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Cedar Rapids, IA 41.883°N, 91.725°W · station CIDthr · 134 years of record
94°F
HOTTEST JUL 15 SINCE 1988
forecast high · Jul 15
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Cedar Rapids.
89° MON 7/13 93° TUE 7/14 94° WED 7/15 93° THU 7/16 93° FRI 7/17 91° SAT 7/18 89° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 15
Today ranks #11 / 132
warmest Jul 15 in 132 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 15 ever 109°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 15 ever 65°F
set in 1962
Hottest Jul 15 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 15 at Cedar Rapids. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
65 87 109 1893: 89°F 1894: 90°F 1895: 85°F 1896: 98°F 1897: 83°F 1898: 94°F 1899: 87°F 1900: 92°F 1901: 97°F 1902: 87°F 1903: 82°F 1904: 84°F 1905: 93°F 1906: 88°F 1907: 82°F 1908: 94°F 1909: 86°F 1910: 86°F 1911: 89°F 1912: 89°F 1913: 96°F 1914: 88°F 1915: 84°F 1916: 93°F 1917: 84°F 1918: 89°F 1919: 86°F 1920: 82°F 1921: 89°F 1922: 87°F 1924: 84°F 1925: 101°F 1926: 86°F 1927: 91°F 1928: 82°F 1929: 75°F 1930: 82°F 1931: 98°F 1932: 96°F 1933: 79°F 1934: 95°F 1935: 84°F 1936: 109°F 1937: 90°F 1938: 87°F 1939: 80°F 1940: 87°F 1941: 86°F 1942: 88°F 1943: 85°F 1944: 87°F 1945: 86°F 1946: 77°F 1947: 85°F 1948: 73°F 1949: 86°F 1950: 86°F 1951: 86°F 1952: 76°F 1953: 86°F 1954: 88°F 1955: 81°F 1956: 86°F 1957: 86°F 1958: 77°F 1959: 86°F 1960: 73°F 1961: 80°F 1962: 65°F 1963: 84°F 1964: 87°F 1965: 85°F 1966: 82°F 1967: 81°F 1968: 91°F 1969: 88°F 1970: 80°F 1971: 83°F 1972: 87°F 1973: 80°F 1974: 84°F 1975: 88°F 1976: 93°F 1977: 94°F 1978: 88°F 1979: 87°F 1980: 97°F 1981: 87°F 1982: 86°F 1983: 88°F 1984: 89°F 1985: 82°F 1986: 89°F 1987: 78°F 1988: 100°F 1989: 76°F 1990: 78°F 1991: 88°F 1992: 69°F 1993: 79°F 1994: 83°F 1995: 93°F 1996: 80°F 1997: 90°F 1998: 86°F 1999: 91°F 2000: 84°F 2001: 83°F 2002: 82°F 2003: 85°F 2004: 82°F 2005: 89°F 2006: 92°F 2007: 84°F 2008: 85°F 2009: 79°F 2010: 83°F 2011: 85°F 2012: 85°F 2013: 89°F 2014: 69°F 2015: 78°F 2016: 83°F 2017: 85°F 2018: 84°F 2019: 87°F 2020: 84°F 2021: 79°F 2022: 80°F 2023: 83°F 2024: 90°F 2025: 87°F 94° forecast 1893 1936 2025 Forecast high · Jul 15 94°F Hottest this date since 1988 This-date record 109°F This-date rank #11 of 132
Hottest at any time since 2024 All-time record 110°F (1911) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1893–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Cedar Rapids in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 65°F 1989 -30°F 2019 Feb 76°F 2017 -27°F 1905 Mar 89°F 2026 -20°F 1962 Apr 95°F 1980 1°F 1982 May 104°F 1934 24°F 1925 Jun 103°F 1901 36°F 1945 Jul 110°F 1911 42°F 1924 Aug 108°F 1930 37°F 1915 Sep 105°F 1925 22°F 1899 Oct 94°F 1997 -2°F 1925 Nov 79°F 1915 -11°F 1977 Dec 73°F 2021 -28°F 1924 All-time 110°F 1911 -30°F 2019
Records set or tied at Cedar Rapids so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 4 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (89°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 19 days
record run, ended Jul 27 1901
So far in 2026 4 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Cedar Rapids's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 84°F · forecast is +10° vs normal .
Jan: 28°F Jan: 12°F Feb: 33°F Feb: 16°F Mar: 47°F Mar: 27°F Apr: 60°F Apr: 38°F May: 71°F May: 50°F Jun: 80°F Jun: 60°F Jul: 83°F Jul: 63°F Aug: 81°F Aug: 61°F Sep: 75°F Sep: 52°F Oct: 62°F Oct: 40°F Nov: 47°F Nov: 28°F Dec: 34°F Dec: 17°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:43 AM Sunset 7:42 PM Solar noon 12:12 PM Daylight 14h 59m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 41.88°N, 91.72°W Cedar Rapids'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 Cedar Rapids'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 Cedar Rapids, coloured by temperature — 134 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 Cedar Rapids — counted through Jul 15 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
4 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 94th most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 9 . Record: 36 in 1921.
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