- 0
George in February
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1896)
- Record low
- −40° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1250
- Cooling degree days
- 0
George in March
Highs average 43°6° and lows 22°−5°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1967)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1000
- Cooling degree days
- 0
George in April
Highs average 58°14° and lows 34°1°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1987)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 578
- Cooling degree days
- 4
George in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 47°8°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 244
- Cooling degree days
- 44
George in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 58°15°, with 5 in128 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1988)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 37
- Cooling degree days
- 172
George in July
Highs average 85°29° and lows 62°17°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1936)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 263
George in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1936)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 193
George in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 50°10°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1976)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 148
- Cooling degree days
- 72
George in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 36°2°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1963)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 513
- Cooling degree days
- 6
George in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1999)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 942
- Cooling degree days
- 0
George in December
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.82 in21 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1998)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1358
- Cooling degree days
- 0