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Weather in Bradford, IA · National Weather Service + NOAA

Weather in Bradford

Bradford has cold winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 9°, and about 28 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 44° and a normal night drops to 26°.

Winter 29°/12°Spring 57°/36°Summer 81°/60°Fall 60°/38°
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Sunrise 7:53 am · sunset 5:59 pm

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A normal year

Where today sits in Bradford’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
29° / 12°
12 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
57° / 36°
Last frost around Apr 28
Summer
81° / 60°
11 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
60° / 38°
First frost around Oct 10
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 10). Last frost next spring: Apr 28
Best months to be outside
MayJunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Bradford get?About 28 inches a winter.When is it wettest?June, with 5.8 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.0° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Bradford itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Iowa Falls, IA (8 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.