Flood zone: it depends on the exact parcel
There is no such thing as a flood zone for a whole city. Two houses on the same street can sit in different zones, and it is the single fact here that changes most over a short distance. So this page does not guess one.
Earthquake hazard low
Design category B
Low seismic hazard. Earthquakes are infrequent and usually minor here, but the building code still applies light seismic detailing to new construction. The ASCE 7 Seismic Design Category here is B. (Short-period design value Ss ≈ 0.069 g — the standard headline measure of ground-shaking hazard.)
USGS Seismic Design Web Services (ASCE 7), assuming Site Class D — stiff or unknown soil. Real soil conditions can move the category either way.
Typical weather
85.5° in July, 12.5° in January
Thirty-year averages, not a forecast. Any individual year can differ substantially.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30° | 12.5° | 1.17" | 8.7" |
| Feb | 35.1° | 16.6° | 1.34" | 8.3" |
| Mar | 48.9° | 27.5° | 2.06" | 4" |
| Apr | 63.3° | 38.4° | 4.02" | 1.5" |
| May | 73.8° | 49.6° | 4.74" | 0" |
| Jun | 82.3° | 59.6° | 5.68" | 0" |
| Jul | 85.5° | 63.3° | 4.47" | 0" |
| Aug | 83.4° | 61.2° | 4.42" | 0" |
| Sep | 77.3° | 53° | 3.96" | 0" |
| Oct | 64.1° | 41.5° | 3" | 0.6" |
| Nov | 48.1° | 29.3° | 2.22" | 2.2" |
| Dec | 34.7° | 18.6° | 1.67" | 9" |
NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals — station CEDAR RAPIDS #1, IA US, 6.3 mi away.
Growing season zone 5b
166 frost-free days
Last spring frost around April 28, first fall frost around October 12. Roughly half of years see frost outside that window.
2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map and NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 frost normals.
What this page does not tell you
- Nothing about a specific property — only the area around it.
- No flood zone, deliberately: that is parcel-level and this page would have to guess.
- Nothing about wildfire, radon, subsidence, soil or the building itself.
- Climate normals describe a typical year, not the year you are about to have.