All-time weather records — Ulysses, NE

Record high
106.0°F
June 22, 1988
Record low
-34.1°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
6.10 in
June 30, 1986

Climate change signal in Ulysses

18.3%

of Ulysses's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (67 of 366 records since 2015).

26.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (97 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 #
1970s
·
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1980s
50
54
1990s
76
111
2000s
124
48
2010s
82
97
2020s
34
56

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 1987, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1978-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 11, 1990 -24.0°F — Jan 31, 1996 1.40 in — Jan 29, 1979
February 79.0°F — Feb 26, 1995 -34.1°F — Feb 16, 2021 2.13 in — Feb 20, 1984
March 89.1°F — Mar 17, 2015 -13.0°F — Mar 12, 1998 3.75 in — Mar 14, 2021
April 96.1°F — Apr 27, 1989 6.1°F — Apr 7, 2018 3.91 in — Apr 19, 2005
May 100.9°F — May 15, 2013 27.0°F — May 13, 1997 4.45 in — May 12, 2005
June 106.0°F — Jun 22, 1988 41.0°F — Jun 2, 2022 6.10 in — Jun 30, 1986
July 106.0°F — Jul 13, 1995 44.1°F — Jul 1, 1995 4.30 in — Jul 18, 1985
August 100.9°F — Aug 2, 2006 41.0°F — Aug 28, 1988 4.54 in — Aug 16, 2017
September 102.9°F — Sep 3, 2000 27.0°F — Sep 19, 1991 4.40 in — Sep 9, 1989
October 95.0°F — Oct 12, 2015 6.1°F — Oct 27, 1997 2.66 in — Oct 31, 1979
November 84.0°F — Nov 9, 2006 -11.0°F — Nov 4, 1991 2.05 in — Nov 10, 2020
December 71.1°F — Dec 1, 1995 -27.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 1.40 in — Dec 16, 1984

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