Photos: How warm was it in Iowa City on Friday?

Friday was unseasonably warm across Iowa. In Iowa City, temperatures topped out around 80 degrees. That’s nearly 30 degrees warmer than the average high temperature in late March.

Jim Slosiarek

Mar. 28, 2025 6:09 pm

First-year political science major Eleanor Moeller of Elgin, Ill., relaxes on the lawn below Old Capitol on The Pentacrest in Iowa City on Friday. Temperatures across Eastern Iowa reached the upper 70s, about 30 degrees warmer than the average temperature for late March. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Claire Smith (left) a senior exercise science major from Davenport, smashes a volley toward senior biomedical engineering major Nick Moore of Bettendorf as they play Spikeball with senior computer science and engineering major Nate Schaefer (center) of Guttenberg and senior nursing major Katie Boldt (not pictured) also of Davenport on The Pentacrest in Iowa City on Friday. Temperatures reached about 78 in Iowa City on Friday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Freshman marketing major Lindsey Vaikutis of Claritin Hills, Ill., relaxes in the sun on a bench below Old Capitol on The Pentacrest in Iowa City on Friday. Temperatures reached about 78 in Iowa City on Friday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Senior nursing major Katie Boldt of Davenport sends a volley as she plays Spikeball on The Pentacrest in Iowa City on Friday. Temperatures reached about 78 in Iowa City on Friday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Claire Smith, a senior exercise science major from Davenport, cheers after she and her partner, senior nursing major Katie Boldt, also of Davenport, scored a point as they play Spikeball on The Pentacrest in Iowa City on Friday. Temperatures reached about 78 in Iowa City on Friday. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)