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Waterloo, IA 42.554°N, 92.401°W · station ALOthr · 132 years of record
92°F
HOTTEST JUL 14 SINCE 2019
forecast high · Jul 14
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Waterloo.
90° MON 7/13 92° TUE 7/14 92° WED 7/15 92° THU 7/16 92° FRI 7/17 90° SAT 7/18 88° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 14
Today ranks #18 / 131
warmest Jul 14 in 131 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 14 ever 112°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 14 ever 67°F
set in 1962
Hottest Jul 14 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 14 at Waterloo. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
67 90 112 1895: 94°F 1896: 96°F 1897: 70°F 1898: 91°F 1899: 80°F 1900: 91°F 1901: 101°F 1902: 90°F 1903: 78°F 1904: 81°F 1905: 90°F 1906: 85°F 1907: 81°F 1908: 92°F 1909: 86°F 1910: 84°F 1911: 86°F 1912: 85°F 1913: 93°F 1914: 86°F 1915: 86°F 1916: 91°F 1917: 84°F 1918: 87°F 1919: 88°F 1920: 84°F 1921: 90°F 1922: 86°F 1923: 98°F 1924: 81°F 1925: 93°F 1926: 83°F 1927: 87°F 1928: 79°F 1929: 79°F 1930: 72°F 1931: 95°F 1932: 98°F 1933: 91°F 1934: 95°F 1935: 91°F 1936: 112°F 1937: 85°F 1938: 81°F 1939: 89°F 1940: 79°F 1941: 85°F 1942: 78°F 1943: 86°F 1944: 84°F 1945: 78°F 1946: 85°F 1947: 86°F 1948: 79°F 1949: 79°F 1950: 73°F 1951: 83°F 1952: 89°F 1953: 80°F 1954: 91°F 1955: 89°F 1956: 85°F 1957: 85°F 1958: 77°F 1959: 86°F 1960: 80°F 1961: 79°F 1962: 67°F 1963: 80°F 1964: 80°F 1965: 80°F 1966: 81°F 1967: 76°F 1968: 92°F 1969: 87°F 1970: 86°F 1971: 77°F 1972: 80°F 1973: 80°F 1974: 86°F 1975: 82°F 1976: 97°F 1977: 100°F 1978: 82°F 1979: 84°F 1980: 90°F 1981: 86°F 1982: 88°F 1983: 91°F 1984: 88°F 1985: 95°F 1986: 84°F 1987: 76°F 1988: 94°F 1989: 84°F 1990: 71°F 1991: 81°F 1992: 74°F 1993: 80°F 1994: 71°F 1995: 96°F 1996: 82°F 1997: 81°F 1998: 90°F 1999: 90°F 2000: 87°F 2001: 85°F 2002: 83°F 2003: 86°F 2004: 87°F 2005: 91°F 2006: 87°F 2007: 87°F 2008: 81°F 2009: 78°F 2010: 93°F 2011: 80°F 2012: 83°F 2013: 87°F 2014: 73°F 2015: 86°F 2016: 83°F 2017: 76°F 2018: 81°F 2019: 93°F 2020: 88°F 2021: 84°F 2022: 86°F 2023: 85°F 2024: 90°F 2025: 87°F 92° forecast 1895 1936 2025 Forecast high · Jul 14 92°F Hottest this date since 2019 This-date record 112°F This-date rank #18 of 131
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 112°F (1936) 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 high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 21 days
record run, ended Jul 18 1921
So far in 2026 3 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Waterloo's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 84°F · forecast is +8° 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 high 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 high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high 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 high at Waterloo — counted through Jul 14 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
3 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 102nd most in 132 years. Normal for this point: 8 . Record: 34 in 1921.
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