All-time weather records — Ogallala, NE

Record high
115.0°F
July 24, 1940
Record low
-36.0°F
December 22, 1989
Wettest day
6.50 in
July 7, 2002

Climate change signal in Ogallala

10.1%

of Ogallala's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (37 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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
9
12
1910s
·
·
1920s
40
46
1930s
73
41
1940s
36
34
1950s
16
35
1960s
28
57
1970s
18
53
1980s
22
29
1990s
32
21
2000s
39
17
2010s
27
11
2020s
26
10

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

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 3, 1997 -29.0°F — Jan 17, 1930 1.80 in — Jan 26, 1944
February 78.1°F — Feb 3, 2020 -26.0°F — Feb 8, 1936 1.05 in — Feb 22, 1931
March 93.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -23.1°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.20 in — Mar 11, 1977
April 95.0°F — Apr 22, 1980 -2.0°F — Apr 2, 1975 3.30 in — Apr 20, 1971
May 100.0°F — May 13, 1941 19.0°F — May 1, 1925 4.60 in — May 26, 1915
June 108.0°F — Jun 23, 1937 32.0°F — Jun 2, 1969 4.65 in — Jun 13, 2007
July 115.0°F — Jul 24, 1940 37.9°F — Jul 8, 1952 6.50 in — Jul 7, 2002
August 109.0°F — Aug 11, 1936 37.0°F — Aug 24, 1928 2.75 in — Aug 13, 1959
September 109.0°F — Sep 10, 1931 15.1°F — Sep 25, 1926 2.59 in — Sep 20, 1996
October 95.0°F — Oct 7, 1934 -2.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.00 in — Oct 19, 1965
November 82.0°F — Nov 3, 2025 -9.9°F — Nov 14, 1940 1.45 in — Nov 1, 1928
December 77.0°F — Dec 23, 2025 -36.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.75 in — Dec 11, 1984

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