Clive climate — normals and trends
Clive (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 907 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Clive averages 125 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
Clive has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 133 to 117 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 25 July 2012) and the coldest -33.7 °C (on 16 January 2009).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CliveIowa
- coords
- 41.60°, -93.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.0°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
907mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
21.6km/h
Seasonal range
30.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
125 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
38 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
65.8 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
39.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
33 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.5 °C
25 July 2012
Coldest day
-33.7 °C
16 January 2009
Wettest day
95 mm
10 June 2020
Windiest day
65.9 km/h
4 January 1971
Strongest gust
117.0 km/h
5 May 1950
Hottest feels-like
46.1 °C
6 July 1948
Coldest feels-like
-39.2 °C
16 January 2009
Snowiest day
26.0 cm
9 April 1973
Sunniest day
14.8 h
28 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 10 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 0.1 °C | -0.9 °C | 12 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | +6.8 °C | 90 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 83 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 108 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 156 mm | +37 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 257 mm | +163 mm |
| Aug | 27.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 50 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 26.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 40 mm | -43 mm |
| Oct | 20.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 87 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 41 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 2.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 26 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Clive?
Clive has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 907 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Clive?
The hottest day measured in Clive between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2012, reaching 39.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Clive?
The coldest day measured in Clive between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 2009, at -33.7 °C.
Does it snow in Clive?
Yes. Clive gets on average 65.8 cm of snow per year and has around 125 frost days.
Has the climate of Clive warmed?
Yes: Clive warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Clive?
The wettest day measured in Clive between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 2020, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Clive?
The windiest day measured in Clive between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1971, with winds reaching 65.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Clive?
The warmest month in Clive is July (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Clive?
Clive receives on average 907 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Clive?
Clive gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Clive?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Clive between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1973, with 26.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Clive?
Yes: Clive has on average 33 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Clive?
In Clive, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 6 July 1948, and the lowest was -39.2 °C on 16 January 2009.
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