Spencer, IA: 2026

10 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 52.7°F in Spencer, IA, the warmest 1 January to 10 October since 2024, tied 13th warmest of 94 (with 1939).

2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 52.7°F; Warmest since 2024; 13th warmest of 94
Precipitation: 20.91 in; Driest since 2023; 29th driest of 93

A normal 1 January to 10 October in Spencer, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 50.2°F, between 48.1°F and 52.8°F in eight years of ten and 22.65 in of precipitation, between 18.27 in and 31.24 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 10 October in Spencer, IA since 1897: 52.7°F in 2026; the highest is 55.8°F, in 1931.

Normal range, 48.1 to 52.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 10 October in Spencer, IA from 1895 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	52.7	13	65.1	11	40.2	23	20.91	65	0
2025	52.4	17	64.8	12	39.9	28	24.67	36	0
2024	54.5	4	66.7	4	42.3	4	30.67	10	0
2023	52.4	17	64	20	40.6	20	19.26	77	1
2022	51.2	31	64	20	38.4	53	17.86	86	1
2021	52.5	15	64.3	15	40.7	18	22.91	49	4
2020	52.4	17	64.4	14	40.5	21	13.92	92	2
2019	49.9	55	60	76	39.7	31	29.26	14	1
2018	50	52	60.3	69	39.6	34	26.61	30	3
2017	52.8	10	64.1	18	41.6	7	25.95	31	3
2016	52.2	22	62.9	34	41.5	10	32.46	7	2
2015	51.4	29	63	32	39.7	31	20.34	72	0
2014	46.8	93	58.3	91	35.3	93	27.20	28	6
2013	50.1	49	61.2	55	39.1	41	23.54	44	0
2012	54.9	2	67.9	2	42	5	21.95	61	1
2011	49.7	60	60.5	66	38.8	48	22.81	51	0
2010	49.7	60	61.2	55	38.3	55	30.94	9	4
2009	48.3	80	59.8	78	36.7	82	20.89	66	1
2008	47.2	90	58.8	87	35.6	91	18.62	80	1
2007	51.2	31	62.3	39	40.1	25	25.88	33	2
2006	52.8	10	64.1	18	41.3	13	20.62	69	2
2005	53	8	64.3	15	41.8	6	21.09	63	2
2004	50.5	43	62.2	42	38.9	47	34.01	5	0
2003	49.6	64	62.2	42	37	77	18.52	81	0
2002	51.1	37	62.8	35	39.4	37	22.65	52	2
2001	48.7	75	59.5	81	37.8	65	19.94	73	4
2000	51	39	63.2	30	38.8	48	18.49	82	1
1999	50.8	40	61.8	47	39.8	30	23.06	48	4
1998	52.4	17	62.6	37	41.6	7	16.83	89	8
1997	48.7	75	59.6	80	37.9	62	17.38	88	2
1996	48.3	80	58.8	87	37.3	74	21.84	62	11
1995	50.2	47	60	76	40.4	22	27.48	26	2
1994	48.6	77	59.2	85	38	58	22.59	54	0
1993	47.1	91	56.1	94	38	58	41.00	1	0
1992									71
1991	51.5	28	61.7	49	41.3	13	28.42	19	0
1990	52.2	22	63.5	26	41	16	24.55	37	0
1989	49.8	58	61.6	53	38	58	18.84	79	0
1988	51.2	31	63.4	27	39	42	19.31	76	0
1987	54.2	5	66.1	6	42.4	3	27.34	27	1
1986	51.2	31	61.2	55	41.2	15	32.58	6	0
1985	49.7	60	60.1	75	39.3	38	31.01	8	0
1984	49.7	60	59.5	81	39.9	28	26.87	29	0
1983	51.2	31	60.9	59	41.6	7	28.55	18	2
1982									63
1981									41
1980									123
1979									70
1978									31
1977	51.7	26	63.7	25	39.6	34	27.89	25	0
1976									32
1975	48.2	84	58.7	89	37.6	69	35.24	4	0
1974	50.2	47	61.8	47	38.3	55	14.59	91	2
1973									155
1972									41
1971									60
1970	48.3	80	59.5	81	37.1	76	23.86	42	0
1969									30
1968									91
1967	48.8	73	60.7	62	36.7	82	18.00	85	1
1966	48.5	79	60.3	69	36.6	85	14.60	90	0
1965	47.1	91	57.8	92	36.4	88	29.49	13	0
1964									30
1963	50.5	43	62.2	42	38.8	48	18.30	83	0
1962	47.7	88	58.5	90	36.8	80	30.37	11	0
1961	48.6	77	59.7	79	37.5	70	25.94	32	0
1960	48	85	59.1	86	36.9	78	24.55	37	0
1959	49	70	60.8	61	37.3	74	28.00	24	0
1958	49.9	55	62	45	37.9	62	13.46	93	0
1957	49.3	65	60.6	65	37.9	62	22.03	60	0
1956	47.9	87	60.3	69	35.4	92	19.12	78	0
1955	51.4	29	63.9	22	39	42	17.50	87	2
1954									31
1953	49.8	58	61.7	49	37.4	71	24.70	35	4
1952	49.1	69	60.7	62	37.4	71	21.09	63	1
1951	46.2	94	56.4	93	35.9	89	40.19	2	2
1950									77
1949					35.3	93	22.64	53	36
1948	49	70	61.2	55	36.7	82			1
1947	48.9	72	60.5	66	37.4	71			0
1946	50.1	49	61.7	49	38.5	51			2
1945	49.3	65	60.2	72	38.4	53	24.22	40	4
1944									63
1943	50	52	62.3	39	37.8	65	28.19	22	0
1942	51.8	24	63	32	40.7	18	28.59	17	2
1941	52.4	17	63.4	27	41.4	12	29.03	16	3
1940	49.3	65	60.7	62	38	58	22.17	57	1
1939	52.7	13	65.5	10	40	26	22.54	55	1
1938	52.8	10	64.2	17	41.5	10	35.60	3	2
1937	50	52	61.7	49	38.5	51	30.23	12	2
1936	50.3	46	63.4	27	36.8	80	20.76	67	2
1935	51.2	31	62.8	35	39.5	36	24.07	41	4
1934	53.5	6	66.7	4	40.2	23	23.08	47	2
1933	53.1	7	65.6	9	40.8	17	20.36	71	1
1932	50.7	41	62.3	39	39	42	22.09	58	2
1931	55.8	1	68.7	1	42.9	1	22.84	50	2
1930	53	8	65.8	8	40	26	18.13	84	4
1929	48.8	73	60.9	59	36.9	78	19.88	74	2
1928	51.1	37	63.9	22	38.3	55	24.49	39	1
1927	50.7	41	62	45	39.3	38	24.96	34	5
1926	51.8	24	63.9	22	39.7	31	29.21	15	2
1925	52.5	15	65.9	7	39	42	20.74	68	1
1924	48	85	60.2	72	35.8	90	22.04	59	1
1923	50.1	49	62.4	38	37.7	68	23.46	45	3
1922	51.7	26	64.5	13	39	42	22.27	56	1
1921	54.9	2	67.2	3	42.6	2	20.60	70	4
1920	48.3	80	60.2	72	36.6	85	28.14	23	18
1919							28.27	21	61
1916									225
1915	49.9	55	60.5	66	39.3	38	23.46	45	13
1914									35
1913									49
1912	47.5	89	59.4	84	35.1	95			3
1911									124
1900									197
1899									60
1898	50.5	43	63.1	31	37.8	65	28.39	20	6
1897	49.3	65	61.6	53	36.5	87	19.77	75	2
1896							23.57	43	37
1895									81

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1931	55.8
2012	54.9
1921	54.9
2024	54.5
1987	54.2
1934	53.5
1933	53.1
2005	53
1930	53
2017	52.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1951	46.2
2014	46.8
1993	47.1
1965	47.1
2008	47.2
1912	47.5
1962	47.7
1956	47.9
1960	48
1924	48

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	41.00
1951	40.19
1938	35.60
1975	35.24
2004	34.01
1986	32.58
2016	32.46
1985	31.01
2010	30.94
2024	30.67

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	13.46
2020	13.92
1974	14.59
1966	14.60
1998	16.83
1997	17.38
1955	17.50
2022	17.86
1967	18.00
1930	18.13

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 27 July 2026, 20 July 2026
Coldest night: -20°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 2.04 in; 6 September 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	16.3°F 53rd coldest of 109	0.48 in 50th wettest of 106
February	29.8°F 9th warmest of 114	a trace 2nd driest of 111
March	39°F 11th warmest of 112	1.13 in 40th driest of 112
April	47.8°F 51st warmest of 115	2.25 in 51st driest of 111
May	58.3°F 50th coldest of 112	3.13 in 41st driest of 109
June	68.8°F 49th coldest of 110	2.59 in 31st driest of 108
July	74.1°F 45th warmest of 110	1.18 in 19th driest of 110
August	70°F 43rd coldest of 112	3.32 in 56th driest of 114
September	66.4°F 19th warmest of 112	6.53 in 10th wettest of 111
October so far	59.9°F 20th warmest of 109	0.30 in 47th driest of 109

Hot days and freezes

Spencer, IA has had 18 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2023, tied 60th most of 94 (with 1999, 1966 and 1960).
Spencer, IA has had 100 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 10 October, the most by that date since 2023, tied 62nd most of 95 (with 1994).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Spencer, IA came on Wednesday 20 May 2026, the latest since 2022, 32nd latest of 97.

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
23 July	Coldest night	45°F	46°F 1948	Provisional
30 March	Warmest day	86°F	83°F 1978	Provisional
21 March	Warmest day	89°F	77°F 1928	Provisional
17 March	Coldest night	-5°F	-4°F 1962	Provisional
27 February	Warmest day	62°F	60°F 2016	Provisional
14 February	Warmest day	64°F	63°F 1954	Provisional
9 February	Warmest day	63°F	61°F 1977	Provisional
12 January	Warmest day	53°F	51°F 1987	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 20.91 in of precipitation in Spencer, IA, the driest 1 January to 10 October since 2023, 29th driest of 93.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Spencer, IA: 96°F on Monday 27 July 2026 and Monday 20 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Spencer, IA: a low of -20°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Spencer, IA: 2.04 in on Sunday 6 September 2026.