Grand Island breaks daily temperature record with 89 degrees on March 25, (NWS Hastings, Courtesy)
GRAND ISLAND — Grand Island and Hastings set daily temperature records for March 25, only four days after a heat wave cause the highest temperatures seen in central Nebraska this early in the year.
According to the National Weather Service – Hastings, Grand Island recorded a high temperature of 89 degrees on Wednesday, March 25.
The previous record of 88 was set in 1910.
To the south, the Hastings Regional Airport recorded a high of 91 degrees. The previous record for March 25 was 85 degrees, recording in 1956.
NWS Hastings noted this was the second warmest temperature recorded in Hastings during the month of March. The warmest temperature was recorded just last week on Saturday, March 21.
The historic heat wave on March 21 broke records that went back 130 years.
On March 21, Grand Island recorded a high temperature of 98 degrees, previously 90-degree temperatures had occurred nine times in, most recently as March 16, 2015.
Grand Island temperature records date back to 1896.
Hastings temperature on Saturday topped out at 97 degrees, the previous record for the date was 87 and set in 1910.
Temperature records date back to 1907 in Hastings.
The high temperatures were due to a strong upper-level ridge of high pressure in the western United States, a pattern that has persisted throughout the winter and early spring. This has contributed to the ongoing drought conditions across the state and region.
Hastings broke a daily temperature record with 91 degrees on March 25, (NWS Hastings, Courtesy)
