All-time weather records — Potter, NE

Record high
102.9°F
July 20, 1998
Record low
-20.9°F
December 21, 1998
Wettest day
3.70 in
July 29, 1982

Climate change signal in Potter

0%

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

0%

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 #
1890s
3
4
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
·
·
1970s
·
·
1980s
1
·
1990s
161
143
2000s
201
219

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 2004. Period of observation: 1895-2004.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 2, 1997 -18.9°F — Jan 12, 1997 0.90 in — Jan 24, 1969
February 73.0°F — Feb 1, 2003 -18.0°F — Feb 23, 2003 1.00 in — Feb 24, 1944
March 82.0°F — Mar 20, 1997 -9.9°F — Mar 1, 2002 1.72 in — Mar 7, 2000
April 86.0°F — Apr 15, 2002 -0.9°F — Apr 11, 1997 3.50 in — Apr 24, 1929
May 97.0°F — May 29, 2003 18.0°F — May 8, 2002 2.80 in — May 16, 1952
June 99.0°F — Jun 29, 2002 30.9°F — Jun 5, 1998 3.65 in — Jun 26, 1999
July 102.9°F — Jul 20, 1998 41.0°F — Jul 3, 1997 3.70 in — Jul 29, 1982
August 100.9°F — Aug 1, 2002 42.1°F — Aug 13, 2002 2.60 in — Aug 31, 1963
September 98.1°F — Sep 4, 1998 24.1°F — Sep 28, 1999 1.67 in — Sep 11, 1973
October 88.0°F — Oct 1, 1997 1.0°F — Oct 26, 1997 1.60 in — Oct 19, 1965
November 82.0°F — Nov 8, 1999 -11.9°F — Nov 27, 2001 1.88 in — Nov 4, 1922
December 72.0°F — Dec 1, 1998 -20.9°F — Dec 21, 1998 1.92 in — Dec 2, 1933

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