Cedar Rapids Weather in 1972

Historical record of Cedar Rapids, Iowa weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Cedar Rapids Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	August 19
Lowest temperature	-20 °F	January 15
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 17
Lowest daily high	-3 °F	January 15
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	April 16
Most daily snow	6.0 inches	March 29
Total annual precipitation	41.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	52.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Cedar Rapids in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1972 was 95 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Cedar Rapids in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Aug 19
1	95 °F	Aug 14
3	94 °F	Aug 18
3	94 °F	Aug 17
5	93 °F	Aug 15
5	93 °F	Jun 3
7	92 °F	Sep 18
7	92 °F	Aug 16
7	92 °F	Aug 13
7	92 °F	Jul 21
7	92 °F	Jul 11
7	92 °F	Jul 10

What was the coldest temperature in Cedar Rapids in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1972 was -20 °F which happened on Jan 15.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Cedar Rapids in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-20 °F	January 15
2	-15 °F	February 9
2	-15 °F	January 28
4	-14 °F	January 16
5	-12 °F	January 14
6	-11 °F	December 11
6	-11 °F	December 7
8	-9 °F	February 7
8	-9 °F	January 30
8	-9 °F	January 29

January 1972 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	29	0.01	0.5
January 2	37	15	0.00	0.0
January 3	31	11	0.00	0.0
January 4	11	0	0.00	0.0
January 5	22	-5	0.00	0.0
January 6	38	20	0.00	0.0
January 7	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 8	46	26	0.00	0.0
January 9	44	30	0.00	0.0
January 10	44	32	0.00	0.0
January 11	34	18	0.02	1.0
January 12	45	23	0.00	0.0
January 13	30	9	0.00	0.0
January 14	15	-12	0.00	0.0
January 15	-3	-20	0.00	0.0
January 16	20	-14	0.00	0.0
January 17	43	19	0.00	0.0
January 18	53	35	0.00	0.0
January 19	36	9	0.00	0.0
January 20	26	16	0.00	0.0
January 21	27	8	0.01	0.0
January 22	35	27	0.00	0.0
January 23	28	10	0.20	2.5
January 24	29	10	0.02	0.5
January 25	10	-7	0.00	0.0
January 26	2	-7	0.00	0.0
January 27	9	-1	0.16	3.0
January 28	7	-15	0.02	0.2
January 29	19	-9	0.00	0.0
January 30	15	-9	0.00	0.0
January 31	32	-3	0.00	0.0

February 1972 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	29	5	0.00	0.0
February 2	32	22	0.14	2.0
February 3	25	2	0.05	0.0
February 4	8	-6	0.00	0.0
February 5	14	-8	0.00	0.0
February 6	14	4	0.00	0.0
February 7	8	-9	0.00	0.0
February 8	11	0	0.02	1.0
February 9	14	-15	0.00	0.0
February 10	23	9	0.29	4.0
February 11	27	4	0.02	0.5
February 12	33	10	0.00	0.0
February 13	35	20	0.00	0.0
February 14	39	22	0.00	0.0
February 15	35	11	0.00	0.0
February 16	33	-1	0.06	1.5
February 17	38	25	0.18	0.0
February 18	25	12	0.00	0.0
February 19	29	4	0.00	0.0
February 20	35	7	0.00	0.0
February 21	35	18	0.00	0.0
February 22	23	0	0.00	0.0
February 23	41	17	0.00	0.0
February 24	35	11	0.00	0.0
February 25	29	17	0.12	2.0
February 26	32	2	0.00	0.0
February 27	43	20	0.00	0.0
February 28	51	25	0.00	0.0
February 29	57	32	0.00	0.0

March 1972 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	47	16	0.17	0.5
March 2	20	1	0.00	0.0
March 3	33	14	0.00	0.0
March 4	32	11	0.06	1.0
March 5	23	1	0.00	0.0
March 6	59	13	0.00	0.0
March 7	55	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	29	14	0.00	0.0
March 9	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	19	0.00	0.0
March 11	74	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	58	32	0.24	0.0
March 13	45	32	0.24	2.0
March 14	52	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	43	35	0.32	0.0
March 16	41	34	0.00	0.0
March 17	52	31	0.00	0.0
March 18	48	25	0.00	0.0
March 19	60	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	68	39	0.00	0.0
March 21	60	40	0.19	0.0
March 22	42	32	0.00	0.0
March 23	45	22	0.00	0.0
March 24	44	19	0.00	0.0
March 25	48	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	40	29	0.00	0.0
March 27	35	31	0.19	0.0
March 28	40	31	0.01	0.0
March 29	37	27	0.34	6.0
March 30	41	22	0.01	0.0
March 31	38	25	0.01	1.0

April 1972 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	37	26	0.00	0.0
April 2	46	30	0.00	0.0
April 3	40	29	0.01	0.0
April 4	48	21	0.00	0.0
April 5	62	23	0.00	0.0
April 6	64	32	0.00	0.0
April 7	51	24	0.01	1.0
April 8	42	13	0.00	0.0
April 9	54	27	0.00	0.0
April 10	70	32	0.00	0.0
April 11	63	40	0.00	0.0
April 12	56	43	0.01	0.0
April 13	64	46	0.00	0.0
April 14	54	38	0.08	0.0
April 15	54	39	0.06	0.0
April 16	68	45	2.79	0.0
April 17	75	37	0.00	0.0
April 18	78	52	0.00	0.0
April 19	74	45	0.50	0.0
April 20	54	41	0.01	0.0
April 21	54	40	1.19	0.0
April 22	48	36	0.02	0.0
April 23	53	34	0.00	0.0
April 24	51	31	0.00	0.0
April 25	57	29	0.00	0.0
April 26	63	29	0.00	0.0
April 27	64	45	0.00	0.0
April 28	61	46	0.19	0.0
April 29	68	47	0.44	0.0
April 30	68	50	0.05	0.0

May 1972 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	57	0.35
May 2	61	43	0.16
May 3	64	43	0.00
May 4	65	45	0.00
May 5	63	36	0.18
May 6	58	50	0.40
May 7	51	42	1.15
May 8	56	42	0.63
May 9	65	33	0.00
May 10	67	35	0.00
May 11	69	49	0.00
May 12	75	48	0.00
May 13	71	56	0.34
May 14	68	51	0.65
May 15	73	48	0.00
May 16	81	49	0.00
May 17	84	53	0.00
May 18	86	54	0.00
May 19	90	57	0.00
May 20	88	57	0.00
May 21	88	60	0.00
May 22	90	60	0.00
May 23	88	57	0.01
May 24	83	58	0.02
May 25	82	57	0.00
May 26	85	57	0.02
May 27	87	58	0.00
May 28	84	61	0.15
May 29	75	62	0.81
May 30	70	50	0.17
May 31	70	37	0.00

June 1972 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	82	52	0.00
June 2	88	63	0.00
June 3	93	62	0.03
June 4	89	66	0.00
June 5	82	55	0.65
June 6	86	64	0.01
June 7	81	58	0.00
June 8	79	61	0.59
June 9	82	66	0.01
June 10	70	40	0.00
June 11	74	40	0.00
June 12	89	62	0.00
June 13	88	65	0.16
June 14	78	62	0.95
June 15	79	56	0.01
June 16	78	50	0.00
June 17	75	53	0.01
June 18	81	54	0.00
June 19	86	62	0.42
June 20	67	58	0.06
June 21	69	46	0.00
June 22	77	48	0.00
June 23	76	49	0.00
June 24	77	46	0.00
June 25	79	53	0.00
June 26	85	56	0.00
June 27	88	62	0.00
June 28	85	61	0.48
June 29	80	58	0.00
June 30	90	59	0.00

July 1972 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	89	64	0.02
July 2	84	65	0.00
July 3	77	54	0.00
July 4	73	59	0.00
July 5	75	45	0.00
July 6	74	46	0.10
July 7	79	53	0.01
July 8	79	60	0.00
July 9	86	65	0.03
July 10	92	62	0.00
July 11	92	67	0.32
July 12	87	68	0.39
July 13	85	67	1.52
July 14	82	65	0.00
July 15	84	63	0.42
July 16	84	58	0.00
July 17	82	66	0.84
July 18	77	65	0.04
July 19	79	66	0.27
July 20	91	74	0.00
July 21	92	72	0.00
July 22	90	74	0.00
July 23	89	70	0.89
July 24	89	68	0.49
July 25	87	64	0.00
July 26	85	63	2.25
July 27	81	60	0.00
July 28	80	56	0.00
July 29	82	55	0.00
July 30	82	58	0.00
July 31	79	64	0.57

August 1972 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	75	65	2.35
August 2	83	66	0.50
August 3	80	62	0.00
August 4	76	55	0.00
August 5	78	53	0.00
August 6	81	62	1.04
August 7	73	55	0.00
August 8	70	57	0.22
August 9	73	48	0.00
August 10	76	50	0.00
August 11	85	63	0.39
August 12	87	67	0.01
August 13	92	68	0.00
August 14	95	74	0.00
August 15	93	68	0.00
August 16	92	73	0.00
August 17	94	74	0.00
August 18	94	71	0.00
August 19	95	72	0.00
August 20	90	69	0.00
August 21	88	73	0.00
August 22	85	65	0.00
August 23	69	58	0.06
August 24	79	59	0.00
August 25	77	65	1.09
August 26	74	65	0.03
August 27	81	60	0.10
August 28	89	60	0.00
August 29	89	61	0.00
August 30	85	62	0.00
August 31	84	68	0.10

September 1972 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	59	0.90
September 2	70	55	0.11
September 3	73	47	0.00
September 4	72	47	0.00
September 5	79	55	0.00
September 6	79	60	0.00
September 7	82	65	0.35
September 8	79	59	0.36
September 9	75	48	0.00
September 10	70	57	0.33
September 11	76	60	0.23
September 12	80	64	0.08
September 13	85	72	0.07
September 14	75	56	0.00
September 15	81	53	0.00
September 16	88	52	0.00
September 17	89	64	0.00
September 18	92	68	0.00
September 19	85	66	0.00
September 20	84	69	0.28
September 21	74	52	0.00
September 22	70	36	0.00
September 23	70	43	0.00
September 24	80	60	0.00
September 25	79	66	0.00
September 26	75	51	0.00
September 27	71	40	0.00
September 28	74	55	0.66
September 29	55	37	0.01
September 30	60	29	0.00

October 1972 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	78	48	0.00	0.0
October 2	78	47	0.00	0.0
October 3	70	59	0.08	0.0
October 4	67	54	0.01	0.0
October 5	68	46	0.00	0.0
October 6	60	51	0.12	0.0
October 7	65	33	0.00	0.0
October 8	66	45	0.00	0.0
October 9	62	32	0.00	0.0
October 10	68	45	0.00	0.0
October 11	72	53	0.06	0.0
October 12	63	49	0.00	0.0
October 13	67	34	0.00	0.0
October 14	62	46	0.00	0.0
October 15	48	27	0.03	0.0
October 16	67	40	0.00	0.0
October 17	60	30	0.00	0.0
October 18	41	28	0.03	1.0
October 19	43	16	0.00	0.0
October 20	43	21	0.24	0.0
October 21	50	37	0.46	0.0
October 22	51	47	1.00	0.0
October 23	47	39	0.24	0.0
October 24	45	37	0.00	0.0
October 25	57	27	0.00	0.0
October 26	67	41	0.00	0.0
October 27	61	38	0.00	0.0
October 28	52	40	0.13	0.0
October 29	56	37	0.00	0.0
October 30	47	40	0.03	0.0
October 31	45	41	0.37	0.0

November 1972 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	46	42	0.16	0.0
November 2	52	40	0.60	0.0
November 3	45	38	0.02	0.0
November 4	54	36	0.00	0.0
November 5	60	33	0.00	0.0
November 6	54	42	0.00	0.0
November 7	51	37	0.19	0.0
November 8	42	37	0.00	0.0
November 9	44	38	0.00	0.0
November 10	44	40	0.34	0.0
November 11	48	40	0.00	0.0
November 12	45	37	0.01	0.0
November 13	42	30	0.35	4.0
November 14	35	25	0.33	5.0
November 15	38	5	0.00	0.0
November 16	38	26	0.00	0.0
November 17	35	28	0.00	0.0
November 18	38	16	0.00	0.0
November 19	34	20	0.00	0.0
November 20	37	20	0.00	0.0
November 21	37	28	0.00	0.5
November 22	30	21	0.00	0.0
November 23	35	20	0.00	0.0
November 24	47	24	0.00	0.0
November 25	39	32	0.30	2.0
November 26	34	28	0.05	1.0
November 27	36	22	0.00	0.0
November 28	31	16	0.00	0.0
November 29	39	15	0.05	1.0
November 30	39	29	0.00	0.0

December 1972 Cedar Rapids Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	24	0.00	0.0
December 2	47	21	0.00	0.0
December 3	31	12	0.00	0.0
December 4	16	8	0.01	0.1
December 5	23	12	0.05	0.5
December 6	12	-5	0.02	0.2
December 7	14	-11	0.00	0.0
December 8	23	11	0.02	0.2
December 9	12	0	0.08	1.0
December 10	10	-1	0.03	0.5
December 11	11	-11	0.00	0.0
December 12	25	10	0.72	5.0
December 13	19	-1	0.00	0.0
December 14	20	-8	0.00	0.0
December 15	14	1	0.00	0.0
December 16	7	-6	0.00	0.0
December 17	25	-8	0.00	0.0
December 18	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 19	40	33	0.00	0.0
December 20	34	27	0.03	0.0
December 21	31	23	0.00	0.0
December 22	28	20	0.00	0.0
December 23	32	26	0.00	0.0
December 24	34	30	0.11	0.0
December 25	33	29	0.00	0.0
December 26	31	8	0.00	0.0
December 27	46	15	0.00	0.0
December 28	37	20	0.00	0.0
December 29	40	30	0.52	0.0
December 30	51	31	0.31	0.0
December 31	31	17	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1892–2024	Cedar Rapids #1	location