North Platte, NE

Nebraska · Records since 1874–2026

☁️ 62°F
Currently in North Platte
As of 9:00 PM CDT

Records for September 26

🔥 Record High

94°F

September 26, 2021

+18° from 76° normal

❄ Record Low

26°F

September 26, 1934

-18° from 44° normal
🌞 Normal high: 76°F 🌑 Normal low: 44°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — North Platte

🔥
112°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 11, 1954
❄
-35°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 12, 1899
🌧
4.11"
Wettest Day Ever
Apr 18, 1942
☃
15.3"
Most Snow in One Day
Mar 7, 2024

First & Last Dates — North Platte

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
195 days
Longest growing season
1930
105 days
Shortest growing season
1907
138 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 26

# Temp Date
🏆 94°F September 26, 2021
2 93°F September 26, 1974
3 91°F September 26, 1990
4 91°F September 26, 1946
5 91°F September 26, 1919
6 90°F September 26, 2024
7 90°F September 26, 2020
8 90°F September 26, 2008
9 90°F September 26, 1983
10 90°F September 26, 1956

Top 5 Record Lows — September 26

# Temp Date
🥶 26°F September 26, 1934
2 27°F September 26, 1942
3 27°F September 26, 1913
4 28°F September 26, 1984
5 28°F September 26, 1970
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1874–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — North Platte

threshold: 96°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.2
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
102°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
3
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
1
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1875–2026
59
2026 so far
38
Avg/year 1970–2025
49
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
80
Most in a year (2012)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — North Platte

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 8, 1934 – Jul 24, 1934 17 108°F (Jul 15) 103°F 71°F
2 Aug 8, 1936 – Aug 18, 1936 11 108°F (Aug 11) 102°F 68°F
3 Jul 14, 2012 – Jul 24, 2012 11 108°F (Jul 22) 102°F 64°F
4 Jun 26, 2012 – Jul 6, 2012 11 107°F (Jun 26) 101°F 65°F
5 Jul 13, 2022 – Jul 23, 2022 11 107°F (Jul 14) 101°F 65°F
6 Jul 4, 1954 – Jul 13, 1954 10 112°F (Jul 11) 102°F 65°F
7 Jul 7, 1901 – Jul 16, 1901 10 101°F (Jul 9) 98°F 70°F
8 Sep 4, 1931 – Sep 12, 1931 9 105°F (Sep 5) 99°F 65°F
9 Jul 6, 1985 – Jul 14, 1985 9 105°F (Jul 8) 100°F 60°F
10 Jun 17, 1988 – Jun 24, 1988 8 106°F (Jun 21) 101°F 64°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

62
2026 total
above-normal nights
43.9
Avg / summer
1970–2020
76
Most in a summer
1934

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1874–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1874, annual totals have trended +0.25" per decade, about +3.8" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How North Platte is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

174 of 267 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

14.37"
2026 YTD
Normal: 18.20"
-3.83"
1.97"
September so far
September normal: 1.61"
+0.36"
2
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · North Platte is 3.83" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 18 – Sep 25, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
66.1°F
Average temperature
21st-warmest of 153
+6.1°
vs. average
Normal: 60.1°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1874–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.09° per decade (cooling since 1874)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 18 – Sep 25

1874–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.01" per decade (wetter since 1874)

Warmest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1908 71.4°F
2 1885 70.6°F
3 1940 70.4°F
4 1935 69.4°F
5 1920 69.3°F
6 2020 69.3°F
7 2016 69.1°F
8 1936 68.8°F
9 1933 68.1°F
10 2019 67.8°F

Coolest Sep 18 – Sep 25 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1965 47.3°F
2 1971 49.1°F
3 1995 49.8°F
4 1912 49.9°F
5 1942 50.2°F
6 1975 50.2°F
7 1875 50.6°F
8 2006 51.1°F
9 2000 51.9°F
10 1991 52.1°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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