Yale weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Yale, Iowa: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Guthrie Center, 17 km from Yale; records cover 1895–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 37.1 in943 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 2
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 6,849
- Cooling degree days
- 844
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −12°−24° (heating, 99%) and 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Yale in January
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1981)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1406
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yale in February
Highs average 35°1° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1930)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1142
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yale in March
Highs average 48°9° and lows 26°−4°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2026)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 884
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Yale in April
Highs average 61°16° and lows 36°2°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2009)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 497
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Yale in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 48°9°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 206
- Cooling degree days
- 54
Yale in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 5.2 in133 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1933)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1902)
- Heating degree days
- 28
- Cooling degree days
- 189
Yale in July
Highs average 85°30° and lows 63°17°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1936)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 286
Yale in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 60°15°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1934)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 210
Yale in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 50°10°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1939)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 131
- Cooling degree days
- 86
Yale in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 38°3°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1922)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 456
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Yale in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 26°−3°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1968)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 845
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yale in December
Highs average 35°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2021)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1232
- Cooling degree days
- 0