All-time weather records — Cook, NE

Record high
116.1°F
August 13, 1936
Record low
-33.0°F
December 10, 1919
Wettest day
6.74 in
May 9, 1950

Climate change signal in Cook

7.7%

of Cook's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 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
20
23
1900s
10
24
1910s
40
55
1920s
34
47
1930s
82
25
1940s
26
21
1950s
32
12
1960s
10
24
1970s
15
31
1980s
20
28
1990s
20
31
2000s
18
8
2010s
25
19
2020s
14
18

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: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 9, 2003 -29.9°F — Jan 12, 1974 1.59 in — Jan 3, 1949
February 82.9°F — Mar 1, 1972 -32.1°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.74 in — Feb 13, 1919
March 91.9°F — Mar 26, 1945 -22.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.99 in — Mar 15, 2021
April 98.1°F — Apr 20, 1902 3.0°F — Apr 5, 1920 2.50 in — Apr 4, 1969
May 106.0°F — May 31, 1934 24.1°F — May 1, 1909 6.74 in — May 9, 1950
June 108.0°F — Jun 15, 1946 19.9°F — Jun 25, 1912 4.78 in — Jun 21, 2010
July 115.0°F — Jul 25, 1936 25.0°F — Jul 19, 1983 5.75 in — Jul 10, 1958
August 116.1°F — Aug 13, 1936 37.0°F — Aug 30, 1915 3.84 in — Aug 8, 2007
September 109.9°F — Sep 9, 1933 5.0°F — Sep 7, 1896 5.49 in — Sep 15, 1941
October 98.1°F — Oct 5, 1947 -7.1°F — Oct 30, 1925 4.40 in — Oct 17, 1968
November 87.1°F — Nov 7, 1944 -7.1°F — Nov 28, 1952 4.54 in — Nov 13, 1909
December 78.1°F — Dec 4, 1916 -33.0°F — Dec 10, 1919 1.95 in — Dec 13, 2015

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