Annual mean 11°C · wettest around May · prevailing wind SW
Warmest
28.6 °C
Coldest
-4.1 °C
Wettest
79%
Windiest
6.7 m/s
Prevailing
SW
5.0 m/s average
When this place is good five ratings · thirty-six ten-day sections · click a cell to read it
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The average temperature in Council Bluffs over the whole year is 11°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 28°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about -6°C. Council Bluffs has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 61% in February, the driest month, to 75% in May, the wettest. Winds in Council Bluffs are highest in April, averaging 5.1 m/s (18 km/h), and lightest in July, at 2.8 m/s (10 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW. The clearest skies in Council Bluffs come in June, when the sky is typically 27% covered; January is the cloudiest month, at 49%.
Month by month Council Bluffs climate by month: average temperatures year round · click a month to read it
Month
High
Low
Feels like
Chance of rain
Cloud
Wind
Being outside
Sun
Walking
January
-2°C
-6°C
-8°C
66%
49%
4.0 m/s
0
0
1
February
1°C
-5°C
-6°C
61%
41%
4.2 m/s
1
0
11
March
8°C
1°C
2°C
73%
48%
4.8 m/s
6
0
27
April
15°C
6°C
9°C
72%
43%
5.1 m/s
23
1
49
May
21°C
13°C
18°C
75%
45%
3.9 m/s
55
14
58
June
28°C
20°C
27°C
75%
27%
3.7 m/s
43
55
20
July
28°C
21°C
29°C
73%
27%
2.8 m/s
32
63
8
August
27°C
19°C
27°C
73%
30%
2.8 m/s
45
53
19
September
25°C
15°C
23°C
73%
29%
3.3 m/s
61
39
39
October
16°C
8°C
12°C
72%
35%
3.7 m/s
35
3
59
November
9°C
1°C
3°C
69%
35%
4.0 m/s
7
0
31
December
2°C
-3°C
-4°C
67%
39%
4.0 m/s
0
0
6
High and low are the warmest and coolest of four readings a day — midnight, 6am, noon and 6pm — so a true overnight low can sit a degree or two under them. Chance of rain, cloud and wind are the day’s average; feels-like and the three ratings (each out of 100: Good from 55, Ideal from 80) are read at midday.
Seasons, and the year in short Council Bluffs weather by season
Year round, Council Bluffs has days of about -2°C at their warmest in January, its coolest month, and 28°C in July, its warmest; the coolest hours of the day run from -6°C to 21°C through the year, and the average temperature over the year is 11°C around the clock. Rain is most likely around May and least likely around February. Every figure here is a decade of observations blended into one representative year, so it reads as what this date is usually like, not a forecast for one particular day.
Council Bluffs weather in winterDecember to February
High 0°CLow -5°CRain 64%
Winter in Council Bluffs has typical daily highs of about 0°C and lows of about -5°C, with a 64% chance of rain on a given day.
Council Bluffs weather in springMarch to May
High 15°CLow 7°CRain 73%
Spring in Council Bluffs has typical daily highs of about 15°C and lows of about 7°C, with a 73% chance of rain on a given day.
Council Bluffs weather in summerJune to August
High 28°CLow 20°CRain 74%
Summer in Council Bluffs has typical daily highs of about 28°C and lows of about 20°C, with a 74% chance of rain on a given day.
Council Bluffs weather in autumnSeptember to November
High 17°CLow 8°CRain 71%
Autumn in Council Bluffs has typical daily highs of about 17°C and lows of about 8°C, with a 71% chance of rain on a given day.
When is the rainy season in Council Bluffs?
Council Bluffs has no sharply defined rainy season: the chance of rain on a given day runs from 61% in February, the driest month, to 75% in May, the wettest.
What time of year is Council Bluffs windiest?
Winds in Council Bluffs are highest in April, averaging 5.1 m/s (18 km/h), and lightest in July, at 2.8 m/s (10 km/h). The prevailing wind is from the SW.
What is the average temperature in Council Bluffs year round?
The average temperature in Council Bluffs over the whole year is 11°C. July is the hottest month, with highs of about 28°C; January is the coldest, with lows of about -6°C.