All-time weather records — Petersburg, NE

Record high
104.0°F
July 20, 2006
Record low
-33.0°F
February 15, 2021
Wettest day
5.65 in
September 18, 1926

Climate change signal in Petersburg

29.2%

of Petersburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (107 of 366 records since 2015).

23.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (85 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
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1920s
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1930s
·
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1940s
·
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1950s
·
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1960s
·
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1970s
·
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1980s
9
21
1990s
120
131
2000s
82
89
2010s
83
73
2020s
72
52

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 1989, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1911-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 72.0°F — Jan 27, 2002 -23.1°F — Jan 1, 2018 1.44 in — Jan 27, 1944
February 77.0°F — Feb 22, 2017 -33.0°F — Feb 15, 2021 2.09 in — Feb 19, 1971
March 95.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -14.1°F — Mar 1, 2009 2.45 in — Mar 17, 1987
April 91.9°F — Apr 30, 1992 7.0°F — Apr 4, 2018 2.88 in — Apr 11, 1920
May 98.1°F — May 10, 2011 26.1°F — May 3, 2011 4.09 in — May 28, 2012
June 100.9°F — Jun 14, 2022 37.9°F — Jun 2, 2005 5.45 in — Jun 16, 1957
July 104.0°F — Jul 20, 2006 43.0°F — Jul 1, 1995 3.60 in — Jul 26, 1981
August 100.9°F — Aug 31, 2012 39.9°F — Aug 19, 2004 5.12 in — Aug 13, 1966
September 99.0°F — Sep 5, 2012 26.1°F — Sep 19, 1991 5.65 in — Sep 18, 1926
October 96.1°F — Oct 12, 2015 9.0°F — Oct 31, 1991 3.00 in — Oct 5, 1911
November 84.0°F — Nov 4, 2020 -7.1°F — Nov 7, 1991 1.99 in — Nov 16, 1996
December 68.0°F — Dec 1, 1995 -29.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.57 in — Dec 1, 2018

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