All-time weather records — Chadron, NE

Record high
114.1°F
August 26, 1894
Record low
-44.0°F
February 7, 1895
Wettest day
4.40 in
September 18, 1986

Climate change signal in Chadron

17.5%

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

12.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (47 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
27
3
1910s
2
17
1920s
11
17
1930s
46
18
1940s
32
40
1950s
35
44
1960s
26
41
1970s
21
24
1980s
29
41
1990s
29
17
2000s
28
31
2010s
40
52
2020s
40
21

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 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 8, 1927 -29.0°F — Jan 21, 1949 1.62 in — Jan 4, 1926
February 80.1°F — Feb 24, 1895 -44.0°F — Feb 7, 1895 1.50 in — Feb 26, 2000
March 96.1°F — Mar 27, 1895 -26.0°F — Mar 5, 1989 1.88 in — Mar 8, 2016
April 93.0°F — Apr 20, 1989 -11.0°F — Apr 2, 1975 3.00 in — Apr 7, 1919
May 98.1°F — May 23, 2012 16.0°F — May 3, 1954 2.56 in — May 20, 1988
June 107.1°F — Jun 19, 1989 26.1°F — Jun 2, 1969 3.57 in — Jun 16, 1921
July 109.9°F — Jul 11, 1939 37.0°F — Jul 13, 2008 2.08 in — Jul 25, 1923
August 114.1°F — Aug 26, 1894 30.9°F — Aug 23, 2015 2.06 in — Aug 5, 1920
September 109.9°F — Sep 6, 1894 15.1°F — Sep 25, 1926 4.40 in — Sep 18, 1986
October 97.0°F — Oct 9, 1935 -13.0°F — Oct 26, 2020 1.84 in — Oct 9, 2011
November 86.0°F — Nov 2, 1894 -20.0°F — Nov 13, 1986 1.50 in — Nov 5, 1922
December 78.1°F — Dec 14, 1894 -40.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.04 in — Dec 10, 1915

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