Average October Temperatures for Iowa

Average Temperatures for Iowa in October

Average temperatures for October at cities, towns and other locations around Iowa are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, Central and Western Iowa.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Eastern Iowa

Average October temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
65	43	Burlington	18	6
64	42	Cedar Rapids	18	5
63	43	Clinton	17	6
60	36	Cresco	16	2
63	42	Davenport	17	5
63	40	Decorah	17	5
61	42	Dubuque	16	5
63	40	Iowa City	17	4
65	44	Keokuk	18	7
63	40	Waterloo	17	5

Central Iowa

Average daily temperatures in October
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
64	41	Ames	18	5
63	43	Des Moines	17	6
61	38	Fort Dodge	16	3
62	39	Marshalltown	17	4
60	37	Mason City	16	3
64	42	Ottumwa	18	5
65	42	Rathbun Lake Dam	18	6

Western Iowa

October temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
63	40	Carroll	17	4
61	38	Lake Park	16	3
60	39	Milford	16	4
65	37	Onawa	19	3
66	42	Shenandoah	19	5
63	38	Sioux City	17	3
59	39	Spirit Lake	15	4
61	40	Storm Lake	16	4

Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Average Temperatures for Iowa in October

Eastern Iowa

Central Iowa

Western Iowa

Reference

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