Average Temperatures In Iowa And The Region Are Shifting Cooler, Bucking Trend

Statewide Iowa — When you hear the average temperature or rainfall during the weather, that’s typically based on the past three decades of information, and this week the National Weather Service updated that temperature and precipitation data.

Doug Kluck, the weather service’s Central Region climate services director, says they roll the averages forward every ten years.

Kluck says the new numbers show a cooling trend across the Northern Plains states, which includes Iowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas.

While most of the nation is trending warmer with the shift in the decades of averages, Iowa and its neighbors are seeing a cooling trend.

As for the Northern Plains, Kluck says they’re seeing cooler temperatures lingering longer in the spring, with warmer temperatures pushing further into the fall.

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