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Weather extremes
How extreme does Grand Island's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Grand Island has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Grand Island has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 24°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Grand Island (typical high near 86°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 46°F colder than a normal February night in Grand Island (typical low near 19°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Grand Island usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 4.7 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical March's snow in one day (Grand Island averages about 4 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Grand Island's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 110°F is about 24°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Grand IS Cntrl NE Rgnl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00014935), about 5 km from the city centre.