Urbandale, IA Weather & Climate Normals
Urbandale's real weather, in one number
Urbandale, IA scores 37/100 on this site's reading of NOAA's own 30-year normals: weather-driven. Heat, cold, snow, or rainfall here are heavy enough that they shape daily life for a large part of the year. 4 of the year's 12 months average between 55 and 75°F, the range this site counts as mild.
Urbandale's hottest and coldest months
Urbandale's hottest month is Jul, averaging 75°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 22°F, a 53.6°F swing across the year, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
Rain and snow in Urbandale
Urbandale averages 36.16in of precipitation a year across roughly 112 days with measurable rain or snow, and 38in of snow a year.
Where Urbandale ranks
Urbandale ranks 4752 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 78 of 85 within IA. About 47,759 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from DES MOINES WSFO-JOHNSTON, IA US, 7.5 miles from Urbandale, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
What a 30-year climate normal actually is · Why this uses the nearest NOAA station