All-time weather records — Maxwell, NE

Record high
111.9°F
July 11, 1954
Record low
-34.1°F
December 22, 1983
Wettest day
3.76 in
August 11, 1950

Climate change signal in Maxwell

25.4%

of Maxwell's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (93 of 366 records since 2015).

10.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (38 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 #
1940s
6
8
1950s
44
41
1960s
32
55
1970s
21
73
1980s
41
59
1990s
45
37
2000s
50
37
2010s
55
37
2020s
72
19

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 27, 2015 -25.1°F — Jan 26, 1950 1.35 in — Jan 3, 1949
February 79.0°F — Feb 11, 1962 -28.8°F — Feb 15, 2021 1.10 in — Feb 18, 1971
March 93.9°F — Mar 21, 2026 -24.9°F — Mar 4, 2019 1.84 in — Mar 28, 1981
April 98.1°F — Apr 30, 1992 4.1°F — Apr 7, 2018 2.22 in — Apr 19, 1971
May 99.0°F — May 27, 2006 18.0°F — May 2, 2005 2.95 in — May 29, 2007
June 108.0°F — Jun 13, 2022 28.9°F — Jun 2, 1969 3.61 in — Jun 27, 1955
July 111.9°F — Jul 11, 1954 39.0°F — Jul 4, 1997 3.15 in — Jul 10, 1964
August 108.0°F — Aug 2, 2008 35.1°F — Aug 28, 1976 3.76 in — Aug 11, 1950
September 102.9°F — Sep 6, 2013 17.1°F — Sep 29, 1984 2.82 in — Sep 15, 2013
October 95.0°F — Oct 9, 2020 4.1°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.92 in — Oct 28, 2000
November 87.1°F — Nov 6, 2020 -13.0°F — Nov 28, 1976 1.09 in — Nov 5, 1979
December 78.1°F — Dec 22, 2025 -34.1°F — Dec 22, 1983 1.39 in — Dec 20, 2006

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