United States · 1991–2020 normal

Prairie City in
January.

Typical January weather in Prairie City: -0.9°C by day, -10.4°C at night, 27 mm of rain over 5.4 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-0.9°C
Typical low-10.4°C
Rain27 mm
Wet days5.4

Comfort score 5 this month (September leads the year at 82). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 28 from latitude 41.60°.

Event window

Frost-level nights in January

The measured night-time normal is -10.4°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 4871942
NOAA station
USW00054902 · DES MOINES 17 E
Station distance
6.4 km from the place centre
Coverage
Good coverage · 16 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.