All-time weather records — Dorchester, NE

Record high
102.9°F
June 15, 1946
Record low
-26.0°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
5.65 in
September 1, 2025

Climate change signal in Dorchester

51.4%

of Dorchester's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (188 of 366 records since 2015).

42.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (157 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 #
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
52
100
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
·
1970s
·
·
1980s
·
·
1990s
·
·
2000s
23
36
2010s
171
135
2020s
120
95

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 1943, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1925-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 31, 2012 -20.9°F — Jan 14, 2024 1.18 in — Jan 6, 1932
February 79.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -26.0°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.48 in — Mar 1, 2004
March 97.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -13.0°F — Mar 4, 2019 3.12 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 93.9°F — Apr 25, 2012 10.9°F — Apr 2, 2018 3.08 in — Apr 25, 2007
May 99.0°F — May 10, 2011 21.9°F — May 6, 1944 4.52 in — May 7, 2015
June 102.9°F — Jun 15, 1946 37.9°F — Jun 4, 1945 4.15 in — Jun 27, 1952
July 100.9°F — Jul 24, 2012 50.0°F — Jul 2, 1945 3.27 in — Jul 16, 1946
August 102.9°F — Aug 9, 1947 39.9°F — Aug 29, 1946 4.09 in — Aug 12, 1963
September 100.9°F — Sep 5, 2012 30.0°F — Sep 28, 1945 5.65 in — Sep 1, 2025
October 96.1°F — Oct 5, 1947 14.0°F — Oct 28, 2020 4.63 in — Oct 12, 1928
November 80.1°F — Nov 4, 2020 0.0°F — Nov 30, 1944 2.15 in — Nov 30, 1997
December 71.1°F — Dec 3, 2021 -17.0°F — Dec 23, 2022 2.18 in — Dec 14, 2015

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