Spencer, IA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 16.3°F in Spencer, IA, the coldest January since 2022, tied 53rd coldest of 109 (with 2005, 1938 and 1899).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 16.3°F; Coldest since 2022; 53rd coldest of 109
Precipitation: 0.48 in; Wettest since 2024; 50th wettest of 106

A normal January in Spencer, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 16.5°F, between 10.3°F and 23.8°F in eight years of ten and 0.26 in of precipitation, between 0.03 in and 0.91 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Spencer, IA since 1897: 16.3°F in 2026; the lowest is 1.5°F, in 1979.

Normal range, 10.3 to 23.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Spencer, IA from 1896 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	16.3	54	26.7	46	5.9	56	0.48	50	0
2025	18.6	34	30.8	23	6.5	51	trace	106	0
2024	19.3	30	26.5	48	12	24	0.61	37	0
2023	17.8	38	26.7	46	9.2	35	1.28	10	1
2022	14.8	63	28.5	30	1.1	80	0.35	63	0
2021	23.1	15	31.4	20	14.9	11	0.42	54	0
2020	20.5	24	28.4	31	12.6	18			0
2019	16.4	52	25.1	56	7.7	46	0.04	101	0
2018	16.6	48	27.2	38	6	55	0.01	104	0
2017	21.8	19	28.6	29	15.1	9			3
2016	16.5	50	24.5	64	8.4	38	0.40	58	0
2015	20.5	24	29	27	11.9	25	0.17	81	0
2014	12.7	74	25.3	55	0.2	88	0.01	104	0
2013	18	37	28	33	7.9	42	0.32	67	0
2012	23.7	12	34	10	13.3	15	0.42	54	0
2011	10.4	89	20.3	92	0.6	87	0.11	96	0
2010	8.5	96	17.2	98	-0.3	92	1.12	13	0
2009	10.6	88	20.5	89	0.7	84	0.10	97	0
2008	11.7	83	21.4	84	2	74	0.02	103	0
2007	17	46	26	51	7.9	42	0.13	90	0
2006	28.4	2	35.7	6	21.5	1	0.10	97	2
2005	16.3	54	24.8	59	7.8	44	0.14	88	0
2004	15.5	59	25.1	56	5.9	56	0.16	84	0
2003	16.6	48	27.1	42	6.1	54	0.13	90	0
2002	24.5	11	35.7	6	13.3	15	0.19	79	0
2001	17.7	40	27.2	38	8.1	40	0.64	35	0
2000	15	61	25.9	52	4.1	64	0.48	50	0
1999	12.5	76	22.1	81	3	69	0.71	33	0
1998	20.1	27	27.8	35	12.4	21	0.64	35	0
1997	9.7	94	18.4	96	0.9	82	0.98	19	0
1996	12.6	75	21.3	85	3.5	68	0.99	18	3
1995	17.4	44	24.7	61	10.1	32	0.13	90	0
1994	4.7	105	13.3	106	-3.9	103	0.60	38	0
1993	13.5	69	23	74	4	65	0.88	24	0
1992	25.1	8	32.9	13	17.4	3	0.72	32	0
1991	10.9	85	21	87	0.7	84	0.50	48	0
1990	26.7	5	38.5	3	15	10	0.27	72	0
1989	25.5	6	35	8	15.9	8	0.35	63	0
1988	10.7	87	21.7	83	-0.3	92	0.41	57	0
1987	23.2	13	32.6	16	13.8	13	0.12	94	0
1986	20.9	23	29.3	25	12.5	19	0.12	94	0
1985	12.3	78	22.5	78	2.1	73	0.19	79	0
1984	16.4	52	23.8	70	9	36	0.52	46	0
1983	19.6	29	27	43	12.1	23	0.47	52	0
1981	21.7	20	33.6	11	9.7	33	0.27	72	0
1980	17.4	44	26.9	44	7.7	46	0.85	26	1
1979	1.5	109	9.9	109	-6.9	107	1.15	12	0
1977	3.8	107	14.8	105	-7.2	108	0.29	70	0
1976	16.9	47	27.7	36	6.4	53	0.14	88	1
1975	15	61	24.7	61	5.2	61	1.61	6	0
1974	14.4	66	24.6	63	4.3	63	0.13	90	0
1972	10.3	90	20.5	89	0.1	89	0.35	63	0
1970	5.3	103	15.8	103	-5.3	105	0.15	87	0
1969	10	91	19.3	95	0.7	84	1.44	8	0
1968	16.5	50	26.5	48	6.6	50	0.54	45	0
1967	17.5	42	27.9	34	7.1	49	0.95	20	0
1966	7.8	98	17.5	97	-1.9	96	0.60	38	0
1965	13.3	71	23.6	73	2.9	71	0.56	43	0
1964	23.2	13	34.7	9	11.7	26	0.36	62	0
1963	6.9	100	16.1	102	-2.3	97	0.56	43	0
1962	10	91	20.5	89	-0.6	94	0.32	67	0
1961	13.6	68	25.5	54	1.7	77	0.20	77	0
1960	17.5	42	25.8	53	9.3	34	0.73	31	0
1959	11.2	84	22.7	77	-0.2	91	0.29	70	0
1958	22.7	16	31.6	19	13.8	13	0.34	66	0
1957	9.9	93	21	87	-1.2	95	0.16	84	0
1956	11.8	82	22.5	78	1.1	80	0.59	42	0
1955	18.3	36	28.3	32	8.3	39	0.27	72	0
1954	12.1	79	24.3	67	-0.1	90	0.20	77	0
1953	17.8	38	27.6	37	5.8	59	0.77	29	3
1952	13.1	72	24.4	65	1.7	77	1.66	5	0
1951	12	81	23	74	0.9	82	0.51	47	1
1950	8.7	95	21.3	85	-3.8	102	0.92	22	2
1949	12.1	79	21.9	82	2.2	72	1.73	4	0
1948	13.7	67	24.4	65	3	69	0.05	100	0
1947	21.7	20	32.7	15	10.6	29			0
1946	15.5	59	27.2	38	3.8	67			0
1945	19.1	31	26.8	45	11.4	27	0.45	53	0
1944	28.3	3	39.8	1	16.8	5	1.03	17	0
1943	10.9	85	19.9	93	1.9	76	0.94	21	0
1942	20.1	27	29.2	26	10.9	28	0.40	58	0
1941	18.8	33	27.2	38	10.5	31	1.04	16	0
1940	6.9	100	16.5	101	-2.8	98	0.40	58	0
1939	25.2	7	33.2	12	17.1	4	0.88	24	0
1938	16.3	54	25	58	7.7	46	0.49	49	0
1937	5.2	104	15.8	103	-5.4	106	1.75	3	0
1936	4.1	106	12.7	108	-4.9	104	1.38	9	1
1935	14.6	64	23.9	69	5.9	56	0.60	38	1
1934	22.5	17	31.1	21	14	12	0.74	30	1
1933	28.8	1	38.2	4	19.5	2	0.83	27	0
1932	15.8	58	23.8	70	7.8	44	2.40	1	1
1931	27.5	4	38.7	2	16.2	7	0.17	81	0
1930	7.1	99	16.6	99	-3.1	100	0.92	22	1
1929	6.5	102	16.6	99	-3.6	101	1.60	7	0
1928	21.7	20	31.1	21	12.2	22	0.17	81	0
1927	17.6	41	26.5	48	8.8	37	0.16	84	0
1926	18.5	35	28.9	28	8.1	40	1.10	14	0
1925	12.5	76	23.8	70	1.3	79	1.06	15	0
1924	8.5	96	19.9	93	-2.8	98	0.40	58	0
1923	22.1	18	31.7	18	12.5	19	0.60	38	0
1922	14.5	65	24.3	67	4.6	62	2.00	2	0
1921	24.8	9	32.9	13	16.7	6	0.30	69	0
1920	13.4	70	22.8	76	4	65	0.42	54	0
1919									28
1915							0.78	28	11
1914	24.7	10	36.3	5	13.1	17	0.70	34	0
1913	19	32	32.6	16	5.4	60	0.25	75	0
1912	2.3	108	13.2	107	-9	109			2
1899	16.3	54	24.8	59	6.5	51	0.06	99	3
1898	20.3	26	29.9	24	10.6	29	0.04	101	0
1897	12.8	73	22.2	80	2	74	1.28	10	2
1896							0.22	76	12

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	28.8
2006	28.4
1944	28.3
1931	27.5
1990	26.7
1989	25.5
1939	25.2
1992	25.1
1921	24.8
1914	24.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	1.5
1912	2.3
1977	3.8
1936	4.1
1994	4.7
1937	5.2
1970	5.3
1929	6.5
1963	6.9
1940	6.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1932	2.40
1922	2.00
1937	1.75
1949	1.73
1952	1.66
1975	1.61
1929	1.60
1969	1.44
1936	1.38
2023	1.28
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	trace
2018	0.01
2014	0.01
2008	0.02
2019	0.04
1898	0.04
1948	0.05
1899	0.06
2009	0.10
2006	0.10

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 53°F; 12 January 2026
Coldest night: -20°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.21 in; 8 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.48 in of precipitation in Spencer, IA, the wettest January since 2024, tied 50th wettest of 106 (with 2000).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Spencer, IA: 53°F on Monday 12 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Spencer, IA: a low of -20°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Spencer, IA: 0.21 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.