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Weather in Council Bluffs, IA · National Weather Service + NOAA

Council Bluffs has some of Iowa’s warmest summers

Council Bluffs has cold winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 14°, and about 27 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 50° and a normal night drops to 28°.

Winter 36°/17°Spring 63°/40°Summer 85°/63°Fall 64°/41°
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Sunrise 7:58 am · sunset 6:15 pm

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What stands out about Council Bluffs’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Warmer summers than most of IowaJuly afternoons average 87°, warmer than 1,020 of 1,026 Iowa towns.A long growing season185 frost-free days, from Apr 18 to Oct 21.
A normal year

Where today sits in Council Bluffs’s year

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

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Winter
36° / 17°
8 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
63° / 40°
Last frost around Apr 18
Summer
85° / 63°
33 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
64° / 41°
First frost around Oct 21
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 21). Last frost next spring: Apr 18
Best months to be outside
MayJunSepOct
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Council Bluffs get?About 27 inches a winter.When is it wettest?June, with 5.0 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+0.9° 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 Council Bluffs itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Omaha Eppley Airfield, NE (6 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.