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United States › Iowa › Bremer County › Climate Station TRIPOLI, IA US Distance 4.2 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Bremer County home comfortable runs roughly $560 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Bremer County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

82.8°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 7.3°F.

Bremer County gets 38.64" of precipitation a year, and 41% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 24.8° 7.3° 1.23"
February 29.2° 11.5° 1.09"
March 42.8° 24.0° 2.00"
April 57.6° 35.6° 3.93"
May 70.0° 47.9° 5.11"
June 79.6° 58.6° 6.03"
July 82.8° 61.6° 4.80"
August 80.9° 59.0° 4.29"
September 74.5° 50.3° 3.75"
October 61.0° 38.2° 2.96"
November 44.3° 25.6° 1.98"
December 30.9° 14.6° 1.47"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 41% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 1.23"
February 1.09"
March 2.00"
April 3.93"
May 5.11"
June 6.03"
July 4.80"
August 4.29"
September 3.75"
October 2.96"
November 1.98"
December 1.47"
Annual total 38.64"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 682
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 7,435
Approximate annual cooling cost At 17.06¢/kWh, Iowa average $116
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $444

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Bremer County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Bremer County?

Bremer County averages a high of 82.8°F in July and a low of 7.3°F in January. Annual precipitation is 38.64 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Bremer County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 41% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Bremer County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 82.8°F. That drives 682 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Bremer County?

The weather station used for Bremer County, TRIPOLI, IA US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 38.64 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station TRIPOLI, IA US (USC00138339), 4.2 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Iowa residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.