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Dubuque, IA

42.398°N, 90.709°W · station DBQthr · 153 years of record
60°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Dubuque.
72°WED9/272°THU9/371°FRI9/470°SAT9/568°SUN9/665°MON9/760°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Dubuque — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#96 / 152
coldest Sep 8 in 152 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

37°F
set in 1883

Mildest Sep 8 ever

74°F
set in 1897
Forecast low 60°F — 96th coldest Sep 8 of 152 years · record 37°F (1883) · coldest since 2025.
1874: 65°F1875: 67°F1876: 63°F1877: 54°F1878: 69°F1879: 48°F1880: 52°F1881: 55°F1882: 61°F1883: 37°F1884: 68°F1885: 54°F1886: 65°F1887: 45°F1888: 49°F1889: 57°F1890: 50°F1891: 46°F1892: 58°F1893: 58°F1894: 67°F1895: 51°F1896: 48°F1897: 74°F1898: 53°F1899: 59°F1900: 62°F1901: 55°F1902: 54°F1903: 65°F1904: 57°F1905: 60°F1906: 65°F1907: 51°F1908: 49°F1909: 60°F1910: 58°F1911: 56°F1912: 64°F1913: 57°F1914: 51°F1915: 65°F1916: 62°F1917: 53°F1918: 51°F1919: 71°F1920: 51°F1921: 59°F1922: 68°F1923: 55°F1924: 57°F1925: 66°F1926: 63°F1927: 70°F1928: 54°F1929: 59°F1930: 59°F1931: 71°F1932: 46°F1933: 72°F1934: 49°F1935: 55°F1936: 68°F1937: 62°F1938: 62°F1939: 63°F1940: 67°F1941: 60°F1942: 66°F1943: 50°F1944: 47°F1945: 65°F1946: 60°F1947: 71°F1948: 64°F1949: 44°F1950: 52°F1951: 48°F1952: 44°F1953: 47°F1954: 47°F1955: 49°F1956: 37°F1957: 50°F1958: 46°F1959: 64°F1960: 67°F1961: 67°F1962: 58°F1963: 55°F1964: 64°F1965: 60°F1966: 50°F1967: 53°F1968: 44°F1969: 49°F1970: 56°F1971: 63°F1972: 62°F1973: 59°F1974: 54°F1975: 48°F1976: 60°F1977: 57°F1978: 64°F1979: 47°F1980: 62°F1981: 54°F1982: 52°F1983: 57°F1984: 67°F1985: 69°F1986: 37°F1987: 58°F1988: 43°F1989: 62°F1990: 62°F1991: 66°F1992: 60°F1993: 50°F1994: 54°F1995: 43°F1996: 60°F1997: 60°F1998: 47°F1999: 52°F2000: 58°F2001: 58°F2002: 61°F2003: 57°F2004: 52°F2005: 59°F2006: 55°F2007: 54°F2008: 46°F2009: 52°F2010: 45°F2011: 52°F2012: 53°F2013: 67°F2014: 52°F2015: 65°F2016: 69°F2017: 49°F2018: 53°F2019: 57°F2020: 51°F2021: 51°F2022: 58°F2023: 55°F2024: 43°F2025: 45°F60° forecast354045505560657075188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 860°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record37°F
This-date rank#96 of 152
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-32°F (1887)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1874–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Dubuque in each calendar month, and for the whole 1874–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan63°FJan 1, 1897-32°FJan 7, 1887
Feb72°FFeb 26, 2024-31°FFeb 9, 1875
Mar86°FMar 29, 1895-20°FMar 1, 1962
Apr93°FApr 22, 198010°FApr 6, 1982
May104°FMay 31, 193421°FMay 3, 2005
Jun104°FJun 28, 193436°FJun 11, 1972
Jul110°FJul 14, 193640°FJul 9, 1895
Aug107°FAug 18, 193640°FAug 30, 1915
Sep99°FSep 6, 192224°FSep 30, 1899
Oct90°FOct 3, 199710°FOct 30, 1925
Nov78°FNov 7, 1915-17°FNov 26, 1977
Dec69°FDec 15, 2021-25°FDec 24, 1983
All-time110°FJul 14, 1936-32°FJan 7, 1887

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Dubuque so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

4 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

82°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jun 29, 1931

Coldest high ever

-16°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 30, 2019
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan47°FJan 1, 1897-16°FJan 30, 2019
Feb50°FFeb 20, 1930-13°FFeb 9, 1899
Mar61°FMar 26, 19073°FMar 2, 2014
Apr68°FApr 17, 189623°FApr 3, 1954
May75°FMay 28, 187436°FMay 1, 1909
Jun82°FJun 29, 193148°FJun 1, 1946
Jul81°FJul 25, 187460°FJul 23, 1992
Aug80°FAug 6, 191856°FAug 25, 1987
Sep79°FSep 7, 193943°FSep 26, 1942
Oct72°FOct 5, 190025°FOct 30, 1917
Nov64°FNov 12, 19024°FNov 29, 1929
Dec56°FDec 8, 1946-13°FDec 23, 1983
All-time82°FJun 29, 1931-16°FJan 30, 2019

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

130 days
record run, ended Mar 31 1956

So far in 2026

83 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Dubuque's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 55°F · forecast is +5° vs normal.
Jan: 27°FJan: 11°FFeb: 31°FFeb: 15°FMar: 44°FMar: 26°FApr: 58°FApr: 37°FMay: 69°FMay: 49°FJun: 78°FJun: 59°FJul: 82°FJul: 62°FAug: 80°FAug: 60°FSep: 73°FSep: 52°FOct: 60°FOct: 40°FNov: 45°FNov: 28°FDec: 32°FDec: 17°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:28 AM
Sunset6:37 PM
Solar noon12:02 PM
Daylight13h 10m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

42.40°N, 90.71°W

Nearby Stations

Cedar Rapids, IA63 mi SWMoline, IL66 mi SRockford, IL83 mi EMadison, WI86 mi NEWaterloo, IA86 mi WLa Crosse, WI105 mi N

The Last 6 Weeks

Dubuque'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.
Dubuque, IA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Dubuque's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Dubuque, IA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1874

Each cell is one day's low at Dubuque, coloured by temperature — 153 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Dubuque, IA daily low heat map 1874–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Dubuque — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
83 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 104th most in 153 years. Normal for this point: 87. Record: 109 in 1956.

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