Lake City weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Lake City, Iowa: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at CARROLL, 25 km from Lake City; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 33.7 in856 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 28
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 6,921
- Cooling degree days
- 864
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −11°−24° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Lake City in January
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.9 in23 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1944)
- Record low
- −40° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1423
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake City in February
Highs average 33°0° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2024)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1162
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake City in March
Highs average 46°8° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2026)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 908
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Lake City in April
Highs average 60°16° and lows 36°2°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1910)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 515
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Lake City in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 49°10°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 205
- Cooling degree days
- 54
Lake City in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°16°, with 5.1 in130 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1933)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 26
- Cooling degree days
- 195
Lake City in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 64°18°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1936)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 286
Lake City in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 61°16°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1934)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 220
Lake City in September
Highs average 76°25° and lows 52°11°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1939)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 120
- Cooling degree days
- 91
Lake City in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 40°4°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2023)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 440
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Lake City in November
Highs average 46°8° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.4 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2005)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1898)
- Heating degree days
- 854
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake City in December
Highs average 33°1° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2021)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1252
- Cooling degree days
- 0