All-time weather records — Ericson, NE

Record high
111.0°F
July 26, 2012
Record low
-99.0°F
August 14, 2023
Wettest day
6.30 in
August 31, 2025

Climate change signal in Ericson

26.2%

of Ericson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (96 of 366 records since 2015).

18.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (69 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
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·
1900s
·
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1910s
·
·
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
1
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
·
1970s
·
·
1980s
48
105
1990s
78
100
2000s
95
78
2010s
72
43
2020s
73
39

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 1984, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 6, 2012 -34.1°F — Jan 31, 1996 1.10 in — Jan 3, 2023
February 79.0°F — Feb 26, 1995 -35.0°F — Feb 15, 2021 3.00 in — Feb 5, 1946
March 98.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -18.0°F — Mar 6, 1989 2.75 in — Mar 17, 1987
April 91.0°F — Apr 16, 2002 0.0°F — Apr 8, 2023 3.37 in — Apr 24, 1935
May 100.0°F — May 15, 2013 5.0°F — May 24, 2004 3.28 in — May 29, 1956
June 106.0°F — Jun 22, 1988 32.0°F — Jun 15, 1989 3.50 in — Jun 14, 1920
July 111.0°F — Jul 26, 2012 24.1°F — Jul 9, 1989 3.54 in — Jul 12, 1997
August 106.0°F — Aug 31, 2012 -99.0°F — Aug 14, 2023 6.30 in — Aug 31, 2025
September 100.9°F — Sep 1, 2022 25.0°F — Sep 24, 1989 3.10 in — Sep 16, 1906
October 98.1°F — Oct 12, 2015 6.1°F — Oct 27, 1997 2.40 in — Oct 16, 1968
November 84.9°F — Nov 3, 2005 -14.1°F — Nov 11, 1986 2.46 in — Nov 24, 2001
December 73.0°F — Dec 27, 2025 -32.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 1.47 in — Dec 1, 1981

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