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Burlington, IA 40.773°N, 91.126°W · station BRLthr · 130 years of record
68°F
COLDEST JUL 14 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 14
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Burlington.
68° TUE 7/14 71° WED 7/15 72° THU 7/16 73° FRI 7/17 75° SAT 7/18 72° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 14
Today ranks #74 / 127
coldest Jul 14 in 127 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 14 ever 48°F
set in 1950
Mildest Jul 14 ever 80°F
set in 1936
Coldest Jul 14 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 14 at Burlington. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
48 64 80 1897: 58°F 1899: 68°F 1900: 71°F 1901: 65°F 1902: 64°F 1903: 55°F 1904: 62°F 1905: 69°F 1906: 66°F 1907: 64°F 1908: 73°F 1909: 64°F 1910: 63°F 1911: 63°F 1912: 68°F 1914: 69°F 1915: 69°F 1916: 74°F 1917: 64°F 1918: 58°F 1919: 75°F 1920: 68°F 1921: 76°F 1922: 63°F 1923: 69°F 1924: 65°F 1925: 71°F 1926: 53°F 1927: 67°F 1928: 60°F 1929: 70°F 1930: 58°F 1931: 71°F 1932: 75°F 1933: 67°F 1934: 71°F 1935: 66°F 1936: 80°F 1937: 72°F 1938: 65°F 1939: 68°F 1940: 55°F 1941: 61°F 1942: 68°F 1943: 63°F 1944: 57°F 1945: 60°F 1946: 65°F 1947: 67°F 1948: 71°F 1949: 66°F 1950: 48°F 1951: 62°F 1952: 70°F 1953: 64°F 1954: 72°F 1955: 65°F 1956: 69°F 1957: 73°F 1958: 69°F 1959: 59°F 1960: 66°F 1961: 61°F 1962: 68°F 1963: 63°F 1964: 53°F 1965: 64°F 1966: 70°F 1967: 51°F 1968: 68°F 1969: 71°F 1970: 64°F 1971: 63°F 1972: 65°F 1973: 63°F 1974: 72°F 1975: 49°F 1976: 66°F 1977: 73°F 1978: 61°F 1979: 66°F 1980: 72°F 1981: 72°F 1982: 67°F 1983: 73°F 1984: 66°F 1985: 70°F 1986: 70°F 1987: 55°F 1988: 70°F 1989: 60°F 1990: 58°F 1991: 64°F 1992: 69°F 1993: 67°F 1994: 66°F 1995: 78°F 1996: 61°F 1997: 68°F 1998: 69°F 1999: 64°F 2000: 68°F 2001: 58°F 2002: 54°F 2003: 61°F 2004: 69°F 2005: 69°F 2006: 68°F 2007: 59°F 2008: 60°F 2009: 66°F 2010: 76°F 2011: 63°F 2012: 69°F 2013: 67°F 2014: 55°F 2015: 72°F 2016: 67°F 2017: 64°F 2018: 72°F 2019: 74°F 2020: 63°F 2021: 66°F 2022: 68°F 2023: 64°F 2024: 71°F 2025: 65°F 68° forecast 1897 1950 2025 Forecast low · Jul 14 68°F Coldest this date since 2025 This-date record 48°F This-date rank #74 of 127
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -27°F (1905) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1897–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Burlington in each calendar month, and for the whole 1897–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 70°F 1989 -24°F 1957 Feb 77°F 2024 -27°F 1905 Mar 88°F 1907 -13°F 1960 Apr 93°F 1930 11°F 1982 May 103°F 1934 26°F 1907 Jun 105°F 1934 39°F 1913 Jul 111°F 1936 46°F 1971 Aug 110°F 1934 41°F 1950 Sep 103°F 1899 23°F 1899 Oct 95°F 1899 10°F 1925 Nov 86°F 1899 -2°F 1898 Dec 73°F 1998 -22°F 1989 All-time 111°F 1936 -27°F 1905
Records set or tied at Burlington so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 4 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
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 93 days
record run, ended Mar 10 1917
So far in 2026 65 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Burlington's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 67°F · forecast is +1° vs normal .
Jan: 33°F Jan: 16°F Feb: 38°F Feb: 21°F Mar: 51°F Mar: 31°F Apr: 63°F Apr: 42°F May: 74°F May: 53°F Jun: 83°F Jun: 63°F Jul: 86°F Jul: 66°F Aug: 84°F Aug: 64°F Sep: 78°F Sep: 56°F Oct: 65°F Oct: 44°F Nov: 50°F Nov: 32°F Dec: 38°F Dec: 22°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:44 AM Sunset 7:36 PM Solar noon 12:10 PM Daylight 14h 52m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 40.77°N, 91.13°W Burlington'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 Burlington'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 Burlington, coloured by temperature — 130 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 Burlington — 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°
65 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 117th most in 130 years. Normal for this point: 77 . Record: 96 in 1956.
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