Waterloo, IA: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 28.2°F in Waterloo, IA, the warmest February since 2024, 22nd warmest of 132.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 28.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 22nd warmest of 132
Precipitation: 0.79 in; Driest since 2025; 55th driest of 132

A normal February in Waterloo, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 22.9°F, between 14.8°F and 31.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.08 in of precipitation, between 0.33 in and 2.00 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Waterloo, IA since 1895: 28.2°F in 2026; the highest is 36.6°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 14.8 to 31.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Waterloo, 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	28.2	22	38.8	13	17.7	31	0.79	78	0
2025	21.1	70	30.9	65	11.4	73	0.44	102	0
2024	36.6	1	50.6	1	22.7	10	0.11	127	0
2023	26.6	33	37.4	20	15.9	42	2.29	13	0
2022	19.9	79	31.1	63	8.7	90	0.24	123	0
2021	10.6	127	19.6	129	1.5	123	1.02	63	0
2020	23.2	54	32.3	54	14.1	55	0.40	105	0
2019	15.7	108	25.6	102	5.9	109	2.65	5	0
2018	19.7	82	29	80	10.3	78	2.24	14	0
2017	33.6	5	44.3	4	22.9	9	1.04	59	0
2016	26.7	32	34.1	42	19.3	22	0.94	71	0
2015	10.9	126	20.8	126	1	126	1.04	59	0
2014	9.2	130	19.8	128	-1.4	129	1.97	17	0
2013	22.9	58	30.9	65	14.9	51	1.78	19	0
2012	29.1	16	37.1	23	21	16	1.08	53	0
2011	21.7	63	30	73	13.3	58	1.72	22	0
2010	16.3	102	25.6	102	7	100	1.02	63	0
2009	24.9	42	34.4	41	15.4	47	0.61	89	0
2008	15.6	109	23.9	115	7.2	99	2.46	8	0
2007	13.6	117	20.6	127	6.6	104	1.31	36	0
2006	22.6	61	34.5	40	10.7	75	0.32	115	0
2005	29.1	16	36.9	25	21.3	15	1.41	32	0
2004	22.8	59	31.4	62	14.1	55	0.96	67	0
2003	19.1	88	31.7	60	6.4	106	0.56	92	0
2002	28.8	19	39	12	18.7	26	1.07	55	0
2001	17	96	25.4	107	8.6	92	1.17	46	0
2000	30.8	11	40.2	8	21.5	14	1.08	53	0
1999	32.7	7	40.1	9	25.3	3	0.37	109	0
1998	34.4	4	40.1	9	28.8	1	1.73	21	0
1997	23.3	51	30.2	72	16.4	38	1.12	50	0
1996	21.1	70	29.5	77	12.8	62	0.08	129	0
1995	23.2	54	31.5	61	14.9	51	0.12	126	0
1994	14.9	112	25	110	4.9	112	0.94	71	0
1993	19.8	80	27.3	92	12.3	68	1.30	37	0
1992	31.1	9	37.1	23	25	5	1.47	26	0
1991	25.8	36	34.9	34	16.6	36	0.33	112	0
1990	26.8	31	37.2	21	16.4	38	0.37	109	0
1989	12.8	120	22.8	120	2.8	119	0.28	119	0
1988	16.7	98	26	97	7.3	98	0.37	109	0
1987	32.1	8	41.6	6	22.5	11	0.91	75	0
1986	16.8	97	25.3	108	8.4	94	2.41	10	0
1985	17.7	93	25.9	98	9.5	86	1.23	40	0
1984	30.4	13	38.7	15	22.1	12	0.86	77	0
1983	27.8	24	34.8	36	20.8	18	1.44	30	0
1982	18.1	91	26.3	96	9.8	83	0.38	108	0
1981	25.4	39	35.1	33	15.6	46	2.44	9	0
1980	16.7	98	25.7	101	7.8	96	0.96	67	0
1979	9.7	128	19.4	130	0	128	0.32	115	0
1978	7.3	131	17.3	131	-2.6	131	0.45	100	0
1977	23.3	51	34.9	34	11.7	72	0.68	84	0
1976	30	15	40.9	7	19.2	23	2.16	15	0
1975	19.3	86	26.7	95	11.8	70	1.14	48	0
1974	21.2	69	29.9	75	12.4	67	1.07	55	0
1973	24.4	44	32	57	16.8	33	1.49	25	0
1972	11.9	124	22.5	122	1.3	125	1.13	49	0
1971	16.2	103	23.4	117	8.9	89	3.54	2	0
1970	17.3	95	27.8	89	6.9	102	0.42	103	0
1969	22	62	28.3	88	15.7	45	0.02	132	0
1968	19.3	86	29.5	77	9.1	88	0.04	130	0
1967	16.1	105	27.3	92	4.8	113	0.52	94	0
1966	21.3	68	32.4	53	10.1	81	1.47	26	0
1965	16.4	101	26.8	94	6.1	108	1.16	47	0
1964	25	40	38.2	17	11.8	70	0.21	124	0
1963	15.2	111	25.6	102	4.8	113	0.57	90	0
1962	16.7	98	23.9	115	9.6	84	1.74	20	0
1961	27.3	28	36.5	27	18.1	29	2.50	6	0
1960	20	78	27.4	91	12.6	64	0.75	81	0
1959	17.6	94	28.4	86	6.8	103	1.29	38	0
1958	14.7	113	25.1	109	4.4	115	0.04	130	0
1957	27.6	25	35.3	32	19.9	21	0.28	119	0
1956	20.8	74	30.8	69	10.7	75	0.09	128	0
1955	19.7	82	29	80	10.3	78	0.95	69	0
1954	35.2	2	44.5	3	25.9	2	0.50	96	0
1953	26	35	33.9	43	18.1	29	1.63	23	0
1952	31.1	9	37.5	19	24.8	6	0.52	94	0
1951	21.7	63	30	73	12.8	62	1.42	31	2
1950	19.8	80	29.4	79	10.2	80	1.81	18	0
1949	18.8	89	29	80	8.7	90	0.72	82	0
1948	22.7	60	32.2	55	13.1	61	2.30	11	0
1947	16.1	105	24.9	111	7.4	97	0.19	125	0
1946	26.4	34	36.5	27	16.4	38	0.68	84	0
1945	23.7	49	32.5	51	14.8	53	1.63	23	0
1944	25.5	38	35.7	31	15.4	47	0.93	74	0
1943	24.1	47	34.6	39	13.7	57	0.69	83	0
1942	23.1	56	30.4	71	15.9	42	1.01	65	0
1941	20.6	75	28.7	85	12.5	65	0.30	117	0
1940	24.5	43	32.2	55	16.8	33	1.10	51	0
1939	20.6	75	32	57	9.3	87	1.27	39	0
1938	29	18	36	30	22	13	1.03	62	0
1937	18	92	27.5	90	8.6	92	1.06	57	0
1936	4.7	132	14.8	132	-5.3	132	1.35	34	0
1935	27.2	29	33.6	45	20.8	18	0.95	69	0
1934	23.3	51	33.5	46	13.2	60	0.33	112	0
1933	21.1	70	32.5	51	9.6	84	0.30	117	0
1932	28.5	21	38.4	16	18.6	27	1.04	59	0
1931	34.9	3	44.6	2	25.2	4	0.33	112	0
1930	33	6	42.4	5	23.5	7	0.77	80	0
1929	12.1	122	22.8	120	1.5	123	1.22	41	0
1928	27.6	25	36.1	29	19	25	2.30	11	0
1927	30.5	12	40	11	21	16	1.01	65	0
1926	30.4	13	37.8	18	23	8	0.68	84	0
1925	27.1	30	37.2	21	17.1	32	0.45	100	0
1924	25.7	37	34.8	36	16.7	35	1.10	51	0
1923	18.5	90	29	80	8	95	0.25	122	0
1922	21.6	66	31.1	63	12.1	69	2.95	3	0
1921	28.6	20	38.8	13	18.5	28	0.67	87	0
1920	21.6	66	28.4	86	14.8	53	0.28	119	0
1919	23	57	32.6	50	13.3	58	2.48	7	0
1918	19.4	84	31.8	59	7	100	0.39	106	0
1917	9.5	129	21.1	125	-2.1	130	0.39	106	0
1916	16.2	103	25.9	98	6.6	104	0.56	92	0
1915	27.6	25	34.8	36	20.4	20	3.68	1	0
1914	13.1	119	23.2	119	3	117	0.78	79	0
1913	19.4	84	28.8	84	10.1	81	0.63	88	0
1912	14.7	113	24.4	113	5.1	111	0.94	71	0
1911	28	23	36.8	26	19.2	23	2.88	4	0
1910	14.3	115	25.6	102	2.9	118	0.50	96	0
1909	24.4	44	33.7	44	15	50	1.32	35	0
1908	24.3	46	32.7	49	15.9	42	2.06	16	0
1907	24.1	47	33.1	48	15.1	49	0.57	90	0
1906	20.9	73	30.9	65	11	74	1.20	42	0
1905	12	123	21.6	124	2.4	121	1.46	29	0
1904	13.9	116	24.2	114	3.7	116	0.48	98	0
1903	20.3	77	29.9	75	10.6	77	1.37	33	0
1902	15.6	109	25.8	100	5.5	110	1.47	26	0
1901	15.9	107	25.6	102	6.2	107	1.06	57	0
1900	13.3	118	24.5	112	2.1	122	1.19	43	0
1899	12.4	121	22	123	2.7	120	1.18	45	0
1898	21.7	63	30.9	65	12.5	65	1.19	43	0
1897	23.4	50	30.6	70	16.2	41	0.87	76	0
1896	25	40	33.5	46	16.5	37	0.42	103	0
1895	11.9	124	23.3	118	0.5	127	0.48	98	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	36.6
1954	35.2
1931	34.9
1998	34.4
2017	33.6
1930	33
1999	32.7
1987	32.1
1992	31.1
1952	31.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	4.7
1978	7.3
2014	9.2
1917	9.5
1979	9.7
2021	10.6
2015	10.9
1972	11.9
1895	11.9
1905	12

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1915	3.68
1971	3.54
1922	2.95
1911	2.88
2019	2.65
1961	2.50
1919	2.48
2008	2.46
1981	2.44
1986	2.41

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	0.02
1968	0.04
1958	0.04
1996	0.08
1956	0.09
2024	0.11
1995	0.12
1947	0.19
1964	0.21
2022	0.24

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 16 February 2026
Coldest night: -3°F; 4 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.49 in; 19 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 0.79 in of precipitation in Waterloo, IA, the driest February since 2025, 55th driest of 132.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Waterloo, IA: 66°F on Monday 16 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Waterloo, IA: a low of -3°F on Wednesday 4 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Waterloo, IA: 0.49 in on Thursday 19 February 2026.