Cedar Rapids Weather in 1961

Historical record of Cedar Rapids, Iowa weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Cedar Rapids Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	June 29
Lowest temperature	-14 °F	December 13
Highest daily low	71 °F	August 11
Lowest daily high	8 °F	January 27
Most daily precipitation	5.0 inches	September 13
Most daily snow	9.0 inches	March 8
Total annual precipitation	48.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	31.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Cedar Rapids in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1961 was 92 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Cedar Rapids in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jun 29
1	92 °F	Jun 28
3	91 °F	Sep 2
3	91 °F	Aug 30
3	91 °F	Aug 29
3	91 °F	Jul 30
3	91 °F	Jun 12
8	90 °F	Sep 9
8	90 °F	Jul 31
8	90 °F	Jul 29
8	90 °F	Jun 11

What was the coldest temperature in Cedar Rapids in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1961 was -14 °F which happened on Dec 13.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Cedar Rapids in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-14 °F	December 13
2	-12 °F	December 28
3	-10 °F	January 25
3	-10 °F	January 24
5	-9 °F	January 27
6	-8 °F	January 21
7	-5 °F	December 15
7	-5 °F	January 22
9	-4 °F	January 23
10	-1 °F	December 25
10	-1 °F	January 29

January 1961 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	31	22	0.00	0.0
January 2	30	18	0.06	0.4
January 3	24	4	0.00	0.0
January 4	42	7	0.00	0.0
January 5	41	20	0.00	0.0
January 6	52	28	0.00	0.0
January 7	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 8	28	8	0.00	0.0
January 9	38	8	0.00	0.0
January 10	45	20	0.00	0.0
January 11	42	20	0.00	0.0
January 12	52	24	0.00	0.0
January 13	57	32	0.00	0.0
January 14	43	26	0.00	0.0
January 15	35	29	0.10	0.3
January 16	39	23	0.00	0.0
January 17	46	30	0.00	0.0
January 18	39	26	0.03	0.4
January 19	27	11	0.00	0.0
January 20	19	6	0.01	0.1
January 21	11	-8	0.00	0.0
January 22	10	-5	0.00	0.0
January 23	26	-4	0.00	0.0
January 24	22	-10	0.00	0.0
January 25	11	-10	0.00	0.0
January 26	16	7	0.08	0.8
January 27	8	-9	0.00	0.0
January 28	26	0	0.00	0.0
January 29	21	-1	0.00	0.0
January 30	23	5	0.00	0.0
January 31	35	9	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	29	14	0.00	0.0
February 2	20	14	0.04	0.8
February 3	26	12	0.06	0.6
February 4	27	2	0.00	0.0
February 5	30	12	0.00	0.0
February 6	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 7	40	14	0.00	0.0
February 8	41	15	0.00	0.0
February 9	41	25	0.00	0.0
February 10	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 11	49	28	0.00	0.0
February 12	49	29	0.00	0.0
February 13	44	32	0.00	0.0
February 14	52	25	0.00	0.0
February 15	46	33	0.00	0.0
February 16	47	26	0.00	0.0
February 17	50	34	0.05	0.0
February 18	39	27	0.69	0.0
February 19	32	12	0.00	0.0
February 20	44	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	54	21	0.00	0.0
February 22	45	28	0.38	0.0
February 23	42	36	0.03	0.0
February 24	37	23	0.00	0.0
February 25	39	21	0.00	0.0
February 26	47	25	0.00	0.0
February 27	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	47	20	0.00	0.0

March 1961 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 2	61	31	0.00	0.0
March 3	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 4	44	34	0.55	0.0
March 5	39	29	0.00	0.0
March 6	35	30	0.70	0.3
March 7	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 8	35	27	1.68	9.0
March 9	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 11	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	39	27	0.00	0.0
March 13	37	33	0.49	0.0
March 14	57	30	0.00	0.0
March 15	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 16	43	23	0.00	0.0
March 17	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 18	35	28	0.00	0.0
March 19	47	29	0.06	0.0
March 20	42	28	0.06	0.0
March 21	40	33	0.21	0.0
March 22	40	32	0.00	0.0
March 23	41	33	0.06	0.0
March 24	54	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	68	35	0.00	0.0
March 26	62	50	0.00	0.0
March 27	60	35	0.65	0.0
March 28	42	31	0.00	0.0
March 29	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 30	52	21	0.00	0.0
March 31	49	29	0.00	0.0

April 1961 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	42	25	0.00	0.0
April 2	48	20	0.00	0.0
April 3	53	27	0.00	0.0
April 4	56	27	0.01	0.0
April 5	47	35	0.03	0.0
April 6	38	29	0.00	0.0
April 7	46	26	0.00	0.0
April 8	46	26	0.00	0.0
April 9	44	32	0.00	0.0
April 10	55	22	0.00	0.0
April 11	50	39	0.22	0.0
April 12	45	36	0.20	0.0
April 13	56	26	0.00	0.0
April 14	53	42	0.10	0.0
April 15	50	31	0.00	0.0
April 16	32	25	0.11	1.5
April 17	44	31	0.16	0.5
April 18	54	33	0.00	0.0
April 19	68	35	0.00	0.0
April 20	63	48	0.01	0.0
April 21	68	41	0.05	0.0
April 22	69	46	0.10	0.0
April 23	65	43	0.04	0.0
April 24	72	49	0.05	0.0
April 25	56	44	0.02	0.0
April 26	70	33	0.00	0.0
April 27	64	42	0.00	0.0
April 28	53	34	0.10	0.0
April 29	52	29	0.00	0.0
April 30	65	36	0.00	0.0

May 1961 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	55	32	0.00
May 2	56	32	0.00
May 3	62	33	0.00
May 4	64	35	0.00
May 5	61	47	0.09
May 6	72	50	0.00
May 7	72	43	0.00
May 8	66	54	0.00
May 9	60	38	0.00
May 10	74	36	0.00
May 11	79	51	0.00
May 12	85	53	0.00
May 13	86	64	0.00
May 14	78	58	0.19
May 15	68	50	0.07
May 16	70	36	0.00
May 17	64	50	0.33
May 18	53	49	0.04
May 19	63	48	0.00
May 20	67	51	0.00
May 21	74	45	0.00
May 22	68	40	0.00
May 23	75	37	0.00
May 24	77	42	0.00
May 25	73	51	0.25
May 26	59	35	0.00
May 27	73	38	0.00
May 28	74	48	0.04
May 29	73	52	0.00
May 30	76	46	0.00
May 31	88	60	0.00

June 1961 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	65	0.73
June 2	81	55	0.00
June 3	76	51	0.00
June 4	81	48	0.00
June 5	85	53	0.00
June 6	76	62	3.78
June 7	77	62	0.09
June 8	79	62	0.41
June 9	85	59	0.12
June 10	89	65	0.00
June 11	90	66	0.00
June 12	91	68	0.00
June 13	86	65	2.41
June 14	78	60	0.00
June 15	68	48	0.00
June 16	73	44	0.00
June 17	77	44	0.00
June 18	82	48	0.00
June 19	79	60	0.00
June 20	75	48	0.00
June 21	81	51	0.00
June 22	79	63	0.00
June 23	72	54	0.20
June 24	78	50	0.13
June 25	79	47	0.00
June 26	85	55	0.00
June 27	86	62	0.00
June 28	92	65	0.00
June 29	92	68	0.00
June 30	88	71	0.00

July 1961 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	67	0.20
July 2	82	67	0.80
July 3	82	53	0.00
July 4	87	59	0.03
July 5	74	63	0.30
July 6	81	58	0.00
July 7	83	59	0.00
July 8	77	54	0.00
July 9	81	51	0.00
July 10	83	58	0.00
July 11	85	59	0.00
July 12	86	60	0.00
July 13	80	62	0.49
July 14	82	60	0.00
July 15	80	58	1.69
July 16	80	56	0.00
July 17	84	62	0.00
July 18	86	63	0.00
July 19	84	64	0.06
July 20	84	58	0.00
July 21	78	64	1.05
July 22	80	63	0.01
July 23	80	62	0.38
July 24	85	61	0.12
July 25	86	62	0.00
July 26	87	62	0.00
July 27	80	68	0.15
July 28	85	68	0.55
July 29	90	67	0.00
July 30	91	62	0.09
July 31	90	69	0.86

August 1961 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	79	68	1.75
August 2	86	66	0.00
August 3	85	64	0.28
August 4	88	62	0.02
August 5	83	59	0.62
August 6	77	60	0.00
August 7	84	56	0.00
August 8	84	66	0.00
August 9	84	70	0.00
August 10	85	67	0.08
August 11	83	71	0.00
August 12	81	56	0.00
August 13	84	56	0.00
August 14	82	56	0.00
August 15	85	58	0.00
August 16	87	61	0.00
August 17	87	62	0.00
August 18	89	66	0.00
August 19	80	67	0.90
August 20	77	55	0.00
August 21	77	53	0.00
August 22	77	60	0.00
August 23	78	51	0.00
August 24	79	53	0.00
August 25	83	58	0.00
August 26	88	58	0.00
August 27	85	68	0.00
August 28	89	67	0.00
August 29	91	62	0.00
August 30	91	69	0.00
August 31	88	68	0.00

September 1961 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	67	0.02
September 2	91	67	1.15
September 3	86	61	0.38
September 4	75	57	0.00
September 5	77	66	0.00
September 6	86	59	0.00
September 7	89	59	0.00
September 8	87	67	0.00
September 9	90	68	0.00
September 10	88	69	0.00
September 11	81	64	0.04
September 12	68	59	2.05
September 13	69	55	5.01
September 14	56	49	0.00
September 15	69	41	0.00
September 16	73	42	0.00
September 17	74	44	0.00
September 18	76	52	0.00
September 19	75	50	0.00
September 20	74	53	0.00
September 21	77	60	0.01
September 22	78	57	0.08
September 23	58	47	0.48
September 24	54	47	0.05
September 25	65	47	0.00
September 26	69	39	0.00
September 27	63	50	0.00
September 28	57	32	0.00
September 29	60	37	0.00
September 30	68	41	1.73

October 1961 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	52	37	0.00
October 2	62	31	0.00
October 3	69	40	0.00
October 4	70	36	0.00
October 5	77	50	0.00
October 6	77	52	0.00
October 7	74	53	0.00
October 8	77	55	0.00
October 9	71	62	0.00
October 10	76	57	0.00
October 11	73	58	0.53
October 12	79	47	0.00
October 13	70	50	1.17
October 14	56	37	0.00
October 15	74	38	0.00
October 16	77	44	0.00
October 17	79	52	0.00
October 18	68	43	0.00
October 19	47	36	0.22
October 20	55	31	0.00
October 21	54	37	0.00
October 22	55	42	0.00
October 23	58	38	0.20
October 24	56	33	0.00
October 25	54	43	0.00
October 26	54	29	0.00
October 27	59	33	0.00
October 28	58	47	0.16
October 29	73	54	0.25
October 30	60	45	0.07
October 31	62	43	0.00

November 1961 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	57	42	0.01
November 2	63	56	2.64
November 3	58	25	0.20
November 4	52	32	0.00
November 5	45	25	0.00
November 6	37	29	0.00
November 7	47	28	0.00
November 8	40	23	0.00
November 9	55	25	0.00
November 10	54	30	0.00
November 11	60	38	0.00
November 12	58	50	0.00
November 13	55	36	0.27
November 14	41	36	0.02
November 15	46	39	0.00
November 16	43	33	2.47
November 17	36	24	0.00
November 18	35	18	0.00
November 19	36	24	0.00
November 20	37	27	0.00
November 21	39	33	0.20
November 22	43	36	0.35
November 23	50	35	0.00
November 24	49	28	0.00
November 25	54	41	0.00
November 26	51	38	0.00
November 27	41	27	0.00
November 28	38	16	0.00
November 29	39	24	0.00
November 30	45	31	0.00

December 1961 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	37	0.00	0.0
December 2	42	28	0.00	0.0
December 3	60	33	0.00	0.0
December 4	61	31	0.00	0.0
December 5	42	20	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	34	0.00	0.0
December 7	37	19	0.00	0.0
December 8	34	12	0.00	0.0
December 9	31	26	0.17	2.5
December 10	28	5	0.00	0.0
December 11	9	2	0.40	4.0
December 12	11	4	0.23	2.0
December 13	12	-14	0.00	0.0
December 14	18	6	0.00	0.0
December 15	18	-5	0.00	0.0
December 16	30	12	0.25	0.0
December 17	32	27	0.11	0.2
December 18	29	25	0.00	0.0
December 19	32	26	0.00	0.0
December 20	29	12	0.00	0.0
December 21	27	18	0.02	0.2
December 22	35	27	0.25	3.5
December 23	32	24	0.27	4.0
December 24	25	11	0.00	0.0
December 25	25	-1	0.00	0.0
December 26	34	21	0.00	0.0
December 27	21	2	0.00	0.0
December 28	10	-12	0.00	0.0
December 29	13	7	0.00	0.0
December 30	20	8	0.00	0.0
December 31	22	4	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1892–2024	Cedar Rapids #1	location