All-time weather records — Big Springs, NE

Record high
111.9°F
July 11, 1954
Record low
-36.9°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
4.06 in
July 6, 2002

Climate change signal in Big Springs

7.1%

of Big Springs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (26 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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 #
1910s
2
13
1930s
·
·
1940s
64
62
1950s
61
51
1960s
47
58
1970s
24
39
1980s
18
50
1990s
31
40
2000s
66
22
2010s
53
31

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 1918, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 1916-2019.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 28, 2015 -33.0°F — Jan 11, 1974 0.83 in — Jan 20, 1988
February 84.0°F — Feb 2, 1948 -27.9°F — Feb 1, 1951 0.79 in — Feb 10, 2013
March 88.0°F — Mar 29, 1967 -22.0°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.58 in — Mar 27, 1975
April 95.0°F — Apr 24, 1949 -9.9°F — Apr 2, 1975 2.91 in — Apr 30, 1942
May 100.0°F — May 29, 2003 19.0°F — May 3, 1954 2.18 in — May 30, 1977
June 111.0°F — Jun 27, 2012 30.9°F — Jun 13, 1969 3.15 in — Jun 8, 1974
July 111.9°F — Jul 11, 1954 37.9°F — Jul 8, 1952 4.06 in — Jul 6, 2002
August 107.1°F — Aug 28, 1948 35.1°F — Aug 18, 1919 3.22 in — Aug 17, 2000
September 107.1°F — Sep 2, 1947 21.9°F — Sep 26, 1942 1.95 in — Sep 23, 1948
October 98.1°F — Oct 5, 1947 5.0°F — Oct 26, 1997 1.81 in — Oct 29, 2000
November 84.9°F — Nov 9, 2006 -13.0°F — Nov 24, 1950 1.60 in — Nov 21, 1979
December 73.0°F — Dec 1, 1995 -36.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.00 in — Dec 14, 1984

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