Spencer, IA: Spring

31 May 2026: Spring 2026 averaged 48.4°F in Spencer, IA, the warmest spring since 2025, 29th warmest of 106.

Spring 2026

Mean temperature: 48.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 29th warmest of 106
Precipitation: 6.51 in; Driest since 2014; 35th driest of 102

A normal spring in Spencer, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 46.5°F, between 42.3°F and 49.1°F in eight years of ten and 7.73 in of precipitation, between 5.40 in and 12.53 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every spring in Spencer, IA since 1895: 48.4°F in 2026; the highest is 54.8°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 42.3 to 49.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every spring 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	48.4	29	62.6	10	34.2	58	6.51	68	0
2025	49.4	12	62.7	9	36.1	27	7.51	50	0
2024	50	8	63.1	7	36.9	18	13.75	4	0
2023	47.4	39	59.3	38	35.5	40	7.49	52	0
2022	46.3	50	57.9	48	34.9	47	7.12	57	1
2021	49.1	17	61	20	37.1	17	6.92	61	1
2020	47.2	40	58.8	41	35.6	37	7.59	48	2
2019	44.6	71	54.7	83	34.4	56	12.59	10	0
2018	45.4	65	55.3	78	35.4	41	6.61	66	0
2017	46.8	43	57.8	50	35.7	36	8.69	35	0
2016	48.9	20	60.2	29	37.6	11	11.09	17	0
2015	48.8	22	61.6	16	36	30	6.78	62	0
2014	44.4	75	56.5	68	32.2	88	4.48	98	0
2013	41.9	101	51.7	102	32.1	90	12.94	9	0
2012	54.8	1	67.8	1	41.8	1	11.75	13	0
2011	44.6	71	55.1	79	34.1	63	7.73	46	0
2010	48.8	22	60.9	21	36.7	20	5.28	87	2
2009	46.1	53	58	47	34.2	58	5.86	74	0
2008	42.3	97	53.1	92	31.5	95	6.08	72	0
2007	49	19	60	31	38	9	7.98	42	2
2006	48.5	28	59.5	36	37.6	11	8.42	39	0
2005	48	34	59.6	34	36.3	23	8.66	36	0
2004	49.6	10	62	14	37.3	15	8.96	29	0
2003	45.6	63	57.8	50	33.4	72	7.29	55	0
2002	42.6	93	54.3	87	30.8	101	5.43	82	1
2001	44.1	81	54.1	89	34.1	63	10.14	24	2
2000	49.1	17	62.1	13	36.1	27	5.54	78	0
1999	47.6	36	58.3	45	36.8	19	7.44	53	1
1998	46.6	45	57.1	61	36.2	25			0
1997	42	100	52.9	95	31.3	97	5.52	79	1
1996	42.2	98	52.8	96	31.1	99	5.70	76	2
1995	43.8	82	53	94	34.6	52	11.58	14	0
1994	48.3	30	60.3	26	36.2	25	3.98	100	0
1993	42.4	95	51.3	104	33.6	70	12.52	11	0
1992	46.3	50	56.6	66	36	30	10.61	20	0
1991	49.4	12	59.1	40	39.8	4	14.93	1	0
1990	46	55	57.3	56	34.7	50	8.81	32	0
1989	45.2	66	57.2	57	33.2	75	5.50	80	0
1988	49.9	9	62.5	12	37.3	15	5.34	84	0
1987	52	3	64.5	5	39.4	5	8.76	33	0
1986	48.8	22	59.5	36	38.2	8	13.07	8	0
1985	50.9	4	61.4	18	40.3	3	13.60	5	0
1984	42.1	99	51.1	105	33	78	10.45	22	0
1983	42.9	90	52.1	98	33.7	67	8.98	28	0
1982									31
1981	49.2	15	62	14	36.3	23	6.67	65	0
1980	45.9	58	58.5	44	33.2	75	5.15	89	0
1979									30
1978	45.8	59	56.5	68	35	45	7.12	57	0
1977	53.3	2	65	4	41.6	2	10.99	18	0
1976									31
1975	41.8	102	51.5	103	32.2	88	13.33	6	0
1974	47.2	40	57.6	54	36	30	5.14	90	2
1973									62
1972	44.9	69	55.5	75	34.3	57	7.82	45	0
1971	44.3	77	56	73	32.5	84	4.45	99	0
1970	44.6	71	55	80	34.2	58	9.19	27	0
1969	43	88	53.8	91	32.1	90	7.86	44	0
1968									32
1967	46.2	52	57.9	48	34	65	6.69	64	1
1966	44.7	70	56.7	63	32.8	80	5.38	83	0
1965	42.4	95	52.2	97	32.6	82	11.44	15	0
1964									30
1963	48.2	32	60	31	36.4	22	4.56	96	0
1962	44.2	79	54.9	81	33.6	70	5.66	77	0
1961	43.1	87	53.1	92	33.1	77	8.73	34	0
1960	40.6	104	52.1	98	29.1	105	10.86	19	0
1959	46.1	53	57.5	55	34.7	50	14.27	2	0
1958	46.4	48	58.6	42	34.2	58	4.95	92	0
1957	44.4	75	55.5	75	33.3	73	7.92	43	0
1956	42.9	90	54.7	83	31.1	99	5.29	86	0
1955	48.1	33	61.2	19	35	45	4.80	95	0
1954	42.9	90	54.4	86	31.4	96	8.05	41	0
1953	43	88	54	90	32	92	8.18	40	1
1952	43.5	85	54.2	88	32.8	80	5.47	81	0
1951	39.7	105	49.3	106	30	104	13.87	3	1
1950									46
1949	45.7	61	56.7	63	35.1	43	7.42	54	4
1948	44.5	74	56.7	63	32.3	86			0
1947	41.8	102	52	100	31.7	94			0
1946	48.9	20	60.3	26	37.5	13			0
1945	46.5	46	58.2	46	34.9	47	9.39	26	0
1944									32
1943	44.2	79	57.2	57	31.2	98	7.14	56	0
1942	49.2	15	60.6	24	37.9	10	9.68	25	1
1941	49.5	11	60.3	26	38.5	6	6.78	62	1
1940	43.6	84	54.9	81	32.3	86	6.34	69	0
1939	49.3	14	62.6	10	36	30	4.56	96	0
1938	48.3	30	59.3	38	37.5	13	10.48	21	2
1937	46	55	56.3	70	35.8	34	11.82	12	0
1936	47.6	36	60.4	25	34.9	47	5.19	88	0
1935	45.6	63	56.8	62	34.5	54	7.10	59	1
1934	50.5	6	65.2	3	35.8	34	3.07	101	0
1933	46.5	46	57.8	50	35.1	43	5.83	75	0
1932	45	68	56.3	70	33.7	67	6.96	60	0
1931	47.7	35	60.8	22	34.5	54	5.00	91	0
1930	48.6	26	61.6	16	35.6	37	7.51	50	1
1929	47.6	36	59.6	34	35.6	37	6.34	69	1
1928	46.4	48	59.8	33	33	78	8.48	38	0
1927	46.7	44	57.2	57	36.1	27	13.32	7	2
1926	47	42	60.2	29	33.7	67	5.32	85	1
1925	50.3	7	65.3	2	35.2	42	2.77	102	1
1924	43.7	83	55.4	77	32	92	4.84	94	0
1923	43.4	86	56.3	70	30.6	102	7.52	49	0
1922	48.6	26	60.7	23	36.5	21	6.16	71	0
1921	50.8	5	63	8	38.4	7	8.57	37	3
1920	44.3	77	56	73	32.5	84	11.36	16	1
1919							8.89	30	14
1916									62
1915	45.8	59	57.2	57	34.6	52	6.01	73	2
1914	46	55	57.7	53	34.2	58	10.30	23	0
1913									33
1912	45.1	67	56.6	66	33.3	73			1
1911									65
1900									34
1899	39.7	105	51.9	101	27.6	106	7.66	47	4
1898	45.7	61	58.6	42	32.6	82	8.84	31	4
1897	42.6	93	54.5	85	30.6	102	6.54	67	0
1896									22
1895	48.7	25	63.5	6	33.8	66	4.90	93	3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	54.8
1977	53.3
1987	52
1985	50.9
1921	50.8
1934	50.5
1925	50.3
2024	50
1988	49.9
2004	49.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1951	39.7
1899	39.7
1960	40.6
1975	41.8
1947	41.8
2013	41.9
1997	42
1984	42.1
1996	42.2
2008	42.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	14.93
1959	14.27
1951	13.87
2024	13.75
1985	13.60
1975	13.33
1927	13.32
1986	13.07
2013	12.94
2019	12.59

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1925	2.77
1934	3.07
1994	3.98
1971	4.45
2014	4.48
1963	4.56
1939	4.56
1955	4.80
1924	4.84
1895	4.90

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 91°F; 15 May 2026
Coldest night: -5°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.04 in; 22 May 2026

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Every answer in words

Spring 2026 brought 6.51 in of precipitation in Spencer, IA, the driest spring since 2014, 35th driest of 102.
The hottest day of spring 2026 in Spencer, IA: 91°F on Friday 15 May 2026.
The coldest night of spring 2026 in Spencer, IA: a low of -5°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of spring 2026 in Spencer, IA: 1.04 in on Friday 22 May 2026.