All-time weather records — Duncan, NE

Record high
115.0°F
July 25, 1936
Record low
-29.0°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
5.97 in
August 5, 1981

Climate change signal in Duncan

6.8%

of Duncan's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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
9
46
1900s
22
60
1910s
24
70
1920s
36
31
1930s
99
25
1940s
28
26
1950s
21
22
1960s
23
19
1970s
11
16
1980s
32
18
1990s
16
14
2000s
8
4
2010s
22
8
2020s
15
7

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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 25, 1944 -29.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.36 in — Jan 5, 1932
February 77.0°F — Feb 25, 1896 -29.0°F — Feb 11, 1899 1.71 in — Feb 2, 2016
March 95.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -15.0°F — Mar 2, 1913 3.57 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 100.0°F — Apr 28, 1910 3.9°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.93 in — Apr 9, 2013
May 102.9°F — May 29, 1913 6.1°F — May 5, 2006 3.95 in — May 14, 1905
June 109.0°F — Jun 26, 1936 34.0°F — Jun 8, 1894 5.17 in — Jun 18, 1946
July 115.0°F — Jul 25, 1936 41.0°F — Jul 9, 1895 4.81 in — Jul 26, 2017
August 111.0°F — Aug 18, 1934 37.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 5.97 in — Aug 5, 1981
September 105.1°F — Sep 6, 1922 24.1°F — Sep 29, 1984 5.70 in — Sep 11, 1900
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 1938 6.1°F — Oct 27, 1925 3.29 in — Oct 16, 1968
November 84.9°F — Nov 5, 1945 -14.1°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.59 in — Nov 4, 1922
December 78.1°F — Dec 6, 1939 -25.1°F — Dec 28, 1916 1.80 in — Dec 25, 2023

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