All-time weather records — Nelson, NE

Record high
116.1°F
July 25, 1940
Record low
-27.9°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
4.63 in
September 20, 1950

Climate change signal in Nelson

0%

of Nelson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

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of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1910s
70
99
1920s
·
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1930s
108
59
1940s
85
79
1950s
77
84
1960s
26
45
1970s
·
·
1980s
·
·
1990s
·
·
2000s
·
·
2010s
·
·
2020s
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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 1911, the latest in 1964. Period of observation: 1910-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 70.0°F — Jan 2, 1939 -27.9°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.11 in — Jan 14, 1960
February 77.0°F — Feb 25, 1917 -18.0°F — Feb 1, 1917 1.21 in — Feb 9, 1966
March 91.9°F — Mar 31, 1946 -23.1°F — Mar 11, 1948 2.48 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 95.0°F — Apr 22, 1939 9.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 2.15 in — Apr 2, 1925
May 99.0°F — May 29, 1913 21.9°F — May 14, 1953 3.05 in — May 7, 2015
June 109.9°F — Jun 15, 1946 34.0°F — Jun 2, 1964 3.28 in — Jun 15, 2012
July 116.1°F — Jul 25, 1940 46.0°F — Jul 4, 1915 3.77 in — Jul 13, 1911
August 114.1°F — Aug 13, 1936 37.9°F — Aug 30, 1915 3.94 in — Aug 3, 1985
September 109.0°F — Sep 3, 1947 24.1°F — Sep 30, 1912 4.63 in — Sep 20, 1950
October 99.0°F — Oct 5, 1947 10.0°F — Oct 29, 1913 3.00 in — Oct 10, 1973
November 87.1°F — Nov 5, 1945 -8.0°F — Nov 28, 1952 3.65 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 75.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -22.0°F — Dec 21, 1916 2.00 in — Dec 5, 1913

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