Iowa · THREADEX · 1895–2026
Spencer, IA
43.168°N, 95.210°W · station SPWthr · 132 years of record
65°F
COLDEST JUL 14 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 14
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Spencer.
This Day in History · Jul 14
Today ranks
#72 / 110
coldest Jul 14 in 110 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 14 ever
43°F
set in 1930
Mildest Jul 14 ever
74°F
set in 1969
Coldest Jul 14 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 14 at Spencer. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
| Forecast low · Jul 14 | 65°F |
| Coldest this date since | 2025 |
| This-date record | 43°F |
| This-date rank | #72 of 110 |
| Coldest at any time since | 2026 |
| All-time record | -38°F (1912) |
| Odds to tie/break | 0.0% (daily) |
| Period of record | 1895–2026 |
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Spencer in each calendar month, and for the whole 1895–2026 record — with the year each was set.
| Month | Record High | Record Low |
|---|
| Jan | 66°F1944 | -38°F1912 |
| Feb | 74°F2024 | -36°F1899 |
| Mar | 89°F2026 | -28°F1948 |
| Apr | 95°F2007 | 0°F1975 |
| May | 109°F1934 | 20°F1967 |
| Jun | 106°F1933 | 30°F1896 |
| Jul | 113°F1936 | 40°F1971 |
| Aug | 111°F1930 | 34°F1950 |
| Sep | 102°F1925 | 21°F1942 |
| Oct | 95°F2023 | -8°F1925 |
| Nov | 80°F1999 | -17°F1959 |
| Dec | 67°F1998 | -30°F1914 |
| All-time | 113°F1936 | -38°F1912 |
Records set or tied at Spencer so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026
6 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (89°F)
Record Lows in 2026
1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
141 days
record run, ended Mar 24 1948
So far in 2026
100 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Spencer's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 62°F · forecast is +3° vs normal.
Sun & Daylight Today
| Sunrise | 4:53 AM |
| Sunset | 8:00 PM |
| Solar noon | 12:26 PM |
| Daylight | 15h 07m · losing 8 min/wk |
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location
Spencer'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 Spencer'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 Spencer, 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 Spencer — counted through Jul 14 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
100 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 50th most in 132 years. Normal for this point: 85. Record: 114 in 1956.
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