All-time weather records — Merna, NE

Record high
116.1°F
July 11, 1954
Record low
-42.0°F
January 23, 1915
Wettest day
5.00 in
July 13, 2016

Climate change signal in Merna

8.5%

of Merna's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (31 of 366 records since 2015).

6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (22 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
19
9
1900s
16
34
1910s
30
38
1920s
28
18
1930s
90
20
1940s
23
20
1950s
30
34
1960s
22
42
1970s
14
24
1980s
21
45
1990s
19
29
2000s
14
21
2010s
17
23
2020s
23
9

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: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 25, 1896 -42.0°F — Jan 23, 1915 1.46 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 79.0°F — Feb 22, 1982 -41.1°F — Feb 13, 1905 1.18 in — Feb 19, 1971
March 91.9°F — Mar 30, 1943 -22.0°F — Mar 4, 1960 2.65 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 99.0°F — Apr 28, 1910 -5.1°F — Apr 3, 1936 3.74 in — Apr 20, 1905
May 109.9°F — May 8, 1895 15.1°F — May 3, 1954 4.30 in — May 27, 1945
June 107.1°F — Jun 15, 1946 30.0°F — Jun 4, 1950 4.11 in — Jun 9, 1974
July 116.1°F — Jul 11, 1954 37.0°F — Jul 30, 1971 5.00 in — Jul 13, 2016
August 113.0°F — Aug 17, 1936 33.1°F — Aug 20, 1950 4.72 in — Aug 10, 1968
September 106.0°F — Sep 20, 1895 16.0°F — Sep 29, 1984 4.10 in — Sep 2, 1942
October 98.1°F — Oct 12, 2015 -0.9°F — Oct 28, 1925 4.20 in — Oct 13, 2023
November 84.0°F — Nov 3, 2005 -23.1°F — Nov 28, 1976 1.90 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 80.1°F — Dec 22, 1897 -29.9°F — Dec 31, 1967 2.41 in — Dec 5, 1913

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