Dubuque has a long growing season
Dubuque has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 12°, and about 36 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 46° and a normal night drops to 29°.
Getting the latest forecast from the National Weather Service…
What stands out about Dubuque’s weather
Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.
Where today sits in Dubuque’s year
Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.
Weather talk
Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Dubuque.
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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 Dubuque itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Dubuque L&d 11, IA (4 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.