Broadwater, 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 Broadwater's primary NOAA station, BROADWATER 3WNW - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Broadwater
Dryness leads the climate profile for Broadwater, Nebraska, with 15.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 48°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 48°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.1"
- annual precipitation · 20" snow
- 138 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Broadwater: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00251189 · Broadwater, NE 48°F mean · 15.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,127
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ericson
- PRCP-DRY 15.1"
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,947 HDD
- STN-MULTI USC00251189
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ericson, NE (+ 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.
- Broadwater (this station) 48°F
- Cold Freeport Waste…, IL 48°F
- Hot Cascade, IA 48°F
- Near Ericson, NE 48°F
- Near Maquoketa, IA 48°F
Climate Living Index · Broadwater
Broadwater: 23/100 · grade F
Broadwater publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Broadwater, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 19.7 inches/year | 49/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.8°F · 19.7° from 67.5°F | 31/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 15.1 in · 19.9 from 35 in | 29/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 138 days/year | 17/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 221 calendar days | 5/100 · F |
Broadwater · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Broadwater'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
- 74.3°F
- Coldest month
- 24.3°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 Broadwater sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Broadwater's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 31st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 83%
- Broadwater's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 81%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Broadwater is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Broadwater compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Broadwater's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F (4°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.3" | 2.7" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (6°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.3" | 3.8" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.7" | 3.7" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.4" | 1.5" | 17.1 | 0.1 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 2.8" | 0.5" | 5.0 | 1.8 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.4 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.2 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 2.3 | 5.5 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.9" | 0.9" | 19.8 | 0.3 |
| November | 51°F (11°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 0.5" | 2.4" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.2" | 4.2" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Broadwater works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 26 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 195 dates, bottoming at 7°F around December 26.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 13 through August 7, covering 26 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 14 to October 6.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 23, then returns to freezing around October 12, covering 195 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 24, when 29% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 3 at 4%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 50 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 35°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Broadwater.
Where Broadwater Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 195 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 15 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Broadwater 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: 2.7"
1.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.8"
2.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.7"
2.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.5"
6.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
8.8 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.9"
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.4"
1.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.2"
1.3 days with precipitation
Broadwater runs a summer-peaked wet season
44% of Broadwater'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 2.8", on a wide 50°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, July, June, taking 51% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: December at 0.2".
- Winter share: 5% 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.
How Broadwater's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 50 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 15.1" between them, or roughly 0.30 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Broadwater
Broadwater averages 19.7 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 8 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: 19.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 8 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 13% 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 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 13
50% probability date
Growing Season
138 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,947
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
728
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Broadwater 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 (48°F here).
- Chugwater, WY 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Colo, IA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Dupree, SD 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Essexville, MI 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bly, OR 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Fort Sumner, NM 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Guernsey, WY 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Lee Vining, CA 15.1" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Broadwater
heating led · dry · mid swing
Broadwater's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,947 annual heating degree days against 728 for cooling. Its 50.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 138 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. Broadwater coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Broadwater typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Broadwater snow peak
December
Broadwater averages 19.7 inches of snow a year, with December 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 Broadwater's primary station: BROADWATER 3WNW (USC00251189). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Broadwater area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3106470). Match rule for Broadwater: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Broadwater 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.