Spencer, IA: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 29.8°F in Spencer, IA, the warmest February since 2024, 9th warmest of 114.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 29.8°F; Warmest since 2024; 9th warmest of 114
Precipitation: a trace; Driest since 1900; 2nd driest of 111

A normal February in Spencer, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 20.8°F, between 12.1°F and 29°F in eight years of ten and 0.37 in of precipitation, between 0.05 in and 0.82 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Spencer, IA since 1895: 29.8°F in 2026; the highest is 35.5°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 12.1 to 29°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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	29.8	9	43.4	5	16.1	22	trace	110	0
2025	18.1	67	30.4	52	5.7	80	0.16	93	0
2024	35.5	1	47.7	1	23.3	1	0.19	88	0
2023	20.7	53	31.1	48	10.3	59	1.33	13	0
2022	18.8	62	31.6	45	6.1	79			0
2021	9.7	109	19.5	110	0.7	108			1
2020	22.3	42	32	43	12.6	45			0
2019	12.1	103	20.8	107	3.4	93	0.79	32	0
2018	14.3	90	24.8	92	3.8	89	0.05	102	0
2017	31	6	41	7	21	7	0.42	63	0
2016	25.2	26	32.2	40	18.2	18	0.25	82	0
2015	14.7	89	24.9	91	4.5	84	0.02	109	0
2014	9.7	109	21	106	-1.5	111	0.34	73	0
2013	22.8	37	32.5	35	13.1	39	0.45	59	0
2012	25.5	25	35.2	26	15.9	24	1.11	22	1
2011	18.6	65	27.1	78	10.1	60	0.62	46	0
2010	12.2	102	22.9	100	1.5	103	0.46	58	0
2009	22.4	41	32.4	36	12.4	48	0.85	29	0
2008	12.7	100	22.9	100	2.6	98	0.21	86	0
2007	12	104	19.6	109	4.3	85	0.37	70	0
2006	20.8	51	31.5	47	10.1	60	0.03	106	0
2005	29.5	10	38.8	11	20.3	9	0.17	92	0
2004	19.7	58	27.3	77	12	51	0.26	80	0
2003	17	76	29.3	61	4.6	83	0.32	75	0
2002	26.7	18	37.8	15	15.6	25	0.26	80	0
2001	11.9	105	21.7	105	2	102	0.68	42	0
2000	28.9	11	39.2	10	18.7	17	1.13	21	0
1999	29.9	7	37.1	16	22.7	4	0.04	104	1
1998							0.52	52	8
1997	20.4	55	28.3	70	12.5	46	0.73	36	0
1996	22	44	32.1	42	12.3	49	0.11	97	1
1995	22.5	39	31.6	45	13.4	36	0.21	86	0
1994	13.1	97	22.2	103	4.1	87	0.19	88	0
1993	15	86	22.4	102	7.7	71	0.81	31	0
1992	28.9	11	34.7	27	23.2	2	0.69	40	0
1991	27.3	17	36.7	18	18	19	0.47	56	0
1990	24.7	29	35.8	21	13.6	33	0.16	93	0
1989	11.5	106	21.9	104	1.1	106	0.18	90	0
1988	15.9	82	25.5	87	6.2	77	0.24	83	0
1987	32.2	5	44.3	3	20.2	10	0.30	77	0
1986	17.2	75	24	96	10.4	57	0.03	106	0
1985	18.8	62	28.1	72	9.5	63	0.03	106	0
1984	27.9	13	35.4	25	20.4	8	0.45	59	0
1983	26.3	21	32.4	36	20.2	10	0.59	48	0
1982	17.9	69	27.5	75	8.2	69	0.18	90	0
1981	25.8	24	37	17	14.6	28	0.43	61	0
1980	16.9	77	25.1	89	8.8	67	0.69	40	0
1979	8.1	111	18.8	112	-2.6	112	0.72	37	0
1978	10.2	108	19.3	111	1.1	106	0.27	78	0
1977	26.3	21	38.3	14	14.2	31	0.75	35	0
1976	29.9	7	39.6	8	20.1	12	0.68	42	0
1975	15.3	84	23.7	97	6.9	73	0.40	64	0
1974	24.3	31	34.3	30	14.3	29	0.10	98	0
1973	22.8	37	29.9	56	15.5	26	0.54	51	1
1972	12.8	99	24.1	95	1.5	103	0.58	50	0
1970	17.6	70	29.5	59	5.7	80	0.23	84	0
1969	20.7	53	27.9	73	13.5	35	1.77	8	0
1967	15.6	83	27.4	76	3.9	88	0.32	75	0
1966	19.6	59	30.3	54	8.9	66	0.59	48	0
1965	15	86	26.4	83	3.5	91	1.74	9	0
1964	26.1	23	38.6	13	13.7	32	0.06	100	0
1963	18	68	29.3	61	6.6	74	0.77	33	0
1962	16.3	80	23.5	99	9.2	64	3.11	2	0
1961	21.4	47	32.2	40	10.6	55	2.27	5	0
1960	17.4	71	26.6	80	8.3	68	0.49	55	0
1959	12.6	101	25.7	85	-0.6	110	1.59	10	0
1958	14.9	88	26.6	80	3.3	95	0.27	78	0
1957	24.9	27	36.2	19	13.6	33	0.23	84	0
1956	13.7	94	26	84	1.5	103	0.35	71	0
1955	13.4	95	24.2	94	2.7	96	1.19	19	0
1954	33.5	3	44.1	4	23	3	1.81	7	0
1953	21	50	30.4	52	11.7	53	1.36	12	0
1952	26.5	19	34.1	31	18.8	15	0.43	61	0
1951	22.2	43	32.3	39	12	51	2.63	3	0
1950	17.4	71	28.6	66	6.2	77	0.47	56	0
1949	14	93	25.5	87	2.4	100	0.38	68	0
1948	18.8	62	29.7	57	8	70			0
1947	12.9	98	23.7	97	2.1	101	0.06	100	0
1946	21.8	45	32	43	11.6	54	0.07	99	0
1945	23.8	34	33.4	34	14.3	29	1.21	17	0
1943	24.3	31	35.6	24	13.1	39	0.62	46	0
1942	21.2	48	29.4	60	12.9	41	0.83	30	0
1941	19	61	28.4	68	9.6	62	0.50	53	0
1940	21.2	48	29.6	58	12.8	43	1.14	20	0
1939	14.2	92	25.6	86	2.7	96	1.52	11	0
1938	21.5	46	30.1	55	12.9	41	1.08	24	0
1937	16.6	79	26.5	82	6.6	74	0.38	68	0
1936	-0.4	114	10.1	115	-11.1	115	2.22	6	1
1935	27.9	13	35.8	21	20	13	1.02	25	0
1934	23.5	35	34.5	29	12.5	46	0.13	95	0
1933	17.4	71	28.4	68	6.5	76	0.50	53	0
1932	22.5	39	32.4	36	12.7	44	0.94	27	0
1931	34.3	2	46.4	2	22.2	6	0.05	102	1
1930	32.3	4	42	6	22.6	5	0.35	71	0
1929	10.3	107	20.6	108	0	109	1.32	14	0
1928	24.5	30	34.1	31	15	27	1.20	18	0
1927	26.5	19	35.8	21	17.4	20	0.98	26	2
1926	27.8	15	36.1	20	19.4	14	0.39	67	0
1925	23.4	36	33.5	33	13.4	36	1.22	16	0
1924	24	33	34.7	27	13.3	38	0.90	28	1
1923	16	81	28.6	66	3.4	93	0.70	39	0
1922	16.8	78	28.3	70	5.3	82	0.40	64	0
1921	27.4	16	38.8	11	16.1	22	1.30	15	0
1920	20.8	51	29.3	61	12.2	50	0.40	64	0
1919	19.1	60	27.9	73	10.4	57	2.38	4	0
1916	14.3	90	25.1	89	3.6	90	0.71	38	0
1915	24.9	27	31	50	18.8	15	3.16	1	0
1914	13.4	95	24.4	93	2.5	99	1.10	23	0
1913	17.4	71	30.6	51	4.2	86	0.65	45	0
1912	18.3	66	29	65	7.7	71			0
1900	7	112	18.5	113	-4.5	114	0.00	111	0
1899	6.8	113	17.4	114	-3.8	113	0.77	33	0
1898	20.1	56	31.1	48	9.1	65	0.67	44	1
1897	19.8	57	29.1	64	10.5	56	0.34	73	0
1896			39.4	9	16.4	21	0.04	104	3
1895	15.3	84	27	79	3.5	91	0.12	96	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	35.5
1931	34.3
1954	33.5
1930	32.3
1987	32.2
2017	31
1999	29.9
1976	29.9
2026	29.8
2005	29.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	-0.4
1899	6.8
1900	7
1979	8.1
2021	9.7
2014	9.7
1978	10.2
1929	10.3
1989	11.5
2001	11.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1915	3.16
1962	3.11
1951	2.63
1919	2.38
1961	2.27
1936	2.22
1954	1.81
1969	1.77
1965	1.74
1959	1.59

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1900	0.00
2026	trace
2015	0.02
2006	0.03
1986	0.03
1985	0.03
1999	0.04
1896	0.04
2018	0.05
1931	0.05

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 17 February 2026, 14 February 2026
Coldest night: -5°F; 23 February 2026

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February 2026 brought a trace of precipitation in Spencer, IA, the driest February since 1900 (1901 excluded: 28 of 28 days missing; 1902 excluded: 28 of 28 days missing; 1903 excluded: 28 of 28 days missing; 18 more years excluded for missing days), 2nd driest of 111.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Spencer, IA: 64°F on Tuesday 17 February 2026 and Saturday 14 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Spencer, IA: a low of -5°F on Monday 23 February 2026.