All-time weather records — Cowles, NE

Record high
123.1°F
May 2, 1902
Record low
-36.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
6.93 in
September 17, 1919

Climate change signal in Cowles

12.3%

of Cowles's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (45 of 366 records since 2015).

8.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (32 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
·
·
1900s
22
54
1910s
32
40
1920s
27
19
1930s
73
19
1940s
29
20
1950s
27
12
1960s
17
32
1970s
19
29
1980s
21
49
1990s
20
35
2000s
18
12
2010s
36
30
2020s
25
15

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 1902, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 11, 1990 -27.9°F — Jan 4, 1974 2.08 in — Jan 2, 1897
February 82.9°F — Mar 1, 1972 -29.9°F — Feb 16, 2021 2.21 in — Feb 14, 1919
March 98.1°F — Mar 21, 1907 -22.0°F — Mar 10, 1948 3.20 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 100.0°F — Apr 23, 1989 3.9°F — Apr 8, 2018 2.43 in — Apr 12, 1896
May 123.1°F — May 2, 1902 19.9°F — May 1, 1909 4.00 in — May 23, 2008
June 113.0°F — Jun 15, 1946 23.0°F — Jun 19, 1902 6.31 in — Jun 16, 1957
July 117.0°F — Jul 13, 1934 37.9°F — Jul 5, 1972 5.50 in — Jul 9, 1950
August 113.0°F — Aug 8, 1934 36.0°F — Aug 26, 1910 5.00 in — Aug 3, 1911
September 109.9°F — Sep 3, 1947 19.9°F — Sep 30, 1912 6.93 in — Sep 17, 1919
October 100.0°F — Oct 5, 1947 1.9°F — Oct 27, 1997 3.28 in — Oct 12, 1928
November 84.0°F — Nov 4, 2020 -13.0°F — Nov 22, 1929 2.10 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 80.1°F — Dec 23, 1964 -36.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.71 in — Dec 27, 2018

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