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Sioux City, IA 42.392°N, 96.379°W · station SUXthr · 138 years of record
99°F
HOTTEST JUL 17 SINCE 1974
forecast high · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Sioux City.
89° MON 7/13 94° TUE 7/14 95° WED 7/15 97° THU 7/16 99° FRI 7/17 98° SAT 7/18 97° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #8 / 137
warmest Jul 17 in 137 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 17 ever 107°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 17 ever 69°F
set in 1958
Hottest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 17 at Sioux City. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
69 88 107 1889: 89°F 1890: 94°F 1891: 81°F 1892: 82°F 1893: 80°F 1894: 91°F 1895: 91°F 1896: 78°F 1897: 90°F 1898: 91°F 1899: 85°F 1900: 76°F 1901: 100°F 1902: 83°F 1903: 78°F 1904: 94°F 1905: 96°F 1906: 77°F 1907: 80°F 1908: 91°F 1909: 91°F 1910: 81°F 1911: 80°F 1912: 83°F 1913: 87°F 1914: 83°F 1915: 82°F 1916: 96°F 1917: 83°F 1918: 82°F 1919: 87°F 1920: 83°F 1921: 91°F 1922: 78°F 1923: 86°F 1924: 84°F 1925: 84°F 1926: 100°F 1927: 79°F 1928: 85°F 1929: 85°F 1930: 101°F 1931: 88°F 1932: 86°F 1933: 77°F 1934: 95°F 1935: 100°F 1936: 107°F 1937: 74°F 1938: 87°F 1939: 86°F 1940: 86°F 1941: 95°F 1942: 105°F 1943: 85°F 1944: 81°F 1945: 81°F 1946: 90°F 1947: 86°F 1948: 86°F 1949: 88°F 1950: 81°F 1951: 95°F 1952: 90°F 1953: 88°F 1954: 93°F 1955: 87°F 1956: 89°F 1957: 98°F 1958: 69°F 1959: 80°F 1960: 82°F 1961: 87°F 1962: 83°F 1963: 89°F 1964: 93°F 1965: 91°F 1966: 90°F 1967: 87°F 1968: 92°F 1969: 87°F 1970: 94°F 1971: 90°F 1972: 87°F 1973: 87°F 1974: 102°F 1975: 93°F 1976: 78°F 1977: 87°F 1978: 95°F 1979: 81°F 1980: 95°F 1981: 91°F 1982: 81°F 1983: 91°F 1984: 89°F 1985: 92°F 1986: 93°F 1987: 87°F 1988: 90°F 1989: 84°F 1990: 91°F 1991: 95°F 1992: 83°F 1993: 79°F 1994: 86°F 1995: 85°F 1996: 84°F 1997: 91°F 1998: 90°F 1999: 83°F 2000: 85°F 2001: 89°F 2002: 94°F 2003: 92°F 2004: 84°F 2005: 95°F 2006: 93°F 2007: 98°F 2008: 87°F 2009: 75°F 2010: 94°F 2011: 98°F 2012: 93°F 2013: 93°F 2014: 79°F 2015: 94°F 2016: 86°F 2017: 95°F 2018: 84°F 2019: 86°F 2020: 87°F 2021: 83°F 2022: 90°F 2023: 77°F 2024: 84°F 2025: 75°F 99° forecast 1889 2025 1936 Forecast high · Jul 17 99°F Hottest this date since 1974 This-date record 107°F This-date rank #8 of 137
Hottest at any time since 2023 All-time record 111°F (1936) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1889–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Sioux City in each calendar month, and for the whole 1889–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 71°F 2002 -35°F 1912 Feb 77°F 2024 -31°F 1899 Mar 95°F 2026 -22°F 1960 Apr 98°F 1910 -2°F 1975 May 106°F 2013 23°F 1909 Jun 108°F 1988 38°F 1945 Jul 111°F 1936 41°F 1895 Aug 108°F 1934 37°F 1950 Sep 103°F 1895 24°F 1945 Oct 96°F 1938 5°F 1925 Nov 82°F 2006 -9°F 1891 Dec 71°F 1939 -28°F 1917 All-time 111°F 1936 -35°F 1912
Records set or tied at Sioux City 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 (95°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 27 days
record run, ended Jul 28 1936
So far in 2026 14 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Sioux City's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 86°F · forecast is +13° vs normal .
Jan: 30°F Jan: 11°F Feb: 35°F Feb: 15°F Mar: 48°F Mar: 26°F Apr: 62°F Apr: 37°F May: 73°F May: 49°F Jun: 83°F Jun: 60°F Jul: 86°F Jul: 64°F Aug: 83°F Aug: 61°F Sep: 77°F Sep: 51°F Oct: 63°F Oct: 38°F Nov: 47°F Nov: 25°F Dec: 34°F Dec: 15°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:00 AM Sunset 8:02 PM Solar noon 12:31 PM Daylight 15h 02m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 42.39°N, 96.38°W Sioux City'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 Sioux City'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 Sioux City, coloured by temperature — 138 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 Sioux City — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
14 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 46th most in 138 years. Normal for this point: 11 . Record: 31 in 1934.
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