Agate, NE Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Agate's primary NOAA station, AGATE 3 E.
The climate verdict for Agate
Dryness leads the climate profile for Agate, Nebraska, with 14.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 47°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 47°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 14.9"
- annual precipitation · 34" snow
- 104 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Agate: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00250030 · Agate, NE 47°F mean · 14.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,852
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lingle
- PRCP-DRY 14.9"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,065 HDD
- STN-1 USC00250030
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lingle, WY (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NE station list.
- Agate (this station) 47°F
- Cold Frankenmuth, MI 47°F
- Hot Greenville, MI 47°F
- Near Lingle, WY 47°F
- Near Linden Wwtp, MI 47°F
Climate Living Index · Agate
Agate: 20/100 · grade F
Agate publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Agate, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 34.2 inches/year | 34/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 14.9 in · 20.1 from 35 in | 28/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.9°F · 20.6° from 67.5°F | 27/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 204 calendar days | 12/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 104 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Agate · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Agate's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 71.2°F
- Coldest month
- 25.2°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Agate sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Agate's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 73%
- Among 6,861 stations, Agate sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 83%
- Agate's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 64th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Agate compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Agate's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Agate's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 35 complete annual observations from 1980 to 2024, AGATE 3 E warmed at a fitted rate of 0.22°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Agate primary station fitted change +0.22 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 0.2" | 4.1" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.3" | 5.7" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.6" | 5.6" | 28.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.5" | 5.4" | 20.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.9" | 1.6" | 7.5 | 0.5 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 1.0 | 4.7 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 2.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.7 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 13.0 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.3" | 0.3" | 6.7 | 4.2 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.1" | 2.4" | 21.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (10°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.4" | 4.3" | 28.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (5°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.3" | 4.8" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 90°F around July 22, short of 90°F on every date, while 204 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 9°F near December 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 27, then returns to freezing around October 7, covering 204 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 25, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 9 at 11%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 75 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 39°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Agate.
Where Agate Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 204 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 39°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Agate earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 4.1"
3.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.7"
4.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.6"
5.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.4"
7.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
10.8 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.4"
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.3"
3.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.8"
3.4 days with precipitation
Agate runs a summer-peaked wet season
41% of Agate's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is May at 2.9", on a wide 46°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: May, June, July, taking 50% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.2".
- Winter share: 6% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
Agate is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 75 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 21% of the calendar, and they carry 14.9" between them. At roughly 0.20 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is May at about 11 wet days; the driest is December at about 3.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Winter brings real snow to Agate
Agate averages 34.2 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 20 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 34.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 20 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 23% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
104 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,065
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
493
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Agate on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (47°F here).
- Bath, NY 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Battle Creek, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Bayard, WV 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Bellevue, ID 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (14.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Laketown, UT 14.9" · 0.0" off
- Dillon, CO 14.9" · 0.0" off
- Glendive, MT 14.9" · 0.0" off
- Westby, MT 14.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Agate
heating led · dry · mid swing
Agate's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,065 annual heating degree days against 493 for cooling. Its 46.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 104 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Agate coldest normal
December
Averaging 25°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Agate typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Agate snow peak
February
Agate averages 34.2 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Agate's primary station: AGATE 3 E (USC00250030). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Agate; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Agate comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.