All-time weather records — Bristow, NE

Record high
109.0°F
July 23, 1964
Record low
-29.9°F
December 18, 2016
Wettest day
5.36 in
August 22, 1995

Climate change signal in Bristow

34.4%

of Bristow's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (126 of 366 records since 2015).

27.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (100 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
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
17
38
1970s
26
36
1980s
6
2
1990s
·
·
2000s
5
14
2010s
312
276

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 1964, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 1895-2019.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 90.0°F — Jan 9, 1974 -26.0°F — Jan 1, 2018 1.27 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 73.9°F — Feb 21, 2017 -18.0°F — Feb 9, 1975 1.31 in — Feb 18, 1971
March 86.0°F — Mar 19, 2017 -16.1°F — Mar 3, 2014 2.70 in — Mar 30, 1949
April 89.1°F — Apr 1, 2012 3.9°F — Apr 4, 2018 3.35 in — Apr 29, 1896
May 100.0°F — May 25, 1967 19.0°F — May 3, 1967 4.11 in — May 9, 2016
June 102.0°F — Jun 20, 1974 39.9°F — Jun 2, 2013 4.05 in — Jun 6, 1896
July 109.0°F — Jul 23, 1964 44.1°F — Jul 4, 1967 3.20 in — Jul 22, 2010
August 106.0°F — Aug 29, 2012 41.0°F — Aug 27, 1967 5.36 in — Aug 22, 1995
September 97.0°F — Sep 6, 2013 30.9°F — Sep 23, 2012 3.75 in — Sep 19, 1996
October 93.0°F — Oct 11, 2015 12.9°F — Oct 28, 2017 2.25 in — Oct 5, 1995
November 80.1°F — Nov 7, 2009 -9.0°F — Nov 16, 2014 2.55 in — Nov 30, 1981
December 69.1°F — Dec 2, 2012 -29.9°F — Dec 18, 2016 1.20 in — Dec 13, 1951

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