All-time weather records — Seward, NE

Record high
114.1°F
July 25, 1936
Record low
-29.9°F
January 27, 1936
Wettest day
6.00 in
July 5, 1908

Climate change signal in Seward

12%

of Seward's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (44 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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
·
·
1900s
24
55
1910s
25
58
1920s
11
15
1930s
89
45
1940s
26
45
1950s
15
17
1960s
14
21
1970s
21
25
1980s
24
16
1990s
28
19
2000s
29
18
2010s
26
25
2020s
34
7

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 1901, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 10, 1990 -29.9°F — Jan 27, 1936 1.28 in — Jan 21, 1915
February 80.1°F — Feb 25, 1995 -26.0°F — Feb 12, 1905 2.30 in — Feb 13, 1919
March 98.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -18.9°F — Mar 12, 1998 3.39 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 98.1°F — Apr 27, 1910 5.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 2.92 in — Apr 24, 1904
May 102.9°F — May 30, 1934 19.0°F — May 2, 1909 4.30 in — May 22, 1907
June 107.1°F — Jun 26, 1936 36.0°F — Jun 7, 1935 4.55 in — Jun 15, 2012
July 114.1°F — Jul 25, 1936 42.1°F — Jul 30, 1971 6.00 in — Jul 5, 1908
August 111.0°F — Aug 13, 1936 37.0°F — Aug 24, 1934 5.32 in — Aug 28, 1910
September 105.1°F — Sep 2, 2000 19.9°F — Sep 28, 1942 4.35 in — Sep 16, 1906
October 98.1°F — Oct 5, 1947 6.1°F — Oct 27, 1997 5.13 in — Oct 11, 1928
November 87.1°F — Nov 5, 1945 -6.0°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.86 in — Nov 19, 1930
December 81.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -27.0°F — Dec 10, 1919 1.76 in — Dec 14, 2015

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