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Norfolk, NE 41.980°N, 97.433°W · station OFKthr · 134 years of record
99°F
HOTTEST JUL 17 SINCE 1974
forecast high · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Norfolk.
90° MON 7/13 92° TUE 7/14 93° WED 7/15 96° THU 7/16 99° FRI 7/17 99° SAT 7/18 97° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #10 / 133
warmest Jul 17 in 133 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 17 ever 112°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 17 ever 65°F
set in 1900
Hottest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 17 at Norfolk. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
65 88 112 1893: 80°F 1894: 92°F 1895: 89°F 1896: 76°F 1897: 87°F 1898: 92°F 1899: 82°F 1900: 65°F 1901: 106°F 1902: 85°F 1903: 82°F 1904: 95°F 1905: 96°F 1906: 81°F 1907: 85°F 1908: 93°F 1909: 91°F 1910: 86°F 1911: 83°F 1912: 89°F 1913: 90°F 1914: 88°F 1915: 89°F 1916: 97°F 1917: 86°F 1918: 80°F 1919: 90°F 1920: 90°F 1921: 92°F 1922: 80°F 1923: 91°F 1924: 86°F 1925: 86°F 1926: 101°F 1927: 87°F 1928: 90°F 1929: 86°F 1930: 107°F 1931: 90°F 1932: 92°F 1933: 70°F 1934: 98°F 1935: 101°F 1936: 112°F 1937: 80°F 1938: 86°F 1939: 94°F 1940: 85°F 1941: 82°F 1942: 103°F 1943: 91°F 1944: 85°F 1945: 85°F 1946: 95°F 1947: 87°F 1948: 85°F 1949: 93°F 1950: 77°F 1951: 94°F 1952: 89°F 1953: 87°F 1954: 97°F 1955: 84°F 1956: 85°F 1957: 100°F 1958: 73°F 1959: 79°F 1960: 87°F 1961: 90°F 1962: 83°F 1963: 88°F 1964: 95°F 1965: 87°F 1966: 94°F 1967: 87°F 1968: 95°F 1969: 83°F 1970: 101°F 1971: 89°F 1972: 87°F 1973: 91°F 1974: 102°F 1975: 95°F 1976: 80°F 1977: 93°F 1978: 98°F 1979: 80°F 1980: 93°F 1981: 94°F 1982: 81°F 1983: 90°F 1984: 92°F 1985: 93°F 1986: 96°F 1987: 86°F 1988: 90°F 1989: 83°F 1990: 91°F 1991: 98°F 1992: 83°F 1993: 75°F 1994: 87°F 1995: 86°F 1996: 82°F 1997: 93°F 1998: 95°F 1999: 80°F 2000: 85°F 2001: 93°F 2002: 98°F 2003: 95°F 2004: 86°F 2005: 91°F 2006: 95°F 2007: 94°F 2008: 85°F 2009: 76°F 2010: 92°F 2011: 96°F 2012: 97°F 2013: 92°F 2014: 77°F 2015: 96°F 2016: 85°F 2017: 93°F 2018: 82°F 2019: 89°F 2020: 88°F 2021: 84°F 2022: 91°F 2023: 77°F 2024: 83°F 2025: 72°F 99° forecast 1893 1936 2025 Forecast high · Jul 17 99°F Hottest this date since 1974 This-date record 112°F This-date rank #10 of 133
Hottest at any time since 2025 All-time record 116°F (1936) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1893–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Norfolk in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 74°F 2002 -39°F 1912 Feb 76°F 2002 -35°F 1899 Mar 96°F 2026 -20°F 1960 Apr 102°F 1910 -5°F 1936 May 106°F 1934 21°F 1908 Jun 109°F 1933 34°F 1935 Jul 116°F 1936 42°F 1971 Aug 110°F 1934 36°F 1928 Sep 106°F 1895 20°F 1899 Oct 98°F 2015 2°F 1925 Nov 83°F 1909 -15°F 1964 Dec 72°F 1904 -30°F 1989 All-time 116°F 1936 -39°F 1912
Records set or tied at Norfolk so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 5 broke
plus 5 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (96°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 1 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 35 days
record run, ended Jul 28 1936
So far in 2026 15 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Norfolk's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 87°F · forecast is +12° vs normal .
Jan: 33°F Jan: 12°F Feb: 37°F Feb: 16°F Mar: 50°F Mar: 27°F Apr: 62°F Apr: 37°F May: 72°F May: 49°F Jun: 82°F Jun: 59°F Jul: 86°F Jul: 64°F Aug: 84°F Aug: 62°F Sep: 78°F Sep: 52°F Oct: 64°F Oct: 39°F Nov: 48°F Nov: 26°F Dec: 36°F Dec: 16°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:06 AM Sunset 8:05 PM Solar noon 12:35 PM Daylight 14h 59m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 41.98°N, 97.43°W Norfolk's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Norfolk's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Norfolk, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Norfolk — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
15 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 52nd most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 14 . Record: 39 in 1933.
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