Is this weather normal in Van Buren County?

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Van Buren County just had its 4th-warmest September in 132 years, +5° against the usual. Van Buren County has warmed the least of Iowa's 99 counties since 1970 (0.2° per decade).

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 57°, lows near 36°

That is the 1991 to 2020 average for these dates in Van Buren County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.

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The last 12 months

Oct: +5.7°OctNov: +1.6°NovDec: -1.7°DecJan 2026: -1.4°JanFeb: +5.9°FebMar: +5.8°MarApr: +5.1°AprMay: -0.2°MayJun: +0.1°JunJul: +2.0°JulAug: +0.9°AugSep: +5.2°Sepwarmercooler

Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1895.

Every year since 1895

18952025

Rain and drought

Oct: -1.3 inOctNov: -1.1 inNovDec: +0.4 inDecJan 2026: -0.8 inJanFeb: -1.7 inFebMar: +0.4 inMarApr: +2.4 inAprMay: -2.4 inMayJun: +2.4 inJunJul: -2.4 inJulAug: +2.8 inAugSep: +2.3 inSepwetterdrier

Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.

Month by month in Van Buren County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January32° / 15°1.4 in35.9° 19338.8° 1979
February37° / 19°1.7 in39.2° 202411.8° 1936
March50° / 29°2.4 in54.1° 201223.5° 1960
April63° / 40°3.6 in58.8° 191541.2° 2018
May73° / 51°5.3 in69.4° 196256.4° 1924
June82° / 61°5.0 in79.9° 193465.1° 1903
July86° / 65°4.1 in85.3° 193669.6° 2014
August84° / 63°3.9 in83.0° 194767.5° 1992
September77° / 54°3.7 in72.7° 189759.3° 1949
October64° / 42°2.9 in64.6° 196342.3° 1925
November50° / 31°2.3 in50.4° 200132.0° 2018
December37° / 21°1.7 in38.2° 201513.0° 1983

Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.

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