Cedar Rapids, IA: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 55.3°F in Cedar Rapids, IA, the warmest 1 January to 9 October since 2024, 8th warmest of 133.

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 55.3°F; Warmest since 2024; 8th warmest of 133
Precipitation: 41.32 in; Wettest since 2009; 4th wettest of 130

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Cedar Rapids, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 52.5°F, between 50.2°F and 54.4°F in eight years of ten and 28.72 in of precipitation, between 21.70 in and 38.18 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Cedar Rapids, IA since 1893: 55.3°F in 2026; the highest is 58.7°F, in 1921.

Normal range, 50.2 to 54.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Cedar Rapids, IA from 1893 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	55.3	8	65.6	15	45	7	41.32	4	0
2025	54.2	27	65.2	19	43.2	33	22.81	98	11
2024	55.6	6	66.7	6	44.5	13	29.98	42	0
2023	54.7	13	65.9	13	43.4	28	15.50	129	0
2022	51	108	61.9	94	40.1	115	21.88	107	1
2021	52.7	60	62.9	67	42.4	56	16.15	128	0
2020	52.5	64	62.6	76	42.4	56	25.17	74	1
2019	50.9	114	60.6	115	41.1	99	36.46	15	0
2018	53	52	63.4	54	42.6	50	36.21	17	0
2017	54.5	17	65.2	19	43.8	18	22.29	103	0
2016	54.7	13	64.4	33	45	7	35.66	19	0
2015	51.3	103	62	90	41	102	30.69	38	7
2014	48.8	133	59	131	38.6	130	34.35	24	0
2013	52.1	79	62.3	81	42	67	33.70	27	0
2012	55.8	4	67.3	4	44.3	14	17.78	125	0
2011	51.5	98	61.2	109	41.9	69	22.97	96	0
2010	52.5	64	62.2	82	42.8	44	36.39	16	0
2009	49.7	123	59.7	123	39.7	121	41.54	3	0
2008	49.4	127	59.1	129	39.7	121	43.43	2	0
2007	52.9	54	63	66	42.9	42	33.44	31	0
2006	54	32	64.3	35	43.7	22	24.30	83	0
2005	54	32	64.7	28	43.4	28	21.76	110	0
2004	51.6	96	62.1	86	41.2	93	28.53	50	0
2003	51	108	62.2	82	39.7	121	22.97	96	0
2002	53.7	39	64.4	33	42.9	42	34.89	22	0
2001	51.2	105	60.9	112	41.6	83	29.60	44	0
2000	53.2	49	63.7	51	42.7	46	27.79	52	0
1999	52.5	64	62.7	74	42.3	61	28.91	47	0
1998	54.4	20	63.1	63	45.6	4	37.81	11	0
1997	51.7	93	62.1	86	41.2	93	20.05	119	0
1996	50.2	120	60.7	114	39.7	121	25.64	69	0
1995	53.9	35	64.1	41	43.8	18	24.60	79	0
1994	51	108	61.7	100	40.2	113	24.08	84	0
1993	50.4	118	59.2	127	41.7	81	58.57	1	0
1992	52.7	60	62.8	70	42.6	50	27.99	51	0
1991	54.4	20	64.9	25	43.9	17	21.16	114	0
1990	54.4	20	64	45	44.8	9	40.45	6	0
1989	51.7	93	62	90	41.3	90	23.01	94	0
1988	53.1	51	65.1	21	41.2	93	15.03	130	0
1987	55.5	7	66.3	8	44.8	9	22.06	105	0
1986	52.9	54	62.2	82	43.6	24	36.97	14	0
1985	51.1	107	61.3	107	40.9	104	20.98	115	0
1984	51.9	88	61.4	106	42.4	56	24.39	81	0
1983	54.1	29	63.6	52	44.6	12	19.19	121	0
1982	49.5	126	59.1	129	40	116	34.26	25	0
1981	53.3	47	64.2	37	42.5	54	23.59	91	5
1980	52	84	62.1	86	41.8	77	20.63	116	0
1979	49.1	130	58.9	133	39.4	127	23.99	86	0
1978	49.3	129	59	131	39.6	125	26.68	63	0
1977	52.4	70	62.8	70	42	67	33.40	32	0
1976	51.8	90	63.2	61	40.4	110	22.80	99	0
1975	50	122	60.1	122	39.9	119	21.23	112	0
1974	50.6	115	60.3	119	40.9	104	38.17	10	0
1973	54.3	25	62.8	70	45.9	2	38.54	8	0
1972	51.9	88	61.3	107	42.5	54	38.30	9	0
1971	51.6	96	61.9	94	41.4	86	17.74	126	0
1970	51.8	90	61.7	100	41.9	69	34.56	23	0
1969	52.3	73	61.5	104	43.1	36	39.34	7	0
1968	52.2	76	62.9	67	41.4	86	27.50	53	0
1967	51	108	61.1	111	40.9	104	35.20	20	0
1966	49.7	123	60.6	115	38.9	128	23.93	87	0
1965	51	108	60.2	120	41.9	69	40.88	5	0
1964	53.5	40	64	45	43.1	36	26.88	60	0
1963	52	84	62.4	79	41.7	81	21.81	108	0
1962	50.4	118	59.6	125	41.1	99	30.39	39	0
1961	52.1	79	62.5	78	41.8	77	31.40	35	0
1960	49.4	127	59.2	127	39.5	126	29.93	43	0
1959	52.5	64	61.8	98	43.2	33	37.09	13	0
1958	51.3	103	60.8	113	41.8	77	26.93	59	0
1957	52.1	79	61.6	103	42.7	46	21.48	111	0
1956	52	84	62.8	70	41.1	99	20.19	118	0
1955	54.1	29	64.5	32	43.8	18	19.28	120	0
1954	53.5	40	63.8	49	43.1	36	30.20	40	0
1953	53.8	38	64.3	35	43.2	33	22.22	104	0
1952	53.4	45	64.2	37	42.6	50	24.45	80	0
1951	50.6	115	60.4	117	40.9	104	36.07	18	3
1950	50.5	117	61.2	109	39.8	120	30.97	37	1
1949	52.9	54	64	45	41.9	69	26.45	65	1
1948	52.4	70	63.4	54	41.5	84			0
1947	52.6	63	63.1	63	42.1	65			0
1946	54.4	20	65.6	15	43.3	31			1
1945	52.3	73	62.7	74	41.9	69	29.58	45	1
1944	53.5	40	63.4	54	43.5	25	31.95	34	0
1943	51.5	98	61.9	94	41.2	93	30.20	40	1
1942	53.5	40	63.2	61	43.7	22	24.67	78	1
1941	54.5	17	64.9	25	44.2	15	32.07	33	1
1940	51	108	61.8	98	40.3	111	20.30	117	0
1939	54.3	25	65.8	14	42.8	44	29.29	46	0
1938	55.2	9	65.5	17	44.8	9	33.61	29	0
1937	52	84	62.6	76	41.3	90	23.48	92	1
1936	51.8	90	63.3	58	40.3	111	26.24	66	0
1935	52.5	64	62.4	79	42.7	46	24.99	76	0
1934	54.2	27	66	12	42.4	56	23.30	93	0
1933	54.4	20	66.3	8	42.6	50	22.99	95	0
1932	53.5	40	65	23	41.9	69	27.06	58	0
1931	56.3	2	68.4	3	44.2	15	23.70	89	0
1930	54.5	17	67.1	5	41.8	77	27.28	54	0
1929	50.1	121	61.7	100	38.4	131	25.22	73	1
1928	52.2	76	63.9	48	40.5	109	27.17	55	0
1927	52.5	64	63.1	63	41.9	69	33.56	30	0
1926	52.8	58	63.8	49	41.9	69	25.80	68	0
1925	54.9	11	69.8	1	40	116	27.10	57	0
1924									91
1923	52.1	79	62.2	82	42.7	46	25.00	75	22
1922	55.8	4	66.2	11	45.4	5	21.81	108	1
1921	58.7	1	69.5	2	48.1	1	22.67	100	1
1920	52.9	54	63.4	54	42.3	61	18.33	123	0
1919	56.2	3	66.5	7	45.8	3	28.84	48	0
1918	51.4	100	62.9	67	40	116	26.50	64	2
1917	48.9	132	59.7	123	38.4	131	24.00	85	4
1916	52.4	70	63.5	53	41.4	86	24.31	82	0
1915	51.4	100	61.5	104	41.2	93	31.02	36	0
1914	53.9	35	64.7	28	43	40	35.18	21	1
1913	53.2	49	64.2	37	42.2	64	23.87	88	0
1912	49.1	130	59.5	126	38.2	133	23.67	90	4
1911	53.9	35	64.8	27	43.1	36	33.62	28	2
1910	53	52	65	23	41	102	17.36	127	0
1909	52.1	79	62	90	42.1	65	28.60	49	0
1908	52.8	58	64.1	41	41.5	84	25.47	71	0
1907	51.2	105	61.9	94	40.2	113	33.77	26	2
1906	53.3	47	64.2	37	42.4	56	22.62	101	0
1905	51.4	100	62.1	86	40.8	108	26.72	62	0
1904	49.6	125	60.2	120	38.9	128	21.20	113	2
1903	53.4	45	63.3	58	43.4	28	27.11	56	1
1902	52.2	76	62	90	42.3	61	37.73	12	2
1901	54	32	65.1	21	43	40	18.90	122	4
1900	54.6	15	65.4	18	43.8	18	26.22	67	0
1899	52.7	60	64.1	41	41.3	90	22.51	102	0
1898	54.1	29	64.6	31	43.5	25	25.30	72	0
1897	52.3	73	63.3	58	41.2	93	26.76	61	3
1896	54.8	12	66.3	8	43.3	31	24.75	77	2
1895	54.6	15	64.1	41	43.5	25	18.04	124	20
1894	55.2	9	64.7	28	45.1	6	21.91	106	19
1893	51.7	93	60.4	117	41.4	86	25.60	70	14

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1921	58.7
1931	56.3
1919	56.2
2012	55.8
1922	55.8
2024	55.6
1987	55.5
2026	55.3
1938	55.2
1894	55.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	48.8
1917	48.9
1979	49.1
1912	49.1
1978	49.3
2008	49.4
1960	49.4
1982	49.5
1904	49.6
2009	49.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	58.57
2008	43.43
2009	41.54
2026	41.32
1965	40.88
1990	40.45
1969	39.34
1973	38.54
1972	38.30
1974	38.17

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1988	15.03
2023	15.50
2021	16.15
1910	17.36
1971	17.74
2012	17.78
1895	18.04
1920	18.33
1901	18.90
1983	19.19

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 3 September 2026
Coldest night: -16°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.49 in; 20 September 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	18.4°F 48th coldest of 130	0.55 in 34th driest of 129
February	31.3°F 16th warmest of 130	0.28 in 13th driest of 129
March	43.5°F 9th warmest of 132	1.29 in 41st driest of 130
April	53.5°F 16th warmest of 134	6.37 in 5th wettest of 132
May	61.3°F 56th warmest of 134	1.86 in 19th driest of 131
June	70.2°F 63rd coldest of 133	8.80 in 12th wettest of 132
July	75.7°F 36th warmest of 132	5.47 in 32nd wettest of 132
August	72.3°F 56th warmest of 134	4.22 in 50th wettest of 133
September	68.5°F 9th warmest of 131	11.12 in 3rd wettest of 132
October so far	60.9°F 33rd warmest of 131	1.36 in 26th wettest of 132

Hot days and freezes

Cedar Rapids, IA has had 15 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 81st most of 133 (with 2024, 1994, 1974 and 7 other years).
Cedar Rapids, IA has had 79 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 118th most of 133 (with 2024, 1963 and 1922).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Cedar Rapids, IA came on Thursday 7 May 2026, the latest since 2022, tied 27th latest of 133 (with 1989, 1976, 1954 and 1 other year).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
30 March	Warmest day	86°F	82°F 1943	Provisional
21 March	Warmest day	89°F	85°F 1938	Provisional
9 March	Warmest day	74°F	68°F 2021	Provisional
16 February	Warmest day	70°F	67°F 1921	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 41.32 in of precipitation in Cedar Rapids, IA, the wettest 1 January to 9 October since 2009, 4th wettest of 130.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Cedar Rapids, IA: 94°F on Thursday 3 September 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Cedar Rapids, IA: a low of -16°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Cedar Rapids, IA: 2.49 in on Sunday 20 September 2026.