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    Iowa City, IA · 38°F

    How much snow does Iowa City, Iowa get?

    Nope. Not this week.

    Clear skies now. No snow in the next 5 days.

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    Snow in the next 5 days

    • Satclear skies42° / 32°
    • Sunclear skies47° / 29°
    • Monclear skies51° / 29°
    • Tueclear skies54° / 33°
    • Wedclouds57° / 40°

    Iowa City stays snow-free for 5 days. Winter’s still deciding if it’s worth the trip.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    A typical winter

    Snow a year
    28 in
    Days with 1 in or more
    10
    Winter high
    33°F
    Winter low
    15°F
    First freeze
    Oct 9
    Last freeze
    Apr 29
    Nights at 32°F or below
    130
    Dec, Jan, Feb snow
    7.2, 7.6, 7.5 in

    January is usually the snowiest of the three winter months here, with about 8 inches.

    The first fall freeze usually comes around Oct 9 and the last spring one around Apr 29, which leaves about 163 days without a freeze.

    A typical winter day runs from about 15°F to 33°F, and the low gets down to 32°F or colder on about 130 nights a year.

    Towns with about the same snow

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    More about the weather around here

    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, co-op station USC00134101 at Iowa City. Winter means December to February, and the freeze dates are the median dates of the first and last 32°F night.