Average October Temperatures for Iowa

Average temperatures for October at cities, towns and lakes throughout Iowa are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, Central and Western Iowa.

Eastern Iowa

Average October temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
66	45	Burlington	19	7
64	42	Cedar Rapids	18	6
64	43	Clinton	18	6
59	35	Cresco	15	2
63	41	Davenport	17	5
63	39	Decorah	17	4
62	42	Dubuque	17	6
66	42	Iowa City	19	6
66	44	Keokuk	19	7
62	39	Waterloo	17	4

Average daily temperatures in October
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
64	41	Ames	18	5
63	43	Des Moines	17	6
62	38	Fort Dodge	17	4
62	38	Marshalltown	17	3
60	37	Mason City	16	3
63	41	Ottumwa	17	5
64	42	Rathbun Lake Dam	18	6

October temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
62	38	Carroll	17	4
62	38	Lake Park	17	3
60	36	Milford	16	2
65	37	Onawa	18	3
66	41	Shenandoah	19	5
63	38	Sioux City	17	3
61	39	Storm Lake	16	4