All-time weather records — Culbertson, NE

Record high
113.0°F
July 20, 1939
Record low
-38.0°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
4.45 in
May 16, 1891

Climate change signal in Culbertson

10.4%

of Culbertson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (38 of 366 records since 2015).

5.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (21 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 #
1880s
·
·
1890s
1
3
1900s
11
25
1910s
34
50
1920s
37
42
1930s
65
27
1940s
33
18
1950s
34
31
1960s
17
34
1970s
8
39
1980s
17
40
1990s
17
22
2000s
34
9
2010s
35
13
2020s
23
13

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 1899, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1889-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 11, 1990 -29.9°F — Jan 11, 1918 1.18 in — Jan 19, 1988
February 80.1°F — Feb 10, 1951 -38.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 1.57 in — Feb 19, 1971
March 97.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -23.1°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.30 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 100.9°F — Apr 20, 1932 -4.0°F — Apr 1, 1936 3.42 in — Apr 18, 1942
May 102.9°F — May 30, 2000 21.0°F — May 1, 1989 4.45 in — May 16, 1891
June 111.9°F — Jun 27, 2012 32.0°F — Jun 2, 1917 3.71 in — Jun 26, 1985
July 113.0°F — Jul 20, 1939 37.9°F — Jul 15, 1990 4.10 in — Jul 18, 1981
August 111.9°F — Aug 9, 1937 7.0°F — Aug 11, 1957 4.40 in — Aug 28, 1968
September 106.0°F — Sep 2, 1947 19.9°F — Sep 17, 1903 3.60 in — Sep 7, 1901
October 100.0°F — Oct 5, 1900 1.9°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.00 in — Oct 26, 1897
November 84.9°F — Nov 7, 1931 -16.1°F — Nov 28, 1952 1.82 in — Nov 20, 1975
December 81.0°F — Dec 24, 1964 -34.1°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.26 in — Dec 14, 1891

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