August
August · June · July
United States · 1991–2020
August leads for comfortable weather in Pella: typically 26.3°C by day, 13.8°C at night, with 95 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
August · June · July
July · August · June
May · September · October
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against August’s 77 — days reach only -3.8°C, 28° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.8°C | -13.7°C | 32 mm | 6.6 | 9 h 09 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | -1.5°C | -12.5°C | 27 mm | 5 | 10 h 21 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| March | 5°C | -6.5°C | 47 mm | 6.5 | 11 h 46 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| April | 12.6°C | 0.1°C | 78 mm | 8.4 | 13 h 25 | 25 | Strong coverage |
| May | 19.8°C | 7°C | 95 mm | 9.9 | 14 h 48 | 57 | Strong coverage |
| June | 25°C | 12.7°C | 113 mm | 9.7 | 15 h 33 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| July | 27.4°C | 15.1°C | 102 mm | 8.9 | 15 h 15 | 74 | Strong coverage |
| August | 26.3°C | 13.8°C | 95 mm | 8.1 | 14 h 03 | 77 | Strong coverage |
| September | 22.1°C | 9.1°C | 92 mm | 8.5 | 12 h 28 | 70 | Strong coverage |
| October | 14.6°C | 2.6°C | 73 mm | 7.6 | 10 h 53 | 37 | Strong coverage |
| November | 6.3°C | -3.7°C | 49 mm | 5.9 | 9 h 30 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| December | -0.8°C | -9.4°C | 40 mm | 6.6 | 8 h 49 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.7°C22 Jan 1964 | -37.2°C17 Jan 1982 | 47 mm9 Jan 2026 | 75 mm1969 · driest 3 mm in 1981 | 74 |
| February | 21.7°C28 Feb 2024 | -35.0°C3 Feb 1996 | 32 mm24 Feb 1977 | 90 mm1953 · driest 1 mm in 1964 | 74 |
| March | 27.8°C22 Mar 2012 | -32.2°C2 Mar 1962 | 58 mm7 Mar 1973 | 130 mm1977 · driest 4 mm in 1960 | 74 |
| April | 33.3°C23 Apr 1980 | -14.4°C3 Apr 1954 | 127 mm14 Apr 2026 | 298 mm2026 · driest 15 mm in 1989 | 74 |
| May | 35.6°C28 May 2018 | -7.2°C5 May 1961 | 95 mm31 May 1970 | 238 mm1970 · driest 23 mm in 1988 | 74 |
| June | 38.3°C21 Jun 1988 | -0.6°C6 Jun 1958 | 72 mm27 Jun 2021 | 262 mm1993 · driest 22 mm in 1959 | 73 |
| July | 41.1°C14 Jul 1995 | 3.3°C4 Jul 1972 | 103 mm6 Jul 2019 | 248 mm2019 · driest 22 mm in 2009 | 74 |
| August | 40.0°C21 Aug 1955 | 1.1°C31 Aug 1967 | 128 mm28 Aug 2021 | 257 mm2021 · driest 15 mm in 1970 | 73 |
| September | 38.3°C4 Sep 2023 | -6.7°C25 Sep 1995 | 88 mm23 Sep 2010 | 235 mm1965 · driest 3 mm in 2004 | 73 |
| October | 31.7°C6 Oct 1963 | -9.4°C27 Oct 1976 | 71 mm25 Oct 2023 | 149 mm2023 · driest 0 mm in 1952 | 73 |
| November | 23.3°C10 Nov 2020 | -23.3°C29 Nov 1976 | 64 mm1 Nov 1984 | 137 mm1985 · driest 0 mm in 1976 | 74 |
| December | 16.7°C5 Dec 2001 | -30.6°C21 Dec 1989 | 33 mm23 Dec 2006 | 99 mm2015 · driest 4 mm in 1960 | 74 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 30 | <1 | 7 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 27 | <1 | 5 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4 |
| April | 1 | <1 | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| May | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| June | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| August | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 10 | 1 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | <1 |
| November | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 6 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was June (scoring 82); on 2011–2025 it is August (81). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0% | 20% | 2% | 17% | -6.7–-0.7°C |
| February | 0% | 18% | 3% | 13% | -4.9–2.5°C |
| March | 2% | 22% | 6% | 23% | 1.8–8.0°C |
| April | 13% | 27% | 9% | 32% | 10.3–15.9°C |
| May | 39% | 30% | 10% | 35% | 17.4–23.3°C |
| June | 64% | 31% | 11% | 37% | 23.3–27.6°C |
| July | 73% | 27% | 10% | 28% | 25.8–29.8°C |
| August | 72% | 26% | 11% | 28% | 24.4–28.4°C |
| September | 50% | 28% | 9% | 34% | 19.9–24.1°C |
| October | 19% | 22% | 6% | 22% | 12.0–18.0°C |
| November | 2% | 21% | 6% | 17% | 2.9–9.2°C |
| December | 0% | 22% | 4% | 18% | -4.1–1.8°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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