Spencer, IA: October

10 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 59.9°F in Spencer, IA, the warmest 1 to 10 October since 2025, 20th warmest of 109.

October 2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 59.9°F; Warmest since 2025; 20th warmest of 109
Precipitation: 0.30 in; Driest since 2025; 47th driest of 109

A normal 1 to 10 October in Spencer, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 54°F, between 47.8°F and 60.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.72 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 2.67 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 10 October in Spencer, IA since 1896: 59.9°F in 2026; the highest is 66.6°F, in 1938.

Normal range, 47.8 to 60.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 10 October 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	59.9	20	76.1	9	43.6	35	0.30	61	0
2025	63.4	8	78.4	6	48.4	12	0.12	78	0
2024	58.8	25	77.1	8	40.4	64	0.00	98	0
2023	58.9	24	72.5	28	45.3	22	0.54	49	0
2022	57.2	33	73.7	23	40.6	61	0.01	89	0
2021	63.6	7	75.1	17	52	4	0.55	48	0
2020	54	59	71.3	33	36.7	91	trace	92	0
2019	54	59	63.5	80	44.5	30	3.51	2	0
2018	49.4	90	56.2	105	42.6	44	0.72	42	0
2017	55.4	51	64.1	74	46.6	18	3.25	3	0
2016	55.5	50	67.6	59	43.4	38	2.58	6	0
2015	55.7	45	67.9	54	43.4	38	0.00	98	0
2014	49	93	60.2	100	37.7	83	1.08	22	0
2013	59.7	21	72.8	26	46.5	19	2.21	8	0
2012	45	105	62.2	87	27.7	110	0.11	79	0
2011	64.9	2	80.6	4	49.2	8	0.05	85	0
2010	56.6	36	74.8	18	38.4	80	0.00	98	0
2009	44	107	53.4	110	34.5	101	3.04	4	0
2008	56.5	37	71	36	41.9	50	0.57	47	0
2007	62.1	10	73.6	24	50.6	5	1.02	26	0
2006	58.7	27	72.7	27	44.6	29	0.03	87	0
2005	56.9	34	69.1	44	44.7	27	0.49	51	0
2004	54	59	68.7	49	39.2	78	1.62	16	0
2003	58.8	25	75.2	15	42.4	47	0.17	70	0
2002	49.9	87	62.9	83	36.8	88	2.16	9	0
2001	53.5	66	67.2	62	39.8	70	0.73	40	0
2000	42.5	108	55.8	106	29.1	108	0.53	50	0
1999	49.5	89	64	76	35	98	1.04	25	0
1998	50.5	86	60.9	99	40	68	0.94	30	0
1997	64.8	3	80.9	2	48.6	10	0.09	82	0
1996			64.9	68	39.4	77	0.14	75	2
1995	52.9	67	63.3	82	42.5	45	0.93	31	0
1994	53.6	65	61.9	91	45.3	22	0.48	52	0
1993	51.8	76	63.9	77	39.6	72	0.72	42	0
1991	49.9	87	64.6	69	35.2	97	trace	92	0
1990	52.4	73	64.5	70	40.2	67	1.08	22	0
1989	47.3	100	61.7	92	32.9	106	0.06	84	0
1988	47.4	99	61	96	33.7	103	0.00	98	0
1987	46.8	101	60	101	33.5	105	trace	92	0
1986	52	74	62.1	90	41.8	52	1.40	17	0
1985	44.8	106	55	107	34.5	101	0.44	55	0
1984	58.1	29	67.6	59	48.5	11	0.60	45	0
1983	55.4	51	66.1	65	44.7	27	1.17	21	0
1982	56.4	39	68.2	53	44.5	30	2.73	5	0
1980	54	59	68.8	48	39.1	79	trace	92	0
1978	51.7	77	62.8	85	40.6	61	0.17	70	0
1977	45.7	103	56.4	104	35	98	1.66	15	0
1976	51.7	77	67.7	58	35.6	96	0.10	80	0
1975	55.6	47	71.5	32	39.6	72	0.22	67	0
1974	48.7	97	63.7	79	33.7	103	0.16	73	0
1973	60.4	14	71.1	34	49.7	6	1.19	20	0
1971	54.9	56	67.9	54	41.8	52	0.75	39	0
1970	52.7	71	64.5	70	40.9	58	4.97	1	0
1969	56.4	39	69.6	42	43.1	40	0.18	69	0
1968	50.9	84	62.2	87	39.6	72	1.05	24	0
1967	52.8	69	64.2	73	41.4	56	0.34	58	0
1966	54.5	58	68.3	52	40.7	60	0.15	74	0
1965	54.6	57	68.7	49	40.4	64	0.00	98	0
1964	49.1	92	62.2	87	36	94	0.24	66	0
1963	64.1	4	82.9	1	45.2	24	0.10	80	0
1962	57.8	31	67.8	57	47.7	14	1.01	27	0
1961	55.9	43	69.8	41	41.9	50	1.00	28	0
1960	55.9	43	72.2	30	39.6	72	trace	92	0
1959	47.7	98	58.5	103	36.8	88	1.32	18	0
1958	55.7	45	69.3	43	42	49	0.05	85	0
1957	52.8	69	63.8	78	41.7	54	0.90	34	0
1956	54	59	70.2	38	37.7	83	trace	92	0
1955	58.7	27	69.9	40	47.4	16	0.90	34	0
1954	51.2	81	58.7	102	43.6	35	1.85	11	0
1953	55.2	53	72.5	28	37.8	82	0.00	98	0
1952	46.8	101	61.1	95	31.8	107	0.00	98	1
1951	55.2	53	67.4	61	42.9	42	0.46	54	0
1950	48.9	95	61	96	36.8	88	0.97	29	0
1949	60.8	13	72.9	25	48.7	9	0.93	31	0
1948	48.8	96	61.7	92	36.5	92	0.30	61	1
1947	60.4	14	74	22	46.7	17			0
1946	56.5	37	69.1	44	43.9	34			0
1945	51.6	79	65	67	37.9	81	0.02	88	1
1944	52.6	72	63.4	81	41.7	54	0.32	59	0
1943	57.7	32	75.7	11	39.7	71	0.00	98	0
1942	59.1	22	74.5	19	43.6	35	0.40	57	0
1941	55.6	47	67	63	44.2	32	2.33	7	0
1940	60	19	71.8	31	48.1	13	1.76	13	0
1939	59.1	22	74.1	21	44.1	33	0.89	36	0
1938	66.6	1	80.8	3	52.4	3	0.01	89	0
1937	56.7	35	66.8	64	46.5	19	0.59	46	0
1936	56	42	71.1	34	40.9	58	0.85	38	0
1935	41.7	109	54.4	108	29	109	0.13	76	0
1934	60.3	17	75.3	14	45.2	24	0.00	98	0
1933	52.9	67	68.5	51	37.3	86	0.25	64	0
1932	51	82	64.4	72	37.5	85	0.19	68	0
1931	62.5	9	75.4	13	49.5	7	2.03	10	0
1930	64.1	4	74.4	20	53.7	1	0.43	56	0
1929	53.8	64	65.3	66	42.2	48	0.30	61	0
1928	61	12	79.1	5	42.8	43	0.01	89	0
1927	51	82	62.3	86	39.6	72	0.48	52	0
1926	58.1	29	70.1	39	46	21	0.17	70	1
1925	45.4	104	53.6	109	37.2	87	0.61	44	0
1924	56.1	41	69	46	43.1	40	0.25	64	0
1923	55.1	55	68.9	47	41.3	57	0.09	82	0
1922	61.8	11	76.1	9	47.5	15	0.93	31	0
1921	51.4	80	67.9	54	34.9	100	0.00	98	0
1920	60.3	17	78.1	7	42.5	45	0.00	98	0
1919							0.32	59	8
1915	49	93	61.4	94	36.5	92	0.73	40	0
1914	64	6	75.2	15	52.8	2	1.27	19	0
1912	55.6	47	70.5	37	40.6	61	0.00	98	0
1911	50.7	85	61	96	40.4	64	1.83	12	0
1898	52	74	64.1	74	39.9	69	0.89	36	0
1897	60.4	14	75.7	11	45	26	0.13	76	0
1896	49.4	90	62.9	83	35.8	95	1.69	14	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1938	66.6
2011	64.9
1997	64.8
1963	64.1
1930	64.1
1914	64
2021	63.6
2025	63.4
1931	62.5
2007	62.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1935	41.7
2000	42.5
2009	44
1985	44.8
2012	45
1925	45.4
1977	45.7
1987	46.8
1952	46.8
1989	47.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1970	4.97
2019	3.51
2017	3.25
2009	3.04
1982	2.73
2016	2.58
1941	2.33
2013	2.21
2002	2.16
1931	2.03

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	0.00
2015	0.00
2010	0.00
1988	0.00
1965	0.00
1953	0.00
1952	0.00
1943	0.00
1934	0.00
1921	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 10 October 2026
Coldest night: 34°F; 2 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.29 in; 1 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.30 in of precipitation in Spencer, IA, the driest 1 to 10 October since 2025, tied 47th driest of 109 (with 1948 and 1929).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Spencer, IA: 89°F on Saturday 10 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Spencer, IA: a low of 34°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Spencer, IA: 0.29 in on Thursday 1 October 2026.