Orient weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Orient, Iowa: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Greenfield, 10 km from Orient; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 36.5 in928 mm
- Snow a year
- 26 in65 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 23
- First fall freeze
- Oct 12
- Heating degree days
- 6,629
- Cooling degree days
- 868
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −8°−22° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Orient in January
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1981)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1389
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Orient in February
Highs average 35°1° and lows 15°−9°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2024)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1124
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Orient in March
Highs average 48°9° and lows 27°−3°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1986)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 852
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Orient in April
Highs average 61°16° and lows 38°3°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1894)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 480
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Orient in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 50°10°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1939)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 189
- Cooling degree days
- 51
Orient in June
Highs average 80°27° and lows 60°16°, with 4.8 in121 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1918)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 23
- Cooling degree days
- 180
Orient in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 64°18°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1911)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 290
Orient in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 62°17°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1913)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 235
Orient in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 53°12°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1913)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 105
- Cooling degree days
- 94
Orient in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 41°5°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1997)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 406
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Orient in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 28°−2°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 1.7 in4.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1938)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1898)
- Heating degree days
- 822
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Orient in December
Highs average 34°1° and lows 17°−9°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 5 in14 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2021)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1226
- Cooling degree days
- 0