All-time weather records — Burton, NE

Record high
113.0°F
July 22, 2012
Record low
-34.1°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
5.85 in
July 19, 1999

Climate change signal in Burton

17.5%

of Burton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (64 of 366 records since 2015).

13.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (48 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
26
56
1900s
18
48
1910s
22
21
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
8
6
1950s
38
27
1960s
51
25
1970s
19
25
1980s
29
38
1990s
37
31
2000s
27
16
2010s
46
45
2020s
45
28

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 28, 2015 -34.1°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.45 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 91.9°F — Feb 24, 1995 -29.9°F — Feb 2, 1905 1.30 in — Feb 19, 1971
March 90.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -20.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 1.70 in — Mar 15, 2021
April 97.0°F — Apr 23, 2022 -0.9°F — Apr 4, 2018 3.22 in — Apr 30, 2022
May 102.0°F — May 25, 1967 3.9°F — May 11, 2002 3.22 in — May 29, 1978
June 108.0°F — Jun 24, 2021 3.9°F — Jun 8, 2003 4.65 in — Jun 22, 1999
July 113.0°F — Jul 22, 2012 39.0°F — Jul 5, 1999 5.85 in — Jul 19, 1999
August 111.0°F — Aug 3, 2022 19.9°F — Aug 26, 1900 3.85 in — Aug 10, 1994
September 108.0°F — Sep 9, 2022 16.0°F — Sep 19, 1896 3.48 in — Sep 18, 1967
October 97.0°F — Oct 4, 1963 3.0°F — Oct 28, 1895 3.15 in — Oct 5, 1911
November 84.0°F — Nov 1, 1990 -27.9°F — Nov 22, 1898 2.23 in — Nov 2, 1972
December 75.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -31.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.20 in — Dec 14, 2022

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