Waukee climate — normals and trends
Waukee (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 900 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 (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Waukee averages 125 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.
Waukee 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 39.4 °C (on 21 July 1983) and the coldest -33.3 °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
WaukeeIowa
- coords
- 41.61°, -93.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
900mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
22.0km/h
Seasonal range
30.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
125 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
37 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
104 d/yr
Annual snowfall
67.3 cm
Average feels-like high
12.9 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
40.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
31 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
39.4 °C
21 July 1983
Coldest day
-33.3 °C
16 January 2009
Wettest day
92 mm
10 June 2020
Windiest day
67.5 km/h
3 January 1971
Strongest gust
118.1 km/h
5 May 1950
Hottest feels-like
45.8 °C
6 July 1948
Coldest feels-like
-39.1 °C
24 December 1983
Snowiest day
25.8 cm
3 January 1971
Sunniest day
14.8 h
1 July 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 | -0.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 8 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 0.1 °C | -0.9 °C | 12 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +6.7 °C | 94 mm | +23 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 76 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 22.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 112 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 165 mm | +43 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 253 mm | +160 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 55 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 26.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 41 mm | -40 mm |
| Oct | 20.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 91 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 41 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 2.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 25 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Waukee?
Waukee has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 900 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Waukee?
The hottest day measured in Waukee between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1983, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Waukee?
The coldest day measured in Waukee between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 2009, at -33.3 °C.
Does it snow in Waukee?
Yes. Waukee gets on average 67.3 cm of snow per year and has around 125 frost days.
Has the climate of Waukee warmed?
Yes: Waukee warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Waukee?
The wettest day measured in Waukee between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 2020, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Waukee?
The windiest day measured in Waukee between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, with winds reaching 67.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Waukee?
The warmest month in Waukee is July (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Waukee?
Waukee receives on average 900 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Waukee?
Waukee 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 Waukee?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Waukee between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1971, with 25.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Waukee?
Yes: Waukee has on average 31 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Waukee?
In Waukee, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.8 °C on 6 July 1948, and the lowest was -39.1 °C on 24 December 1983.
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