All-time weather records — Benkelman, NE

Record high
114.1°F
June 27, 2012
Record low
-34.1°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
6.20 in
July 17, 1924

Climate change signal in Benkelman

5.7%

of Benkelman's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (21 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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 #
1890s
·
·
1900s
·
·
1910s
·
·
1920s
16
13
1930s
81
39
1940s
34
30
1950s
40
47
1960s
20
36
1970s
30
70
1980s
27
48
1990s
29
36
2000s
40
19
2010s
41
12
2020s
8
16

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 1926, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1894-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 5, 1927 -27.0°F — Jan 4, 1974 1.47 in — Jan 1, 1992
February 81.0°F — Feb 18, 1970 -29.0°F — Feb 8, 1933 1.72 in — Feb 18, 1984
March 98.1°F — Mar 30, 1946 -22.0°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.42 in — Mar 29, 1980
April 97.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 0.0°F — Apr 2, 1936 2.91 in — Apr 20, 1981
May 102.9°F — May 29, 1934 21.0°F — May 1, 1989 4.65 in — May 30, 1935
June 114.1°F — Jun 27, 2012 34.0°F — Jun 2, 1969 2.84 in — Jun 9, 1974
July 114.1°F — Jul 11, 1954 42.1°F — Jul 6, 1931 6.20 in — Jul 17, 1924
August 113.0°F — Aug 2, 1938 37.0°F — Aug 24, 1928 4.28 in — Aug 5, 1925
September 106.0°F — Sep 5, 1931 21.0°F — Sep 30, 1985 6.00 in — Sep 7, 1901
October 98.1°F — Oct 1, 1938 -4.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 3.13 in — Oct 29, 2000
November 88.0°F — Nov 7, 1980 -11.9°F — Nov 28, 1952 1.40 in — Nov 21, 1899
December 80.1°F — Dec 6, 1939 -34.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.13 in — Dec 25, 1982

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