All-time weather records — Wakefield, NE

Record high
115.0°F
July 17, 1936
Record low
-41.1°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
6.35 in
June 4, 1940

Climate change signal in Wakefield

9%

of Wakefield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (33 of 366 records since 2015).

7.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (29 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
6
14
1900s
14
51
1910s
20
56
1920s
22
28
1930s
116
20
1940s
22
18
1950s
25
32
1960s
17
39
1970s
6
26
1980s
28
23
1990s
21
12
2000s
18
9
2010s
28
21
2020s
23
17

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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 26, 2002 -41.1°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.53 in — Jan 3, 1949
February 75.9°F — Feb 10, 2026 -38.0°F — Feb 2, 1905 1.70 in — Feb 13, 1919
March 96.1°F — Mar 22, 2026 -22.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 2.57 in — Mar 29, 1981
April 100.9°F — Apr 28, 1910 -4.0°F — Apr 3, 1975 4.05 in — Apr 16, 2024
May 109.0°F — May 29, 1934 19.0°F — May 2, 1908 2.47 in — May 23, 1952
June 108.0°F — Jun 21, 1988 32.0°F — Jun 6, 1916 6.35 in — Jun 4, 1940
July 115.0°F — Jul 17, 1936 39.9°F — Jul 30, 1971 4.78 in — Jul 17, 1972
August 109.9°F — Aug 3, 1930 33.1°F — Aug 20, 1950 3.81 in — Aug 6, 1920
September 102.9°F — Sep 14, 1939 17.1°F — Sep 29, 1899 3.73 in — Sep 24, 1937
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 1938 0.0°F — Oct 30, 1925 3.61 in — Oct 16, 1928
November 82.9°F — Nov 4, 2020 -18.0°F — Nov 14, 1959 2.38 in — Nov 9, 1919
December 72.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -27.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.60 in — Dec 2, 2018

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