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Waterloo, IA 42.554°N, 92.401°W · station ALOthr · 132 years of record
67°F
COLDEST JUL 14 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 14
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Waterloo.
67° TUE 7/14 69° WED 7/15 71° THU 7/16 72° FRI 7/17 73° SAT 7/18 69° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 14
Today ranks #88 / 131
coldest Jul 14 in 131 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 14 ever 44°F
set in 1926
Mildest Jul 14 ever 76°F
set in 1995
Coldest Jul 14 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 14 at Waterloo. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
44 60 76 1895: 68°F 1896: 71°F 1897: 56°F 1898: 53°F 1899: 68°F 1900: 64°F 1901: 69°F 1902: 63°F 1903: 52°F 1904: 54°F 1905: 60°F 1906: 64°F 1907: 66°F 1908: 68°F 1909: 60°F 1910: 60°F 1911: 50°F 1912: 67°F 1913: 69°F 1914: 65°F 1915: 66°F 1916: 69°F 1917: 55°F 1918: 61°F 1919: 70°F 1920: 65°F 1921: 71°F 1922: 60°F 1923: 64°F 1924: 55°F 1925: 68°F 1926: 44°F 1927: 62°F 1928: 51°F 1929: 64°F 1930: 50°F 1931: 68°F 1932: 73°F 1933: 72°F 1934: 68°F 1935: 60°F 1936: 73°F 1937: 68°F 1938: 61°F 1939: 59°F 1940: 50°F 1941: 57°F 1942: 63°F 1943: 62°F 1944: 54°F 1945: 60°F 1946: 68°F 1947: 64°F 1948: 69°F 1949: 63°F 1950: 55°F 1951: 61°F 1952: 67°F 1953: 64°F 1954: 72°F 1955: 67°F 1956: 64°F 1957: 65°F 1958: 67°F 1959: 60°F 1960: 60°F 1961: 60°F 1962: 62°F 1963: 59°F 1964: 50°F 1965: 54°F 1966: 66°F 1967: 48°F 1968: 68°F 1969: 72°F 1970: 69°F 1971: 53°F 1972: 66°F 1973: 58°F 1974: 60°F 1975: 47°F 1976: 68°F 1977: 71°F 1978: 58°F 1979: 68°F 1980: 63°F 1981: 61°F 1982: 67°F 1983: 68°F 1984: 64°F 1985: 67°F 1986: 66°F 1987: 51°F 1988: 71°F 1989: 54°F 1990: 56°F 1991: 53°F 1992: 63°F 1993: 67°F 1994: 59°F 1995: 76°F 1996: 59°F 1997: 65°F 1998: 63°F 1999: 67°F 2000: 62°F 2001: 53°F 2002: 56°F 2003: 67°F 2004: 65°F 2005: 65°F 2006: 65°F 2007: 59°F 2008: 58°F 2009: 67°F 2010: 72°F 2011: 61°F 2012: 68°F 2013: 58°F 2014: 55°F 2015: 67°F 2016: 66°F 2017: 54°F 2018: 69°F 2019: 68°F 2020: 62°F 2021: 66°F 2022: 66°F 2023: 65°F 2024: 73°F 2025: 61°F 67° forecast 1895 2025 1926 Forecast low · Jul 14 67°F Coldest this date since 2025 This-date record 44°F This-date rank #88 of 131
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -34°F (1962) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1895–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Waterloo in each calendar month, and for the whole 1895–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 65°F 2002 -34°F 2009 Feb 78°F 2024 -31°F 1996 Mar 87°F 1986 -34°F 1962 Apr 100°F 1980 -4°F 1982 May 108°F 1934 22°F 1907 Jun 107°F 1934 33°F 1897 Jul 112°F 1936 42°F 1984 Aug 110°F 1936 33°F 1950 Sep 102°F 1922 19°F 1899 Oct 95°F 1930 0°F 1925 Nov 83°F 1933 -17°F 1977 Dec 74°F 2021 -29°F 1919 All-time 112°F 1936 -34°F 1962
Records set or tied at Waterloo so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 3 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (87°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 142 days
record run, ended Mar 28 2001
So far in 2026 84 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Waterloo's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 63°F · forecast is +4° vs normal .
Jan: 27°F Jan: 9°F Feb: 32°F Feb: 14°F Mar: 45°F Mar: 26°F Apr: 60°F Apr: 37°F May: 72°F May: 49°F Jun: 81°F Jun: 60°F Jul: 84°F Jul: 63°F Aug: 82°F Aug: 60°F Sep: 76°F Sep: 51°F Oct: 62°F Oct: 39°F Nov: 46°F Nov: 26°F Dec: 33°F Dec: 16°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:44 AM Sunset 7:47 PM Solar noon 12:15 PM Daylight 15h 03m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 42.55°N, 92.40°W Waterloo's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Waterloo's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Waterloo, coloured by temperature — 132 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Waterloo — counted through Jul 14 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
84 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — the 118th most in 132 years. Normal for this point: 93 . Record: 108 in 1956.
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