All-time weather records — Benedict, NE

Record high
102.9°F
June 28, 2012
Record low
-34.1°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
4.71 in
August 26, 2014

Climate change signal in Benedict

66.4%

of Benedict's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (243 of 366 records since 2015).

49.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (182 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
2000s
15
49
2010s
204
214
2020s
147
103

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 2008, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2004-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 31, 2012 -20.0°F — Jan 9, 2010 0.95 in — Jan 26, 2021
February 78.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -34.1°F — Feb 16, 2021 0.96 in — Feb 4, 2012
March 98.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -11.9°F — Mar 4, 2019 4.56 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 95.0°F — Apr 27, 2021 6.1°F — Apr 7, 2018 3.40 in — Apr 25, 2007
May 100.0°F — May 15, 2013 27.0°F — May 3, 2011 4.22 in — May 12, 2005
June 102.9°F — Jun 28, 2012 41.0°F — Jun 1, 2012 2.76 in — Jun 5, 2015
July 100.9°F — Jul 1, 2011 46.9°F — Jul 16, 2014 4.09 in — Jul 1, 2018
August 100.0°F — Aug 23, 2023 42.1°F — Aug 18, 2012 4.71 in — Aug 26, 2014
September 100.9°F — Sep 5, 2012 30.0°F — Sep 23, 2012 1.90 in — Sep 10, 2006
October 96.1°F — Oct 12, 2015 12.9°F — Oct 31, 2019 2.26 in — Oct 22, 2008
November 82.9°F — Nov 5, 2020 -2.0°F — Nov 16, 2014 1.75 in — Nov 10, 2020
December 71.1°F — Dec 3, 2021 -20.0°F — Dec 27, 2017 1.58 in — Dec 27, 2018

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Benedict.