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Spencer, IA 43.168°N, 95.210°W · station SPWthr · 132 years of record
94°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 2012
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Spencer.
89° MON 7/13 92° TUE 7/14 93° WED 7/15 94° THU 7/16 94° FRI 7/17 94° SAT 7/18 92° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #13 / 110
warmest Jul 16 in 110 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 105°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 16 ever 70°F
set in 1912
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Spencer. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
70 88 105 1896: 83°F 1897: 87°F 1898: 91°F 1911: 74°F 1912: 70°F 1913: 92°F 1914: 86°F 1915: 84°F 1919: 88°F 1920: 86°F 1921: 95°F 1922: 90°F 1923: 93°F 1924: 91°F 1925: 86°F 1926: 99°F 1927: 86°F 1928: 88°F 1929: 88°F 1930: 102°F 1931: 97°F 1932: 96°F 1933: 84°F 1934: 82°F 1935: 95°F 1936: 105°F 1937: 86°F 1938: 88°F 1939: 88°F 1940: 82°F 1941: 79°F 1942: 97°F 1943: 88°F 1944: 78°F 1945: 75°F 1946: 76°F 1947: 92°F 1948: 80°F 1949: 88°F 1950: 79°F 1951: 82°F 1952: 77°F 1953: 88°F 1955: 78°F 1956: 92°F 1957: 94°F 1958: 76°F 1959: 84°F 1960: 82°F 1961: 84°F 1962: 71°F 1963: 90°F 1964: 91°F 1965: 92°F 1966: 84°F 1967: 83°F 1968: 90°F 1969: 89°F 1970: 88°F 1971: 92°F 1974: 86°F 1975: 94°F 1976: 82°F 1977: 94°F 1978: 92°F 1979: 78°F 1982: 90°F 1983: 88°F 1984: 82°F 1985: 84°F 1986: 94°F 1987: 90°F 1988: 95°F 1989: 82°F 1990: 92°F 1991: 94°F 1992: 72°F 1993: 80°F 1994: 84°F 1995: 85°F 1996: 84°F 1997: 95°F 1998: 81°F 1999: 80°F 2000: 84°F 2001: 89°F 2002: 88°F 2003: 84°F 2004: 84°F 2005: 94°F 2006: 101°F 2007: 91°F 2008: 92°F 2009: 72°F 2010: 89°F 2011: 92°F 2012: 95°F 2013: 91°F 2014: 75°F 2015: 86°F 2016: 76°F 2017: 89°F 2018: 85°F 2019: 84°F 2020: 81°F 2021: 81°F 2022: 83°F 2023: 80°F 2024: 90°F 2025: 71°F 94° forecast 1896 1936 2025 Forecast high · Jul 16 94°F Hottest this date since 2012 This-date record 105°F This-date rank #13 of 110
Hottest at any time since 2025 All-time record 113°F (1936) 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°F 1944 -38°F 1912 Feb 74°F 2024 -36°F 1899 Mar 89°F 2026 -28°F 1948 Apr 95°F 2007 0°F 1975 May 109°F 1934 20°F 1967 Jun 106°F 1933 30°F 1896 Jul 113°F 1936 40°F 1971 Aug 111°F 1930 34°F 1950 Sep 102°F 1925 21°F 1942 Oct 95°F 2023 -8°F 1925 Nov 80°F 1999 -17°F 1959 Dec 67°F 1998 -30°F 1914 All-time 113°F 1936 -38°F 1912
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 high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 24 days
record run, ended Aug 8 1935
So far in 2026 5 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Spencer's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 85°F · forecast is +9° vs normal .
Jan: 25°F Jan: 7°F Feb: 30°F Feb: 11°F Mar: 43°F Mar: 24°F Apr: 58°F Apr: 35°F May: 71°F May: 47°F Jun: 81°F Jun: 58°F Jul: 84°F Jul: 61°F Aug: 82°F Aug: 59°F Sep: 76°F Sep: 50°F Oct: 61°F Oct: 37°F Nov: 44°F Nov: 24°F Dec: 30°F Dec: 13°F J F M A M J J A S O N D 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 43.17°N, 95.21°W Spencer'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 Spencer'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 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 high at Spencer — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
5 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 83rd most in 132 years. Normal for this point: 8 . Record: 33 in 1933.
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