All-time weather records — Central City, NE

Record high
116.1°F
July 24, 1936
Record low
-27.9°F
January 27, 1963
Wettest day
7.25 in
June 26, 2025

Climate change signal in Central City

5.5%

of Central City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (20 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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
·
10
1930s
122
45
1940s
38
55
1950s
39
70
1960s
27
63
1970s
24
25
1980s
33
33
1990s
26
31
2000s
22
14
2010s
27
11
2020s
8
9

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 1931, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1878-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 10, 1990 -27.9°F — Jan 27, 1963 0.94 in — Jan 31, 2002
February 82.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -24.0°F — Feb 20, 2025 1.70 in — Feb 18, 1971
March 90.0°F — Mar 17, 2015 -23.1°F — Mar 4, 1960 3.14 in — Mar 23, 1987
April 95.0°F — Apr 23, 1939 1.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 2.76 in — Apr 7, 1998
May 105.1°F — May 29, 1934 24.1°F — May 2, 1967 4.65 in — May 12, 2005
June 108.0°F — Jun 10, 1933 30.9°F — Jun 4, 2025 7.25 in — Jun 26, 2025
July 116.1°F — Jul 24, 1936 43.0°F — Jul 30, 1971 4.39 in — Jul 9, 1991
August 113.0°F — Aug 8, 1934 1.0°F — Aug 22, 1932 3.96 in — Aug 14, 1959
September 107.1°F — Sep 6, 1931 24.1°F — Sep 28, 1951 3.30 in — Sep 8, 1989
October 97.0°F — Oct 6, 1947 9.0°F — Oct 27, 1997 3.45 in — Oct 16, 1968
November 84.9°F — Nov 15, 2025 -11.0°F — Nov 30, 1964 3.19 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 82.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -26.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.43 in — Dec 14, 2015

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