Waterloo Weather in 1938

Historical record of Waterloo, Iowa weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Waterloo Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	August 9
Lowest temperature	-14 °F	January 10
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 10
Lowest daily high	8 °F	December 30
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	November 5
Most daily snow	4.3 inches	November 8

What was the hottest temperature in Waterloo in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Waterloo, Iowa in 1938 was 98 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Waterloo in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Aug 9
1	98 °F	Jul 12
3	96 °F	Jul 13
4	95 °F	Aug 14
4	95 °F	Jun 22
6	94 °F	Aug 23
6	94 °F	Aug 13
6	94 °F	Aug 3
9	93 °F	Sep 4
9	93 °F	Aug 2
9	93 °F	Jul 24
9	93 °F	Jun 23

What was the coldest temperature in Waterloo in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Waterloo, Iowa in 1938 was -14 °F which happened on Jan 10.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Waterloo in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-14 °F	January 10
2	-13 °F	January 31
3	-10 °F	January 8
4	-6 °F	January 30
4	-6 °F	January 26
6	-5 °F	December 30
7	-4 °F	December 27
7	-4 °F	January 27
7	-4 °F	January 15
10	-3 °F	December 28
10	-3 °F	January 28
10	-3 °F	January 25

January 1938 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	30	12	0.00	0.0
January 2	16	-2	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	9	0.00	0.0
January 4	33	12	0.00	0.0
January 5	26	10	0.00	0.0
January 6	25	8	0.00	0.0
January 7	9	-1	0.00	0.0
January 8	8	-10	n/a	n/a
January 9	17	2	n/a	n/a
January 10	20	-14	n/a	n/a
January 11	37	18	n/a	n/a
January 12	34	17	0.10	1.0
January 13	32	0	n/a	n/a
January 14	30	14	n/a	n/a
January 15	36	-4	0.00	0.0
January 16	37	22	0.00	0.0
January 17	35	27	0.00	0.0
January 18	31	20	n/a	n/a
January 19	33	26	n/a	n/a
January 20	35	20	n/a	0.0
January 21	38	32	n/a	0.0
January 22	42	32	0.00	0.0
January 23	40	24	n/a	0.0
January 24	35	17	n/a	n/a
January 25	17	-3	0.08	n/a
January 26	10	-6	0.00	0.0
January 27	9	-4	0.00	0.0
January 28	28	-3	0.00	0.0
January 29	28	15	n/a	n/a
January 30	25	-6	n/a	n/a
January 31	8	-13	0.00	0.0

February 1938 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	24	2	0.00	0.0
February 2	36	23	n/a	n/a
February 3	34	21	n/a	n/a
February 4	39	17	n/a	0.0
February 5	45	35	n/a	0.0
February 6	50	28	0.05	0.0
February 7	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 8	48	34	0.00	0.0
February 9	46	26	0.00	0.0
February 10	30	26	n/a	0.0
February 11	35	28	n/a	0.0
February 12	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 13	51	26	0.00	0.0
February 14	26	8	0.00	0.0
February 15	26	13	0.00	0.0
February 16	33	21	n/a	0.0
February 17	34	26	n/a	n/a
February 18	26	8	0.02	n/a
February 19	28	14	0.00	0.0
February 20	32	10	0.00	0.0
February 21	28	20	n/a	0.0
February 22	33	24	n/a	n/a
February 23	30	25	0.03	n/a
February 24	31	18	0.03	0.3
February 25	37	13	0.00	0.0
February 26	43	30	0.00	0.0
February 27	44	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	42	22	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	56	23	0.00	0.0
March 2	50	38	0.00	0.0
March 3	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 4	30	22	0.20	2.0
March 5	29	22	0.10	0.0
March 6	29	10	0.00	0.0
March 7	40	23	0.00	0.0
March 8	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	35	28	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	21	n/a	0.0
March 11	54	25	n/a	0.0
March 12	69	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	56	35	0.00	0.0
March 14	50	29	0.00	0.0
March 15	44	32	n/a	0.0
March 16	38	33	n/a	n/a
March 17	61	27	0.25	n/a
March 18	74	42	n/a	0.0
March 19	56	39	n/a	0.0
March 20	74	35	0.00	0.0
March 21	83	50	n/a	0.0
March 22	77	45	n/a	0.0
March 23	54	36	0.00	0.0
March 24	66	38	0.00	0.0
March 25	63	48	0.00	0.0
March 26	55	29	0.00	0.0
March 27	65	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	60	37	n/a	0.0
March 29	71	49	n/a	0.0
March 30	65	43	0.05	0.0
March 31	61	28	1.10	0.0

April 1938 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	37	27	0.00	0.0
April 2	37	21	0.00	0.0
April 3	43	27	0.00	0.0
April 4	44	26	0.00	0.0
April 5	41	23	n/a	n/a
April 6	33	26	n/a	n/a
April 7	38	23	0.05	0.0
April 8	46	26	0.00	0.0
April 9	52	26	0.00	0.0
April 10	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 11	65	39	0.00	0.0
April 12	69	30	0.00	0.0
April 13	81	50	0.00	0.0
April 14	73	56	0.00	0.0
April 15	70	57	0.00	0.0
April 16	68	57	0.70	0.0
April 17	79	51	1.00	0.0
April 18	76	47	0.00	0.0
April 19	66	59	0.00	0.0
April 20	63	37	0.00	0.0
April 21	55	44	0.00	0.0
April 22	60	28	0.00	0.0
April 23	58	44	n/a	0.0
April 24	60	46	n/a	0.0
April 25	63	40	n/a	0.0
April 26	81	53	n/a	0.0
April 27	77	60	n/a	0.0
April 28	67	46	n/a	0.0
April 29	68	42	0.00	0.0
April 30	72	50	0.00	0.0

May 1938 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	80	51	0.00
May 2	82	61	0.00
May 3	81	63	0.00
May 4	77	61	0.00
May 5	61	48	0.40
May 6	63	41	0.01
May 7	52	39	0.15
May 8	44	38	1.00
May 9	61	36	0.08
May 10	70	43	n/a
May 11	58	43	n/a
May 12	63	34	0.00
May 13	67	39	n/a
May 14	67	47	n/a
May 15	67	46	0.00
May 16	73	40	n/a
May 17	66	54	n/a
May 18	81	60	0.08
May 19	74	60	0.11
May 20	70	53	0.19
May 21	67	52	0.11
May 22	73	45	0.00
May 23	67	49	0.00
May 24	65	38	n/a
May 25	74	54	n/a
May 26	77	43	0.00
May 27	76	59	0.03
May 28	75	60	0.15
May 29	80	54	0.00
May 30	80	55	0.00
May 31	83	59	n/a

June 1938 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	62	n/a
June 2	80	54	0.12
June 3	76	59	n/a
June 4	73	56	n/a
June 5	80	49	n/a
June 6	79	63	n/a
June 7	72	50	0.35
June 8	73	45	0.00
June 9	78	57	0.00
June 10	81	64	n/a
June 11	74	55	n/a
June 12	81	50	0.00
June 13	68	55	n/a
June 14	86	62	n/a
June 15	76	63	0.51
June 16	74	53	0.00
June 17	76	57	0.00
June 18	81	54	0.00
June 19	84	54	0.00
June 20	84	59	0.00
June 21	88	60	n/a
June 22	95	59	n/a
June 23	93	68	n/a
June 24	88	68	n/a
June 25	84	67	0.07
June 26	73	60	0.35
June 27	77	52	0.00
June 28	73	55	0.00
June 29	70	60	n/a
June 30	82	63	n/a

July 1938 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	92	70	1.25
July 2	89	67	1.00
July 3	84	71	0.02
July 4	87	67	0.02
July 5	90	69	0.00
July 6	91	72	n/a
July 7	85	67	n/a
July 8	86	64	n/a
July 9	91	62	n/a
July 10	90	65	0.27
July 11	90	65	0.00
July 12	98	70	0.00
July 13	96	75	0.00
July 14	81	61	0.00
July 15	89	57	n/a
July 16	90	65	n/a
July 17	86	65	0.68
July 18	91	59	0.00
July 19	92	64	0.00
July 20	82	60	0.00
July 21	78	60	n/a
July 22	78	60	n/a
July 23	88	56	0.00
July 24	93	64	n/a
July 25	87	69	n/a
July 26	81	67	n/a
July 27	90	67	n/a
July 28	86	60	0.00
July 29	90	61	n/a
July 30	85	67	n/a
July 31	83	64	0.17

August 1938 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	61	0.00
August 2	93	70	0.00
August 3	94	73	0.00
August 4	90	59	0.00
August 5	88	70	n/a
August 6	90	67	n/a
August 7	89	67	0.20
August 8	90	72	0.00
August 9	98	70	0.00
August 10	90	76	0.00
August 11	81	58	0.00
August 12	87	53	0.00
August 13	94	62	0.00
August 14	95	75	n/a
August 15	87	69	n/a
August 16	74	64	1.18
August 17	84	54	1.42
August 18	84	59	0.00
August 19	92	69	0.00
August 20	83	67	n/a
August 21	86	54	n/a
August 22	89	55	0.00
August 23	94	72	0.00
August 24	83	70	0.00
August 25	79	58	0.00
August 26	77	52	0.00
August 27	79	51	0.00
August 28	83	53	0.00
August 29	88	61	0.00
August 30	84	63	0.00
August 31	85	67	0.00

September 1938 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	55	0.00
September 2	77	52	0.00
September 3	90	50	0.00
September 4	93	58	0.00
September 5	81	62	n/a
September 6	88	58	n/a
September 7	88	70	0.73
September 8	85	64	0.00
September 9	92	71	n/a
September 10	92	69	n/a
September 11	85	68	0.31
September 12	78	65	1.17
September 13	71	66	n/a
September 14	73	58	n/a
September 15	68	51	0.52
September 16	68	43	n/a
September 17	61	50	n/a
September 18	54	43	0.64
September 19	59	40	0.02
September 20	67	41	0.00
September 21	71	39	0.00
September 22	84	44	0.00
September 23	90	50	0.00
September 24	73	56	0.00
September 25	77	41	0.00
September 26	85	51	0.00
September 27	73	45	0.00
September 28	81	45	0.00
September 29	78	51	0.00
September 30	72	49	0.00

October 1938 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	71	44	0.00	0.0
October 2	75	54	0.00	0.0
October 3	83	56	0.00	0.0
October 4	89	58	0.00	0.0
October 5	73	55	0.00	0.0
October 6	59	48	0.00	0.0
October 7	74	48	n/a	0.0
October 8	78	52	n/a	0.0
October 9	87	57	0.00	0.0
October 10	83	54	n/a	0.0
October 11	78	61	n/a	0.0
October 12	72	59	0.10	0.0
October 13	73	39	0.00	0.0
October 14	80	53	n/a	0.0
October 15	71	49	n/a	0.0
October 16	86	58	0.21	0.0
October 17	84	54	n/a	0.0
October 18	67	51	n/a	0.0
October 19	51	35	0.14	0.0
October 20	61	34	0.00	0.0
October 21	71	34	0.00	0.0
October 22	56	33	n/a	n/a
October 23	35	32	n/a	n/a
October 24	59	27	0.12	1.2
October 25	70	29	0.00	0.0
October 26	64	48	0.00	0.0
October 27	60	30	0.00	0.0
October 28	73	29	0.00	0.0
October 29	64	36	0.00	0.0
October 30	61	37	0.00	0.0
October 31	68	45	n/a	0.0

November 1938 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	77	55	n/a	0.0
November 2	77	59	0.03	0.0
November 3	68	53	n/a	0.0
November 4	58	49	n/a	0.0
November 5	56	36	2.55	0.0
November 6	42	31	n/a	n/a
November 7	32	27	n/a	n/a
November 8	35	17	0.43	4.3
November 9	44	21	0.00	0.0
November 10	54	36	0.00	0.0
November 11	53	34	0.00	0.0
November 12	66	41	0.00	0.0
November 13	45	29	0.00	0.0
November 14	40	20	0.00	0.0
November 15	40	23	0.00	0.0
November 16	54	28	0.00	0.0
November 17	48	32	0.00	0.0
November 18	42	32	0.00	0.0
November 19	52	21	0.00	0.0
November 20	51	27	0.00	0.0
November 21	51	30	0.00	0.0
November 22	30	13	0.00	0.0
November 23	32	13	0.00	0.0
November 24	25	8	0.00	0.0
November 25	35	10	n/a	n/a
November 26	30	8	n/a	n/a
November 27	32	8	0.00	0.0
November 28	42	26	0.00	0.0
November 29	50	27	0.00	0.0
November 30	42	27	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Waterloo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 2	39	34	n/a	0.0
December 3	37	30	n/a	0.0
December 4	43	34	n/a	n/a
December 5	36	30	n/a	n/a
December 6	43	27	0.00	n/a
December 7	39	29	0.25	n/a
December 8	38	29	0.10	0.0
December 9	32	20	0.00	0.0
December 10	41	26	0.00	0.0
December 11	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 12	31	18	0.00	0.0
December 13	42	15	0.00	0.0
December 14	33	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	15	0.00	0.0
December 16	38	22	0.00	0.0
December 17	35	10	0.00	0.0
December 18	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 19	33	11	0.00	0.0
December 20	36	27	0.00	0.0
December 21	29	20	n/a	n/a
December 22	27	17	n/a	n/a
December 23	36	20	0.11	1.1
December 24	30	16	n/a	n/a
December 25	29	21	n/a	n/a
December 26	36	10	n/a	n/a
December 27	10	-4	n/a	n/a
December 28	25	-3	0.00	0.0
December 29	23	2	0.00	0.0
December 30	8	-5	n/a	n/a
December 31	32	5	n/a	n/a

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Years	Station	Coordinates
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1895–1950	Waterloo	location