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    Rock Rapids, IA · 32°F

    How much snow does Rock Rapids, Iowa get?

    Not a flake this week.

    Clouds now. No snow in the next 5 days.

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    Snow in the next 5 days

    • Satclear skies41° / 29°
    • Sunclouds49° / 26°
    • Monclear skies53° / 31°
    • Tueclouds54° / 41°
    • Wedclouds58° / 45°

    Rock Rapids 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
    35 in
    Days with 1 in or more
    13
    Winter high
    29°F
    Winter low
    10°F
    First freeze
    Oct 4
    Last freeze
    May 1
    Nights at 32°F or below
    169
    Dec, Jan, Feb snow
    8.4, 6.0, 7.3 in

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

    The first fall freeze usually comes around Oct 4 and the last spring one around May 1, which leaves about 156 days without a freeze.

    A typical winter day runs from about 10°F to 29°F, and the low gets down to 32°F or colder on about 169 nights a year.

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    More about the weather around here

    Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, co-op station USC00137147 at Rock Rapids. Winter means December to February, and the freeze dates are the median dates of the first and last 32°F night.