Cedar Rapids - Highest Temperature for Each Year

Here's where you'll find answers to questions about the highest temperatures and hottest days in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. How hot did it get in 2019? When was the last time thermometers in Cedar Rapids rose above 100 °F? What was the highest temperature in Cedar Rapids a century ago? Answers to those questions and much more can be found quickly and easily in the list below of record high temperatures.

This page gives the highest temperature for each year in Cedar Rapids and the date that it happened. A date with a plus sign means it was that hot on at least one other day earlier that year.

These records were observed in Marion, a city next to Cedar Rapids and go back to 1893. The highest temperature measured during that time was 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) on July 6, 1911.

Highest Cedar Rapids temperatures in recent years
Max °F Date Max °C
103 August 23, 2023   39
2022
95 August 24, 2021 + 35
2020
96 July 19, 2019 36
96 May 28, 2018 36
94 September 23, 2017 + 34
96 July 21, 2016 + 36
94 July 18, 2015 + 34
92 August 24, 2014 33
100 September 09, 2013 38
2012
100 July 20, 2011 + 38
94 July 14, 2010 34
Highest temperature recorded at Cedar Rapids each year
Max °F Date Max °C
95 June 23, 2009 35
93 August 04, 2008 34
95 July 08, 2007 35
97 July 30, 2006 + 36
97 August 09, 2005 + 36
91 July 20, 2004 33
98 August 20, 2003 37
95 July 21, 2002 35
94 August 09, 2001 + 34
96 September 02, 2000 36
98 July 29, 1999 37
95 July 20, 1998 35
98 July 26, 1997 37
94 June 29, 1996 34
101 July 13, 1995 38
91 September 14, 1994 + 33
90 August 26, 1993 + 32
91 August 09, 1992 + 33
97 July 22, 1991 36
96 July 04, 1990 + 36
99 July 10, 1989 + 37
105 July 31, 1988 41
101 July 31, 1987 38
94 July 18, 1986 34
98 September 07, 1985 37
97 September 01, 1984 + 36
98 August 19, 1983 37
93 August 03, 1982 34
94 July 12, 1981 34
98 July 07, 1980 37
94 August 07, 1979 34
93 September 07, 1978 34
101 July 14, 1977 38
95 July 11, 1976 + 35
95 August 12, 1975 + 35
98 July 18, 1974 37
96 July 12, 1973 36
95 August 19, 1972 + 35
95 June 27, 1971 + 35
97 July 01, 1970 + 36
92 July 12, 1969 33
94 August 23, 1968 + 34
92 July 26, 1967 + 33
98 July 10, 1966 37
97 August 05, 1965 36
96 July 24, 1964 36
99 July 01, 1963 37
93 August 23, 1962 34
92 June 29, 1961 + 33
94 September 04, 1960 + 34
94 August 21, 1959 34
92 August 28, 1958 + 33
1957
1956
102 July 30, 1955 + 39
99 July 12, 1954 + 37
97 September 01, 1953 + 36
95 July 25, 1952 + 35
94 August 30, 1951 34
92 August 16, 1950 + 33
95 July 03, 1949 + 35
100 July 06, 1948 38
101 August 03, 1947 38
96 July 09, 1946 36
99 July 31, 1945 37
96 August 10, 1944 36
95 June 26, 1943 35
95 July 17, 1942 + 35
100 August 11, 1941 + 38
105 July 25, 1940 41
99 September 07, 1939 37
96 August 23, 1938 + 36
100 August 16, 1937 38
109 July 14, 1936 43
97 July 18, 1935 36
104 May 31, 1934 40
98 June 20, 1933 37
99 July 15, 1932 37
103 July 28, 1931 + 39
108 August 03, 1930 42
95 August 22, 1929 + 35
93 August 15, 1928 + 34
96 September 12, 1927 36
100 July 20, 1926 38
105 September 04, 1925 41
1924
1923
101 September 06, 1922 38
103 July 11, 1921 39
99 June 28, 1920 + 37
102 July 30, 1919 39
107 August 06, 1918 42
102 August 01, 1917 + 39
103 July 30, 1916 + 39
92 May 14, 1915 33
103 July 12, 1914 39
106 July 31, 1913 41
100 July 24, 1912 + 38
110 July 06, 1911 43
100 July 17, 1910 + 38
98 August 15, 1909 37
98 August 04, 1908 + 37
97 July 06, 1907 36
96 September 10, 1906 + 36
98 July 19, 1905 37
98 July 17, 1904 37
97 August 24, 1903 36
94 July 30, 1902 + 34
107 July 24, 1901 + 42
97 August 07, 1900 + 36
102 September 05, 1899 39
100 July 19, 1898 38
102 July 08, 1897 39
100 May 06, 1896 38
97 July 16, 1895 36
100 August 09, 1894 + 38
93 July 13, 1893 34
Reference

Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 

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