All-time weather records — West Point, NE

Record high
113.0°F
July 25, 1936
Record low
-38.0°F
January 12, 1912
Wettest day
7.20 in
June 24, 1891

Climate change signal in West Point

5.7%

of West Point's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (21 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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
3
21
1900s
23
53
1910s
42
37
1920s
22
37
1930s
97
15
1940s
24
26
1950s
39
21
1960s
15
33
1970s
15
29
1980s
20
35
1990s
17
22
2000s
16
10
2010s
18
15
2020s
15
12

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 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1890-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 6, 2012 -38.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 1.80 in — Jan 28, 1891
February 75.9°F — Feb 16, 1917 -33.0°F — Feb 2, 1905 1.76 in — Feb 27, 1958
March 95.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 -22.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.92 in — Mar 23, 1987
April 100.0°F — Apr 28, 1910 3.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 3.51 in — Apr 30, 2003
May 105.1°F — May 29, 1934 19.9°F — May 1, 1909 3.89 in — May 1, 1972
June 108.0°F — Jun 10, 1933 36.0°F — Jun 6, 1983 7.20 in — Jun 24, 1891
July 113.0°F — Jul 25, 1936 35.1°F — Jul 29, 1982 4.53 in — Jul 29, 1922
August 111.0°F — Aug 25, 1955 39.0°F — Aug 9, 1927 6.13 in — Aug 13, 1910
September 105.1°F — Sep 5, 1913 21.9°F — Sep 25, 1926 4.65 in — Sep 16, 2016
October 96.1°F — Oct 4, 1938 5.0°F — Oct 28, 1925 3.60 in — Oct 31, 1979
November 84.0°F — Nov 5, 1945 -14.1°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.45 in — Nov 20, 1975
December 75.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -27.0°F — Dec 22, 1983 1.70 in — Dec 10, 1911

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