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Valentine, NE 42.859°N, 100.551°W · station VTNthr · 138 years of record
100°F
HOTTEST JUL 17 SINCE 2017
forecast high · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Valentine.
95° MON 7/13 97° TUE 7/14 96° WED 7/15 98° THU 7/16 100° FRI 7/17 100° SAT 7/18 97° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #20 / 137
warmest Jul 17 in 137 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 17 ever 107°F
set in 1936
Coolest Jul 17 ever 72°F
set in 1918
Hottest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 17 at Valentine. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
72 90 107 1889: 88°F 1890: 88°F 1891: 83°F 1892: 77°F 1893: 89°F 1894: 95°F 1895: 96°F 1896: 82°F 1897: 91°F 1898: 93°F 1899: 86°F 1900: 80°F 1901: 96°F 1902: 75°F 1903: 75°F 1904: 84°F 1905: 98°F 1906: 84°F 1907: 82°F 1908: 92°F 1909: 94°F 1910: 89°F 1911: 84°F 1912: 91°F 1913: 76°F 1914: 85°F 1915: 90°F 1916: 92°F 1917: 86°F 1918: 72°F 1919: 89°F 1920: 91°F 1921: 97°F 1922: 75°F 1923: 84°F 1924: 93°F 1925: 91°F 1926: 101°F 1927: 89°F 1928: 90°F 1929: 92°F 1930: 92°F 1931: 89°F 1932: 91°F 1933: 86°F 1934: 102°F 1935: 92°F 1936: 107°F 1937: 85°F 1938: 80°F 1939: 83°F 1940: 91°F 1941: 95°F 1942: 99°F 1943: 85°F 1944: 90°F 1945: 92°F 1946: 102°F 1947: 83°F 1948: 72°F 1949: 91°F 1950: 77°F 1951: 94°F 1952: 99°F 1953: 82°F 1954: 91°F 1955: 90°F 1956: 91°F 1957: 105°F 1958: 88°F 1959: 87°F 1960: 93°F 1961: 100°F 1962: 81°F 1963: 88°F 1964: 101°F 1965: 89°F 1966: 100°F 1967: 88°F 1968: 95°F 1969: 85°F 1970: 102°F 1971: 92°F 1972: 89°F 1973: 99°F 1974: 99°F 1975: 102°F 1976: 85°F 1977: 101°F 1978: 96°F 1979: 79°F 1980: 98°F 1981: 90°F 1982: 78°F 1983: 92°F 1984: 94°F 1985: 99°F 1986: 96°F 1987: 88°F 1988: 95°F 1989: 85°F 1990: 92°F 1991: 101°F 1992: 81°F 1993: 75°F 1994: 85°F 1995: 83°F 1996: 86°F 1997: 100°F 1998: 96°F 1999: 81°F 2000: 75°F 2001: 94°F 2002: 103°F 2003: 98°F 2004: 89°F 2005: 82°F 2006: 93°F 2007: 106°F 2008: 92°F 2009: 76°F 2010: 105°F 2011: 102°F 2012: 105°F 2013: 91°F 2014: 80°F 2015: 87°F 2016: 84°F 2017: 101°F 2018: 88°F 2019: 88°F 2020: 92°F 2021: 89°F 2022: 99°F 2023: 79°F 2024: 91°F 2025: 72°F 100° forecast 1889 2025 1936 Forecast high · Jul 17 100°F Hottest this date since 2017 This-date record 107°F This-date rank #20 of 137
Hottest at any time since 2025 All-time record 114°F (1990) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1889–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Valentine in each calendar month, and for the whole 1889–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 72°F 1987 -38°F 1894 Feb 78°F 1982 -37°F 1899 Mar 87°F 1910 -29°F 1980 Apr 100°F 1992 -8°F 1936 May 102°F 1934 17°F 1909 Jun 110°F 1988 30°F 1969 Jul 114°F 1990 38°F 1971 Aug 109°F 2022 34°F 1935 Sep 106°F 1931 12°F 1926 Oct 96°F 1922 -6°F 1925 Nov 86°F 1999 -22°F 1959 Dec 76°F 1939 -39°F 1989 All-time 114°F 1990 -39°F 1989
Records set or tied at Valentine so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 6 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (87°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 3 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 26 days
record run, ended Aug 3 2012
So far in 2026 15 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Valentine's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 90°F · forecast is +10° vs normal .
Jan: 36°F Jan: 11°F Feb: 40°F Feb: 14°F Mar: 50°F Mar: 23°F Apr: 60°F Apr: 33°F May: 71°F May: 44°F Jun: 82°F Jun: 55°F Jul: 89°F Jul: 61°F Aug: 87°F Aug: 59°F Sep: 78°F Sep: 48°F Oct: 63°F Oct: 34°F Nov: 49°F Nov: 22°F Dec: 38°F Dec: 13°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:15 AM Sunset 7:20 PM Solar noon 11:48 AM Daylight 15h 05m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 42.86°N, 100.55°W Valentine'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 Valentine'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 Valentine, coloured by temperature — 138 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 Valentine — 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 36th most in 138 years. Normal for this point: 13 . Record: 32 in 1933.
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