Spencer, IA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 21.9°F in Spencer, IA, the warmest winter since 2024, 24th warmest of 104.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 21.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 24th warmest of 104
Precipitation: 1.02 in; Driest since 2025; 20th driest of 101

A normal winter in Spencer, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 19.8°F, between 13°F and 24.8°F in eight years of ten and 1.52 in of precipitation, between 0.37 in and 2.37 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Spencer, IA since 1897: 21.9°F in 2026; the highest is 29.1°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 13 to 24.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	21.9	24	33.5	9	10.4	39	1.02	82	0
2025	21.4	28	32.6	16	10.3	41	0.51	96	0
2024	29.1	1	38.8	2	19.3	1	2.14	36	0
2023	19.4	52	28.3	58	10.1	44	5.05	4	3
2022	20.4	38	32.9	12	8	66	1.12	79	0
2021	19.8	44	29.8	40	10.1	44			2
2020	22.3	19	31	29	13.6	17			0
2019	17.9	65	26.2	76	9.6	50	1.57	65	0
2018	17.3	69	27.6	65	7	75	0.11	101	0
2017	24.5	9	32.9	12	16.1	7	2.05	40	3
2016	22.6	18	29.9	38	15.3	9	2.55	27	0
2015	20.6	37	29.1	47	12	25	1.01	83	0
2014	11.9	101	23.2	95	0.6	103	0.37	97	0
2013	21.5	26	31.4	25	11.5	31	1.56	66	0
2012	24.8	7	35.2	5	14.5	12	2.74	22	1
2011	14.9	86	23.9	93	6	79	1.86	48	0
2010	11.6	103	21	103	2.2	99	1.85	50	0
2009	15.3	83	25.6	81	5	86	1.19	77	0
2008	13.5	96	22.9	98	4.1	95	0.78	87	0
2007	19.5	49	28.1	61	10.8	36	1.52	68	0
2006	22	22	30.1	36	14.2	16	0.31	100	2
2005	23.7	10	32.9	12	14.5	12	0.37	97	0
2004	19.8	44	28.2	59	11.4	33	0.68	91	1
2003	19.8	44	31.2	26	8.4	61	0.56	94	0
2002	26	4	36.6	3	15.3	9	0.68	91	0
2001	11.9	101	21.3	102	2.5	98	1.44	70	0
2000	22.3	19	33.5	9	11.1	35	1.90	46	0
1999	22.2	21	31.9	22	12.4	23	0.77	88	1
1998	25	6	32.7	15	18	4	1.41	72	9
1997	14.1	93	22	100	5.9	80	2.36	32	1
1996	19.2	55	27.9	63	10.3	41	1.54	67	5
1995	20.9	32	28.9	52	13	19	0.98	84	0
1994	13.1	98	21.6	101	4.5	89	1.63	61	0
1993	16.6	73	24.8	86	8.3	63	2.39	30	0
1992	26	4	33	11	19.1	2	2.08	37	0
1991	17.4	68	27.5	67	7.3	73	1.64	59	0
1990	20.9	32	31.8	24	10.1	44	0.52	95	0
1989	19.3	53	29.3	44	9.3	55	0.72	89	0
1988	17.3	69	26.4	75	8.2	65	1.21	76	0
1987	26.3	3	36.1	4	16.5	5	0.65	93	0
1986	15.1	84	24	92	6.3	78	0.83	86	0
1985	17.2	71	26.9	70	7.4	70	1.73	55	0
1984	15.8	79	23.1	97	8.3	63	1.44	70	1
1983	23.6	11	30.9	30	16.3	6	2.88	19	2
1982									62
1981									31
1980	20.9	32	30.3	35	11.5	31	1.63	61	1
1979									31
1978									62
1977	14.6	91	25.9	77	3.2	97	1.62	63	0
1976	23.4	12	32.5	17	14.3	15	1.04	81	1
1975	17.6	67	26.7	72	8.5	59	2.33	33	0
1974	18.8	60	28.1	61	9.5	51	1.29	74	0
1973									32
1972	14.6	91	24.1	90	5	86	1.40	73	0
1971									60
1970	13.9	94	24.1	90	3.6	96	1.91	45	0
1969	16.1	76	24.2	89	8	66	4.50	6	0
1968									60
1967	17.8	66	28.2	59	7.4	70	2.06	39	0
1966	19	56	28.5	55	9.5	51	1.66	58	0
1965	14.8	90	25.2	83	4.3	93	3.54	8	0
1964	20.4	38	32	21	8.8	57	0.87	85	2
1963	15.6	81	25.8	79	5.3	84	1.58	64	0
1962	13.8	95	23.2	95	4.4	91	4.53	5	0
1961	18.3	63	29.2	46	7.4	70	3.37	12	0
1960	21.7	25	30	37	13.5	18	2.97	17	0
1959	13.4	97	25.7	80	1.1	102	2.08	37	0
1958	22	22	32.1	19	11.9	26	1.07	80	0
1957	19.6	48	30.5	34	8.8	57	0.72	89	0
1956	12.9	99	23.8	94	1.9	100	1.74	54	1
1955	19	56	28.6	54	9.5	51	1.72	56	0
1954	22.7	16	34	7	11.3	34	3.04	15	0
1953	20.2	40	29.5	43	10	47	2.49	28	3
1952	18	64	27.6	65	8.5	59	2.80	21	1
1951	16	77	26.5	73	5.4	83	3.49	10	2
1950	16	77	27.8	64	4.3	93	1.79	52	5
1949	15.1	84	25.9	77	4.5	89	2.73	23	2
1948	16.6	73	27.4	68	5.8	81	1.92	44	0
1947	19.5	49	30.6	33	8.4	61			0
1946	16.6	73	26.5	73	6.6	77	1.83	51	0
1945	21.2	31	29.8	40	12.7	21	1.79	52	0
1944									30
1943	17.1	72	26.8	71	7.3	73	2.66	25	0
1942	23.3	13	32.1	19	14.5	12	2.37	31	0
1941	20.8	36	29	50	12.5	22	2.61	26	0
1940	19.5	49	29.1	47	9.9	48	1.95	43	0
1939	21.3	30	30.7	32	11.8	27	3.13	14	0
1938	18.8	60	27.3	69	10.3	41	2.68	24	0
1937	15.4	82	25.1	84	5.6	82	3.39	11	0
1936	7.9	104	16.8	104	-1.3	104	5.21	3	3
1935	20	41	28.4	57	11.7	30	2.20	34	1
1934	22.7	16	32.3	18	12.9	20	2.17	35	3
1933	21.5	26	31.2	26	11.8	27	1.86	48	0
1932	23.1	14	31.2	26	14.8	11	5.72	1	1
1931	29	2	39.5	1	18.6	3	0.35	99	1
1930	20	41	29.3	44	10.4	39	1.69	57	1
1929	14.9	86	24.8	86	5.1	85	3.52	9	0
1928	19.3	53	29.1	47	9.5	51	2.89	18	0
1927	19.7	47	29	50	10.6	37	3.17	13	2
1926	21.4	28	30.8	31	12.1	24	3.04	15	1
1925	14.9	86	25.1	84	4.8	88	3.78	7	0
1924	20.9	32	31.9	22	9.9	48	2.02	41	1
1923	18.9	59	29.9	38	7.9	68	1.45	69	0
1922	19	56	29.6	42	7.9	68	2.85	20	2
1921	24.8	7	33.7	8	15.9	8	2.45	29	0
1920	15.7	80	24.7	88	6.7	76	1.22	75	1
1919									59
1916									62
1915							5.43	2	13
1914	23	15	34.2	6	11.8	27	1.88	47	0
1913									31
1912	14.9	86	25.4	82	4.4	91			4
1900									62
1899	12.5	100	22.9	98	1.5	101	1.15	78	5
1898	18.8	60	28.5	55	9.1	56	1.64	59	2
1897	20	41	28.7	53	10.6	37	1.98	42	2
1896									46
1895									62

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	29.1
1931	29
1987	26.3
2002	26
1992	26
1998	25
2012	24.8
1921	24.8
2017	24.5
2005	23.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	7.9
2010	11.6
2014	11.9
2001	11.9
1899	12.5
1956	12.9
1994	13.1
1959	13.4
2008	13.5
1962	13.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1932	5.72
1915	5.43
1936	5.21
2023	5.05
1962	4.53
1969	4.50
1925	3.78
1965	3.54
1929	3.52
1951	3.49

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	0.11
2006	0.31
1931	0.35
2014	0.37
2005	0.37
2025	0.51
1990	0.52
2003	0.56
1987	0.65
2004	0.68
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 17 February 2026, 14 February 2026
Coldest night: -20°F; 23 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.21 in; 8 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 1.02 in of precipitation in Spencer, IA, the driest winter since 2025, 20th driest of 101.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Spencer, IA: 64°F on Tuesday 17 February 2026 and Saturday 14 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Spencer, IA: a low of -20°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Spencer, IA: 0.21 in on Thursday 8 January 2026.