Downtown Cedar Rapids

Welcome to Cedar Rapids! I have spent the last week or so getting to know the city as well as the job which allowed me to move to the Cedar Rapids area. I have accepted a job at a local garden center where I will be working in retail/customer service. The move to the area was quick, in 2 weeks time I had a job offer and a place to live in the Cedar Rapids Suburb of Hiawatha and now that I am all settled in and un packed its time to introduce information about the area.

Cedar Rapids is located in Eastern Iowa, nearly exactly half way between the Missouri and Minnesota boarder. It is known as the City of 5 seasons, the 5th season being enjoying life and time to enjoy the other 4 seasons. Cedar Rapids is Iowas second largest city behind Des Monies. The city proper or has 126,000 residents, however Cedar Rapids with the suburbs cities of Fairfax, Hiawatha, Marion and Robins has a metro population around 200,000. Marion which is a Cedar Rapids largest independent suburb is one of the fastest growing cities in Iowa.

I look foreword to my time covering Eastern Iowas weather and serving the Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Waterloo areas. Below you can find climate information on Cedar Rapids.

Winter Snowfall average map

Cedar Rapids has hot and very humid summers and cold, snowy winters. However it is far enough south that the winters generally on average are not as harsh, snowy or cold as winters in Northern Iowa and Minnesota. The winter snowfall average is around 31 inches, with the snowiest month being December with 8.70″ of snow. The coldest month is January with an average high of 30. Summers are very humid with temperatures commonly above 85.F, in fact that is the average high for July, the hottest month on average. The wettest month is June when 5.13″ of rain generally falls on average.

Being from and spending all of my life so far around Northwest Wisconsin/Southeast Minnesota, I find that it will be interesting to see how Eastern Iowa Winters and Summers compare to that region.