All-time weather records — Burwell, NE

Record high
114.1°F
July 11, 1954
Record low
-34.1°F
January 27, 1963
Wettest day
5.80 in
August 23, 1983

Climate change signal in Burwell

10.1%

of Burwell's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (37 of 366 records since 2015).

11.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (42 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 #
1940s
6
8
1950s
74
57
1960s
60
93
1970s
23
45
1980s
46
50
1990s
55
36
2000s
45
25
2010s
32
23
2020s
25
29

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 26, 2002 -34.1°F — Jan 27, 1963 1.04 in — Jan 30, 2001
February 80.1°F — Feb 28, 2006 -33.0°F — Feb 15, 2021 1.29 in — Feb 18, 1984
March 91.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -22.0°F — Mar 4, 1960 2.56 in — Mar 17, 1987
April 95.0°F — Apr 30, 1965 1.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.46 in — Apr 12, 1970
May 102.0°F — May 24, 1967 21.0°F — May 2, 1967 3.60 in — May 15, 2025
June 107.1°F — Jun 15, 1952 30.0°F — Jun 1, 1983 2.74 in — Jun 24, 1968
July 114.1°F — Jul 11, 1954 37.0°F — Jul 30, 1971 3.60 in — Jul 12, 1997
August 107.1°F — Aug 16, 1983 37.0°F — Aug 12, 1964 5.80 in — Aug 23, 1983
September 104.0°F — Sep 6, 1959 19.0°F — Sep 29, 1984 2.82 in — Sep 4, 1994
October 95.0°F — Oct 12, 2015 1.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.80 in — Oct 13, 2023
November 84.0°F — Nov 2, 2005 -16.1°F — Nov 28, 1976 1.72 in — Nov 11, 1982
December 73.0°F — Dec 3, 1959 -29.9°F — Dec 22, 1983 1.52 in — Dec 27, 2018

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