Spencer, IA: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 47.8°F in Spencer, IA, the warmest April since 2025, tied 51st warmest of 115 (with 1922).

April 2026

Mean temperature: 47.8°F; Warmest since 2025; 51st warmest of 115
Precipitation: 2.25 in; Driest since 2023; 51st driest of 111

A normal April in Spencer, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47°F, between 41.9°F and 51.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.68 in of precipitation, between 0.89 in and 5.17 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Spencer, IA since 1895: 47.8°F in 2026; the highest is 55.6°F, in 1915.

Normal range, 41.9 to 51.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April 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	47.8	51	61.2	38	34.3	66	2.25	61	0
2025	48.8	33	62.2	26	35.3	45	2.69	52	0
2024	50.3	20	63.2	22	37.5	22	4.41	18	0
2023	48.2	41	61.1	39	35.2	46	1.21	86	0
2022	43.1	100	54.9	94	31.3	101	2.21	63	0
2021	48	46	60.9	40	35	50	2.22	62	0
2020	45.3	83	60	49	30.7	105	0.68	109	0
2019	47.9	48	59.4	62	36.5	33	4.75	12	0
2018	36.6	115	47.3	115	26	115	0.70	108	0
2017	49	31	59.8	53	38.2	15	3.03	43	0
2016	48.3	37	58.9	69	37.6	21	5.36	5	0
2015	49.7	24	63.6	20	35.8	40	2.53	55	0
2014	45.6	76	58	74	33.1	84	2.68	53	0
2013	40.9	109	51.4	107	30.3	109	4.67	14	0
2012	51.4	16	65	13	37.7	20	3.88	26	0
2011	45	86	56	87	33.9	72	1.12	91	0
2010	52.4	8	66	8	38.8	13	2.77	50	0
2009	44.9	87	57.7	77	32.1	95	1.26	84	0
2008	43.5	94	54.9	94	32.1	95	1.90	67	0
2007	45.5	79	57.4	80	33.6	75	1.06	94	0
2006	52.4	8	64.3	17	40.5	6	4.56	17	0
2005	52.3	10	64.5	15	40.1	7	5.22	8	0
2004	50.2	22	65.5	10	34.9	54	1.81	68	0
2003	47.9	48	60.2	45	35.5	43	1.13	89	0
2002	47.4	54	60.1	47	34.8	57	2.15	64	1
2001	49.2	29	61.8	32	36.5	33	4.93	11	0
2000	46.5	65	59.9	51	33.1	84	0.92	101	0
1999	47.3	56	57.6	78	36.9	29	4.94	10	0
1998	47.9	48	59.3	63	36.5	33			0
1997	41.5	104	52.2	104	30.7	105	1.61	74	0
1996	43.2	99	55.2	93	30.7	105	0.79	103	1
1995	41.9	102	51.1	109	32.7	90	3.51	32	0
1994	46.6	63	59.5	58	33.6	75	2.40	57	0
1993	43.4	96	52.9	103	33.8	74	4.19	22	0
1992	43.5	94	53.1	100	34	69	5.16	9	0
1991	50	23	60.1	47	39.8	8	6.89	1	0
1990	46.6	63	59.7	57	33.4	79	1.51	79	0
1989	47	58	59.5	58	34.5	64	3.65	28	0
1988	46.2	68	59	68	33.3	80	3.10	42	0
1987	52.9	7	67.8	6	37.9	17	1.00	98	0
1986	49	31	60.2	45	37.8	18	6.09	4	0
1985	52.2	11	63.6	20	40.8	4	5.36	5	0
1984	44.5	91	53.2	99	35.7	41	4.60	16	0
1983	41.4	106	50.1	112	32.7	90	1.98	65	0
1982	43.4	96	55.6	89	31.3	101	1.50	80	0
1981	51.9	12	64.7	14	39	12	1.27	83	0
1980	48.2	41	61.5	36	34.8	57	0.77	106	0
1978	43.8	93	53.1	100	34.5	64	3.95	24	0
1977	54.2	3	67.2	7	41.2	2	3.95	24	0
1976	51.8	13	65.5	10	38.1	16	1.05	95	0
1975	40.1	111	47.5	114	32.6	92	6.87	2	0
1974	48.7	34	60.5	42	36.9	29	1.56	75	0
1973	44.9	87	56.5	86	33.2	82	4.70	13	0
1972	43.4	96	54.3	96	32.4	93	3.30	35	0
1971	48.3	37	61.8	32	34.7	62	1.00	98	0
1970	46.2	68	57.6	78	34.7	62	1.73	71	0
1969	48.3	37	59.3	63	37.3	25	1.34	82	0
1968	48.5	36	62.1	28	34.9	54	2.35	59	1
1967	46.7	61	58.6	72	34.8	57	2.93	45	0
1966	41.5	104	51.5	106	31.5	100	1.54	78	0
1965	44.6	90	54.1	97	35.1	49	3.59	29	0
1963	49.5	27	62.1	28	36.8	31	1.05	95	0
1962	45.2	84	57.2	82	33.2	82	1.13	89	0
1961	41.4	106	51.9	105	30.9	104	1.65	73	0
1960	46.9	59	58.8	70	35	50	2.47	56	0
1959	46.4	66	59.9	51	32.9	87	0.73	107	0
1958	46.4	66	59.2	66	33.5	78	3.22	36	0
1957	45.8	72	58.7	71	32.8	89	0.79	103	0
1956	41.7	103	55.3	92	28.1	113	1.81	68	0
1955	53.8	5	68	5	39.5	9	2.63	54	0
1954	48	46	61.3	37	34.8	57	3.18	39	0
1953	40.1	111	50.5	111	29.7	111	3.33	33	0
1952	47.4	54	59.8	53	34.9	54	1.19	88	0
1951	39.8	114	47.9	113	31.8	97	4.41	18	1
1949	46	71	59.3	63	33.1	84	1.41	81	1
1948	50.3	20	63.7	19	37	27			0
1947	43	101	53.1	100	32.9	87			0
1946	51	19	64.1	18	37.8	18			0
1945	45.8	72	57.3	81	34.2	67	2.86	48	0
1944	41.4	106	51.2	108	31.8	97	1.56	75	1
1943	48.1	45	62.2	26	34	69	0.91	102	0
1942	53.7	6	68.5	4	39.2	11	0.47	111	1
1941	51.5	14	62.1	28	41	3	3.52	31	0
1940	45.5	79	57	83	34	69	3.58	30	0
1939	46.7	61	59.8	53	33.6	75	1.20	87	0
1938	48.2	41	60.3	44	36.8	31	2.89	47	2
1937	45.8	72	55.6	89	36.1	39	3.32	34	0
1936	44.2	92	58.6	72	29.8	110	0.55	110	0
1935	44.9	87	55.5	91	34.2	67	3.13	40	0
1934	48.7	34	62.3	25	35	50	1.97	66	0
1933	47.6	53	60.4	43	34.8	57	0.79	103	0
1932	48.3	37	59.5	58	37.1	26	1.24	85	0
1931	51.1	17	65.7	9	36.5	33	1.56	75	0
1930	51.1	17	65.1	12	37	27	2.91	46	0
1929	49.7	24	62	31	37.4	23	3.20	38	0
1928	40.7	110	53.4	98	28.1	113	3.02	44	0
1927	47.2	57	57.8	76	36.5	33	6.60	3	0
1926	45.6	76	60	49	31.1	103	1.09	92	0
1925	55.2	2	69.6	2	40.8	4	1.70	72	0
1924	49.1	30	63	24	35.2	46	0.93	100	0
1923	46.1	70	59.8	53	32.4	93	3.21	37	0
1922	47.8	51	60.7	41	35	50	4.17	23	0
1921	51.5	14	64.4	16	38.7	14	2.26	60	1
1920	40	113	50.6	110	29.5	112	4.34	20	1
1919	46.8	60	57	83	36.4	38	4.61	15	1
1916	45.7	75	56	87	35.4	44	2.72	51	0
1915	55.6	1	69.7	1	41.6	1	1.02	97	0
1914	45.6	76	58	74	33.3	80	2.80	49	0
1913	48.2	41	61.8	32	35.2	46	5.27	7	2
1912	49.5	27	61.6	35	37.4	23	3.84	27	0
1900	49.6	26	63.1	23	35.7	41	1.81	68	1
1899	45.1	85	59.5	58	30.7	105	1.09	92	2
1898	45.4	81	59.2	66	31.7	99	3.12	41	1
1897	45.4	81	56.9	85	33.9	72	4.20	21	0
1896									18
1895	54.1	4	68.9	3	39.4	10	2.39	58	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1915	55.6
1925	55.2
1977	54.2
1895	54.1
1955	53.8
1942	53.7
1987	52.9
2010	52.4
2006	52.4
2005	52.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	36.6
1951	39.8
1920	40
1975	40.1
1953	40.1
1928	40.7
2013	40.9
1983	41.4
1961	41.4
1944	41.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	6.89
1975	6.87
1927	6.60
1986	6.09
2016	5.36
1985	5.36
1913	5.27
2005	5.22
1992	5.16
1999	4.94

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1942	0.47
1936	0.55
2020	0.68
2018	0.70
1959	0.73
1980	0.77
1996	0.79
1957	0.79
1933	0.79
1943	0.91

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 22 April 2026
Coldest night: 18°F; 7 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.86 in; 2 April 2026

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April 2026 brought 2.25 in of precipitation in Spencer, IA, the driest April since 2023, 51st driest of 111.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Spencer, IA: 86°F on Wednesday 22 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Spencer, IA: a low of 18°F on Tuesday 7 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Spencer, IA: 0.86 in on Thursday 2 April 2026.