August & Summer Climate Summaries & September and Fall Outlooks

Climate/Almanac Data - August Normals - August Records

AUGUST

Site (Click site name for report)	Avg Temp	Normal	Dept From Norm	Precip Total	Normal	Dept From Norm
Burlington	69.8° (7)	75.1°	-5.3°	4.56"	4.27"	+0.29"
Cedar Rapids	67.2° (6)	71.0°	-3.8°	1.60"	4.48"	-2.88"
Davenport	67.4°	71.2°	-3.8°	0.62"	4.62"	-4.00"
Dubuque	66.0° (6)	70.0°	-4.0°	3.23"	4.40"	-1.17"
Iowa City	70.2°	72.7°	-2.5°	1.12"	4.50"	-3.38"
Moline	69.7°	73.5°	-3.8°	0.68" (7T)	4.52"	-3.84"

The ranking is listed in parentheses (__) when within the "Top 10".

August 2017 was about 2.5 to near 5 degrees below normal.

Precipitation totals for August 2017 ranged from about normal at Burlington to about 4 inches below normal in the QC.

Please see August Records for monthly record information.

The climate maps below are courtesy of the Midwest Regional Climate Center.

These maps become available around 10am on the first of the month.

Average Temperature	Average Temperature Departure from Mean	Accumulated Precipitation	Accumulated Precipitation Percent of Mean

Climate/Almanac Data - Summer Normals - Summer Records

Summer
(Jun-Aug)

Site (Click site name for report courtesy of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.)	Avg Temp	Normal	Dept From Norm	Precip Total	Normal	Dept From Norm
Burlington	73.3°	75.1°	-1.8°	11.18"	12.99"	-1.81"
Cedar Rapids	70.5°	71.2°	-0.7°	7.64"	13.86"	-6.22"
Davenport	71.0°	71.6°	-0.6°	12.99"	13.01"	-0.02"
Dubuque	69.0°	70.1°	-1.1°	13.71"	13.11"	+0.60"
Iowa City	73.5°	73.0°	0.5°	11.81"	14.06"	-2.25"
Moline	72.8°	73.5°	-0.7°	11.77"	13.30"	-1.53"