Iowa January Weather

Iowa weather averages and all-time records in the month of January from 1991–2020 based on data made available by the NOAA.
State:
Month:
Statewide January Averages
High temperature 28.1 °F
Low temperature 10.9 °F
Precipitation 1.0 inches
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Iowa Cities
January weather averages for various places in Iowa, from 1991–2020.
City Average (°F) Record (°F) Monthly (inches)
High Low High Low Precipitation Snow
Ames 28.6 11.1 67 -37 0.7 n/a
Burlington 32.5 16.3 70 -24 1.4 n/a
Carroll 27.7 9.7 68 -40 0.8 6.8
Cedar Rapids 29.6 13.4 68 -33 1.1 8.5
Davenport 31.3 14.7 69 -33 1.7 10.8
Des Moines 30.9 14.3 67 -32 1.1 9.4
Dubuque 26.6 11.3 60 -31 1.3 10.7
Fort Madison 33.2 17.7 67 -23 1.7 6.7
Iowa City 30.5 14.2 68 -31 1.0 n/a
Iowa Falls 25.8 8.1 68 -34 1.0 7.8
Lamoni 32.2 14.2 70 -29 1.1 6.7
Mason City 24.4 7.5 62 -34 0.9 11.1
Northwood 22.7 5.6 63 -37 1.1 9.9
Ottumwa 31.4 14.4 71 -36 1.0 n/a
Rockwell City 26.7 8.7 70 -35 0.7 7.6
Sac City 26.3 8.4 68 -35 0.7 6.5
Sioux City 30.0 10.7 71 -28 0.7 7.7
Spirit Lake 24.8 9.0 64 -30 0.5 8.6
Waterloo 27.0 9.3 65 -34 1.1 10.0
Webster City 27.1 7.8 72 -33 0.9 8.1