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Grand Island, NE

40.962°N, 98.313°W · station GRIthr · 132 years of record
68°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Grand Island.
70°WED9/274°THU9/373°FRI9/471°SAT9/569°SUN9/668°MON9/768°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Grand Island — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#120 / 129
coldest Sep 7 in 129 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

37°F
set in 1898

Mildest Sep 7 ever

76°F
set in 1931
Forecast low 68°F — 120th coldest Sep 7 of 129 years · record 37°F (1898) · coldest since 2025.
1896: 42°F1897: 66°F1898: 37°F1899: 56°F1900: 63°F1901: 64°F1902: 51°F1903: 64°F1904: 52°F1906: 62°F1907: 59°F1908: 61°F1909: 56°F1910: 64°F1911: 52°F1912: 62°F1913: 71°F1914: 65°F1915: 56°F1916: 67°F1917: 63°F1918: 60°F1919: 63°F1920: 45°F1921: 60°F1922: 68°F1923: 46°F1924: 60°F1925: 62°F1926: 66°F1927: 66°F1928: 56°F1929: 43°F1930: 63°F1931: 76°F1932: 47°F1933: 71°F1934: 46°F1935: 58°F1936: 57°F1937: 62°F1938: 69°F1939: 58°F1940: 67°F1941: 61°F1942: 61°F1943: 46°F1944: 53°F1945: 63°F1946: 63°F1947: 66°F1948: 61°F1949: 53°F1950: 48°F1951: 54°F1952: 65°F1953: 53°F1954: 50°F1955: 47°F1956: 38°F1957: 46°F1958: 55°F1959: 67°F1960: 68°F1961: 66°F1962: 62°F1963: 57°F1964: 60°F1965: 54°F1966: 52°F1967: 52°F1968: 52°F1969: 54°F1970: 56°F1971: 58°F1972: 64°F1973: 58°F1974: 54°F1975: 54°F1976: 64°F1977: 59°F1978: 63°F1979: 55°F1980: 66°F1981: 53°F1982: 62°F1983: 52°F1984: 60°F1985: 67°F1986: 44°F1987: 57°F1988: 51°F1989: 68°F1990: 61°F1991: 70°F1992: 51°F1993: 51°F1994: 58°F1995: 46°F1996: 63°F1997: 63°F1998: 57°F1999: 56°F2000: 60°F2001: 60°F2002: 69°F2003: 56°F2004: 52°F2005: 64°F2006: 54°F2007: 58°F2008: 51°F2009: 63°F2010: 42°F2011: 51°F2012: 51°F2013: 68°F2014: 49°F2015: 61°F2016: 67°F2017: 47°F2018: 62°F2019: 60°F2020: 63°F2021: 57°F2022: 61°F2023: 51°F2024: 55°F2025: 44°F68° forecast354045505560657075801900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 768°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record37°F
This-date rank#120 of 129
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-34°F (1899)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1895–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Grand Island in each calendar month, and for the whole 1895–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan76°FJan 10, 1990-29°FJan 12, 1912
Feb80°FFeb 25, 1995-34°FFeb 12, 1899
Mar98°FMar 21, 2026-21°FMar 4, 1960
Apr98°FApr 20, 1902-1°FApr 2, 1936
May104°FMay 29, 193422°FMay 1, 1909
Jun108°FJun 10, 193336°FJun 21, 1902
Jul117°FJul 24, 193642°FJul 30, 1971
Aug112°FAug 8, 193438°FAug 24, 1928
Sep109°FSep 6, 193120°FSep 30, 1920
Oct97°FOct 11, 20156°FOct 28, 1925
Nov88°FNov 8, 1915-11°FNov 28, 1976
Dec80°FDec 6, 1939-26°FDec 22, 1989
All-time117°FJul 24, 1936-34°FFeb 12, 1899

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Grand Island so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

10 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (98°F)

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

84°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 28, 1919

Coldest high ever

-11°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 11, 1899
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan48°FJan 25, 1944-11°FJan 12, 1912
Feb49°FFeb 12, 1911-11°FFeb 11, 1899
Mar64°FMar 19, 19214°FMar 10, 1948
Apr69°FApr 22, 192519°FApr 2, 1936
May73°FMay 31, 193434°FMay 3, 1967
Jun81°FJun 24, 189849°FJun 4, 1945
Jul84°FJul 28, 191960°FJul 12, 1951
Aug81°FAug 18, 190057°FAug 31, 1935
Sep79°FSep 19, 190740°FSep 29, 1985
Oct72°FOct 3, 200521°FOct 29, 1925
Nov65°FNov 9, 20228°FNov 27, 1896
Dec47°FDec 13, 2014-9°FDec 21, 1983
All-time84°FJul 28, 1919-11°FFeb 11, 1899

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

135 days
record run, ended Mar 30 1965

So far in 2026

82 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Grand Island's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 57°F · forecast is +11° vs normal.
Jan: 36°FJan: 15°FFeb: 40°FFeb: 18°FMar: 52°FMar: 28°FApr: 63°FApr: 38°FMay: 73°FMay: 50°FJun: 84°FJun: 60°FJul: 88°FJul: 65°FAug: 85°FAug: 63°FSep: 79°FSep: 53°FOct: 65°FOct: 40°FNov: 51°FNov: 27°FDec: 38°FDec: 18°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:00 AM
Sunset6:06 PM
Solar noon11:33 AM
Daylight13h 06m · losing 18 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

40.96°N, 98.31°W

Nearby Stations

Hastings, NE25 mi SLincoln, NE81 mi ENorfolk, NE83 mi NEConcordia, KS103 mi SENorth Platte, NE123 mi WOmaha, NE127 mi E

The Last 6 Weeks

Grand Island's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Grand Island, NE — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Grand Island's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Grand Island, NE — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1895

Each cell is one day's low at Grand Island, coloured by temperature — 132 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Grand Island, NE daily low heat map 1895–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Grand Island — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
82 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 93rd most in 132 years. Normal for this point: 87. Record: 105 in 2013.

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