Winters in Scarville are cold, snowy and summers pleasant. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 7° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.

38″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter10–27°

Spring35–55°

Summer59–80°

Fall37–58°

Oct 7

typical first frost

Apr 30

typical last frost

+0.8°

vs. the 20th-century average

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A year of weatherJuly highs 81°, January lows 7°Rain & snow38″ of snow a winter · 35 inches of rain and snow a year Heating & coolingMostly a heating bill Then and now+0.8° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Schools

The schools Scarville’s kids attend

Its one school is below.

School	Level	Students	Letter
Scarville Lutheran School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12	Grades K–12	27	–

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The districtsThe public schools Every school1 school · Scarville Lutheran School Questions“Are Scarville’s schools good?”

NCES · EDFacts

Health

How healthy Scarville is

In Scarville, 20% of adults binge drink, and 40% have obesity. This Iowa town beats the Iowa average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Also worth knowing: among adults in the town, 30% feel lonely. 16% of Scarville adults smoke cigarettes, against 15% in Iowa’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns.

	Scarville	Iowa towns	U.S. towns
Feel lonely (CDC PLACES)	30%	32%	33%
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)	20%	20%	16%
Obesity (CDC PLACES)	40%	38%	35%
Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES)	32%	32%	36%

32 measures vs. Iowa

1 better30 too close to call1 worse

What stands out	Scarville	IA
More adults getting cholesterol checked	86.7%	84.1%
More adults who have had cancer	10%	8.7%

Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin

17.5 mi away · emergency room

2 of 3

care shortages: primary care, mental health

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Everyday habitsMore smokers Hospitals & doctors nearby17.5 miles to an ER · Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin How adults are doingFewer lonely adults Every CDC estimateBetter than IA on 1 of 32

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Natural hazards

Moderate risk in Scarville, with drought at the top

Households in Scarville have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2004. Compared with 55% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is lower. 30% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from drought, followed by inland flooding at 30%.

45risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

DroughtInland floodingCold waves

federal disasters paid out here

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What it facesModerate risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters1 federal disaster · Paid out in Scarville Get ready14 events a year, on average · Ready for drought

FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

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