Iowa weather history by city
Daily weather records for 14 Iowa cities from NOAA's GHCN-Daily station network.
| City | Population | Weather station | Records since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines | 213,096 | Des Moines Intl AP (3.5 mi) | 1945 |
| Cedar Rapids | 137,904 | Cedar Rapids MUNI AP (6.1 mi) | 1953 |
| Davenport | 100,938 | Rock Is L&d 15 (3.4 mi) | 1866 |
| Sioux City | 86,875 | Sioux City AP (7.2 mi) | 1940 |
| Ankeny | 76,727 | Des Moines Intl AP (13.8 mi) | 1945 |
| Iowa City | 76,710 | Iowa City MUNI AP (1.3 mi) | 1948 |
| West Des Moines | 73,664 | Des Moines Intl AP (6.7 mi) | 1945 |
| Ames | 69,026 | Ames MUNI AP (2.5 mi) | 1996 |
| Waterloo | 67,477 | Waterloo MUNI AP (5.0 mi) | 1950 |
| Council Bluffs | 62,665 | Omaha Eppley Airfield (5.8 mi) | 1948 |
| Dubuque | 58,987 | Dubuque RGNL AP (7.0 mi) | 1951 |
| Urbandale | 47,759 | Des Moines Intl AP (9.7 mi) | 1945 |
| Marion | 42,542 | Cedar Rapids #1 (0.4 mi) | 1892 |
| Cedar Falls | 41,417 | Waterloo MUNI AP (3.6 mi) | 1950 |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Historical Climatology Network – Daily (GHCN-Daily): Menne, M.J., I. Durre, B. Korzeniewski, S. McNeill, K. Thomas, X. Yin, S. Anthony, R. Ray, R.S. Vose, B.E. Gleason, and T.G. Houston (2012), Global Historical Climatology Network – Daily, Version 3, doi:10.7289/V5D21VHZ. Recent days come from NCEI's data access service and can change as NCEI quality-checks them. Values NCEI flagged as failing a quality check are left out. Averages are for the station's normals period (1991–2020 where it has 20+ years of it), pooled over the 15 days around each date. Storm reports: NOAA Storm Prediction Center.