COLD (Record)
From Encyclopedia Dubuque
COLD (Record) On January 7,1887, Dubuque set a record low temperature of 32 degrees below zero. The coldest month on record was January 1912, with an average temperature of four degrees.
The longest cold spell came in early 1963 when the temperature stayed below zero for twenty consecutive days. Second place in this latter category came in 1888 when Dubuque suffered eighteen days of sub-zero temperatures.
