All-time weather records — Waterloo, NE

Record high
105.1°F
July 12, 1995
Record low
-24.0°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
4.44 in
June 18, 2016

Climate change signal in Waterloo

36.6%

of Waterloo's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (134 of 366 records since 2015).

22.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (81 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 #
1990s
43
93
2000s
112
138
2010s
126
87
2020s
85
48

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 1994, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1994-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 31, 2012 -20.9°F — Jan 31, 1996 0.97 in — Jan 22, 2018
February 78.1°F — Feb 26, 2024 -24.0°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.79 in — Feb 13, 2005
March 95.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -9.9°F — Mar 12, 1998 3.21 in — Mar 31, 2006
April 93.0°F — Apr 16, 2002 14.0°F — Apr 4, 2018 3.11 in — Apr 26, 2024
May 100.0°F — May 14, 2013 30.0°F — May 13, 1997 3.55 in — May 21, 2024
June 102.0°F — Jun 13, 2022 39.9°F — Jun 4, 1998 4.44 in — Jun 18, 2016
July 105.1°F — Jul 12, 1995 48.9°F — Jul 28, 2013 3.49 in — Jul 6, 2000
August 102.0°F — Aug 7, 2012 46.0°F — Aug 31, 2009 4.19 in — Aug 31, 2021
September 102.9°F — Sep 3, 2000 28.9°F — Sep 22, 1995 3.36 in — Sep 2, 1997
October 91.9°F — Oct 11, 2015 14.0°F — Oct 28, 1997 3.10 in — Oct 24, 2021
November 84.0°F — Nov 14, 1999 1.9°F — Nov 16, 2014 1.83 in — Nov 29, 1997
December 73.0°F — Dec 15, 2021 -14.1°F — Dec 22, 2022 1.95 in — Dec 13, 2015

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