All-time weather records — Sidney, NE

Record high
111.0°F
June 26, 2012
Record low
-30.8°F
February 14, 2021
Wettest day
4.54 in
June 11, 1970

Climate change signal in Sidney

25.7%

of Sidney's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (94 of 366 records since 2015).

15%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (55 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 #
1940s
10
18
1950s
40
60
1960s
34
64
1970s
25
65
1980s
30
43
1990s
12
11
2000s
71
34
2010s
85
38
2020s
59
33

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 5, 2012 -29.9°F — Jan 19, 1963 0.60 in — Jan 10, 1963
February 75.9°F — Feb 2, 2020 -30.8°F — Feb 14, 2021 0.71 in — Feb 19, 1953
March 91.9°F — Mar 25, 2026 -25.1°F — Mar 3, 1960 2.30 in — Mar 22, 1979
April 91.9°F — Apr 24, 2012 -9.0°F — Apr 2, 1975 2.31 in — Apr 17, 2015
May 98.1°F — May 22, 2012 16.0°F — May 9, 2002 3.11 in — May 9, 2015
June 111.0°F — Jun 26, 2012 28.0°F — Jun 2, 1969 4.54 in — Jun 11, 1970
July 107.1°F — Jul 11, 1954 37.0°F — Jul 8, 1952 3.21 in — Jul 6, 2010
August 104.0°F — Aug 8, 1969 35.1°F — Aug 23, 2015 3.33 in — Aug 29, 2011
September 102.0°F — Sep 6, 2022 12.9°F — Sep 30, 1985 2.07 in — Sep 29, 2014
October 93.0°F — Oct 6, 2007 -8.9°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.73 in — Oct 20, 1963
November 81.0°F — Nov 2, 2025 -13.9°F — Nov 13, 2014 1.22 in — Nov 21, 1979
December 78.1°F — Dec 2, 2021 -23.1°F — Dec 21, 1983 0.96 in — Dec 25, 1982

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