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Weather extremes
How extreme does Muscatine's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Muscatine has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Muscatine has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 35°F hotter than a normal May afternoon in Muscatine (typical high near 72°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 39°F colder than a normal January night in Muscatine (typical low near 13°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 96% of a typical June's rain in a single day (Muscatine averages roughly 5.0 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Muscatine's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — May's 107°F is about 35°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Illinois City Dam 16 (NOAA GHCN station USC00114355), about 3 km from the city centre.