All-time weather records — Fairbury, NE

Record high
114.1°F
July 17, 1936
Record low
-42.0°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
7.65 in
July 9, 1950

Climate change signal in Fairbury

9.3%

of Fairbury's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

10.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (37 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
11
29
1900s
31
71
1910s
46
38
1920s
32
19
1930s
95
8
1940s
24
10
1950s
21
19
1960s
7
29
1970s
9
30
1980s
16
32
1990s
23
18
2000s
14
11
2010s
19
28
2020s
18
24

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 78.1°F — Jan 11, 1990 -25.1°F — Jan 12, 1912 2.00 in — Jan 24, 1894
February 80.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -42.0°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.85 in — Feb 12, 1919
March 95.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -18.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 2.39 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 102.9°F — Apr 20, 1902 9.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 3.45 in — Apr 27, 1906
May 102.9°F — May 30, 1934 25.0°F — May 1, 1909 4.50 in — May 26, 1918
June 111.0°F — Jun 25, 1911 34.0°F — Jun 5, 1903 5.61 in — Jun 9, 1941
July 114.1°F — Jul 17, 1936 12.9°F — Jul 18, 1900 7.65 in — Jul 9, 1950
August 114.1°F — Aug 13, 1936 35.1°F — Aug 18, 1919 6.26 in — Aug 5, 1927
September 111.9°F — Sep 3, 1947 23.0°F — Sep 28, 1899 5.20 in — Sep 15, 1941
October 100.0°F — Oct 5, 1947 8.1°F — Oct 31, 2019 3.21 in — Oct 11, 1973
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -9.0°F — Nov 28, 1976 3.25 in — Nov 12, 1909
December 80.1°F — Dec 24, 1964 -26.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.81 in — Dec 16, 1984

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