Auburn, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Auburn's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 32.3 inches of precipitation and 30 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.3°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 31°C, 821 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAuburn (5 mi ESE)
- Station IDUSC00250435
- Location40.37°N 95.75°W
- Elevation930 ft (284 m)
- From the center5 miles
- Population3,473
On October 23, the normal high in Auburn is 64°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Auburn.
- Jan 35° 14°
- Feb 40° 19°
- Mar 53° 29°
- Apr 65° 40°
- May 75° 53°
- Jun 84° 63°
- Jul 87° 67°
- Aug 86° 64°
- Sep 80° 55°
- Oct 67° 42°
- Nov 52° 29°
- Dec 39° 19°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Auburn each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.99 in), the least in January (0.76 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F | 14°F | 24.4°F | 0.76 | 7.7 | 6 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 40°F | 19°F | 29.3°F | 1.11 | 8.1 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 53°F | 29°F | 41.4°F | 2.00 | 3.6 | 8 | <1 | 19 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 40°F | 52.6°F | 2.90 | 1.6 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 53°F | 64.3°F | 4.99 | 0.1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 84°F | 63°F | 73.8°F | 4.40 | 0.0 | 10 | 8 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 87°F | 67°F | 77.2°F | 4.34 | 0.0 | 9 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 86°F | 64°F | 74.8°F | 3.34 | 0.0 | 8 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 80°F | 55°F | 67.4°F | 3.07 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 42°F | 54.5°F | 2.49 | 0.6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 52°F | 29°F | 40.4°F | 1.74 | 2.3 | 5 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| December | 39°F | 19°F | 29.0°F | 1.17 | 6.4 | 6 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 41°F | 52.4°F | 32.31 | 30.4 | 89 | 39 | 135 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −10°C | −4.2°C | 19 mm | 20 cm |
| February | 4°C | −7°C | −1.5°C | 28 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 12°C | −1°C | 5.2°C | 51 mm | 9 cm |
| April | 18°C | 5°C | 11.4°C | 74 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 24°C | 12°C | 17.9°C | 127 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 25.1°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 18°C | 23.8°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 13°C | 19.7°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 12.5°C | 63 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 11°C | −2°C | 4.7°C | 44 mm | 6 cm |
| December | 4°C | −7°C | −1.7°C | 30 mm | 16 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00250435; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Auburn?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00250435.
When is the last frost in Auburn?
In Auburn, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 24 in half of years and after May 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 10 in half of years and before September 25 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 241 year in 10 after May 6; 9 in 10 after April 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 101 year in 10 before September 25; 9 in 10 before October 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 167 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 186 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 15 in half of springs and before October 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Auburn in zone 5b in ZIP code 68305, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Auburn's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (30 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nebraska · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00250435; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Auburn?
In a normal year in Auburn, 39 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 135 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 89 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 39a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 135a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 38high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 89a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1899) is 113°F, on August 9, 1934; the lowest is −35°F, on February 13, 1905.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 53.12 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 61.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00250435; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00250435. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Auburn?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Auburn, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and December the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.2 |
| February | 74% | 3.1 |
| March | 70% | 3.9 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.8 |
| June | 80% | 6.5 |
| July | 84% | 6.6 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.7 |
| October | 76% | 3.3 |
| November | 75% | 2.4 |
| December | 70% | 1.8 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Auburn need?
A normal year in Auburn brings 5,801 heating degree days, 8% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,256 cooling degree days, 38% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,766 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,258 | 0 |
| February | 1,000 | 0 |
| March | 736 | 3 |
| April | 387 | 15 |
| May | 124 | 103 |
| June | 9 | 273 |
| July | 1 | 380 |
| August | 5 | 309 |
| September | 76 | 148 |
| October | 351 | 25 |
| November | 740 | 1 |
| December | 1,114 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,801 | 1,256 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00250435. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Auburn been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 53.4°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.4°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54.0°F | +1.6°F | 27.20 | 33.4 |
| 2022 | 52.3°F | −0.1°F | 25.06 | 23.1 |
| 2023 | 54.1°F | +1.7°F | 26.81 | 23.3 |
| 2024 | 55.0°F | +2.6°F | 29.28 | 21.1 |
| 2025 | 53.4°F | +1.0°F | 35.10 | 23.3 |
Over 72 complete years from 1953 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.3°F per century (+0.01°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00250435; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Auburn's climate compare?
Auburn is warmer than 133 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 115. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.4°F is warmer than 51%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Auburn is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Auburn share this climate record?
9 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Rock Port, MO1,238 people · 12 mi E
- Peru, NE683 people · 8 mi N
- Shubert, NE155 people · 10 mi S
- Stella, NE144 people · 10 mi S
- Brownville, NE140 people · 5 mi E
- Brock, NE118 people · 14 mi NW
- Nemaha, NE110 people · 4 mi SE
- Watson, MO56 people · 10 mi NE
- Phelps City, MO0 people · 8 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Auburn's climate
What is the coldest month in Auburn?
January, with a normal high of 35°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Auburn?
Yes: 30 inches in a normal year, falling on 19 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (8.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Auburn?
May, with 4.99 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.76 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Auburn in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Auburn in zone 5b in ZIP code 68305, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Auburn's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Auburn?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 24; in one year in ten it comes after May 6. Waiting until May 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Tarkio, MO19 miles from this station, 51.1°F a year
- Table Rock, NE20 miles from this station, 51.7°F a year
- Falls City, NE22 miles from this station, 53.1°F a year
- Tecumseh, NE24 miles from this station, 51.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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