Chadron Muni, NE Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Chadron Muni's primary NOAA station, CHADRON MUNI AP.
The climate verdict for Chadron Muni
Dryness leads the climate profile for Chadron Muni, Nebraska, with 15.2 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 48°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 48°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.2"
- annual precipitation
- 139 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Chadron Muni: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00024017 · Chadron Muni, NE 48°F mean · 15.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,264
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chambers
- PRCP-DRY 15.2"
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,848 HDD
- STN-1 USW00024017
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Chambers, 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.
- Chadron (this station) 48°F
- Cold Castana, IA 48°F
- Hot Guthrie Ctr, IA 48°F
- Near Chambers, NE 48°F
- Near Wakefield, NE 48°F
Climate Living Index · Chadron Muni
Chadron Muni: 21/100 · grade F
Chadron Muni publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Chadron Muni, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 48.3°F · 19.2° from 67.5°F | 33/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 15.2 in · 19.8 from 35 in | 29/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 139 days/year | 18/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 218 calendar days | 6/100 · F |
Chadron Muni · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Chadron Muni'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
- 75.3°F
- Coldest month
- 25.5°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 Chadron Muni sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Chadron Muni's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 33rd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 82%
- Chadron Muni's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Chadron Muni is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Chadron Muni compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Chadron Muni's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F (3°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 0.1" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 41°F (5°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.3" | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.8" | 26.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.0" | 15.6 | 0.1 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.7" | 5.2 | 1.2 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 2.5" | 0.1 | 8.1 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 2.0" | 0.0 | 21.3 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 16.5 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.6" | 1.2 | 7.1 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.3" | 15.6 | 0.4 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.4" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 39°F (4°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 0.3" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Chadron Muni works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by July 21 and hold at or above 90°F on 35 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 183 dates, bottoming at 12°F around December 23.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 8 through August 11, covering 35 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 17 to October 3.
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 17, then returns to freezing around October 18, covering 183 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 28, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 6 at 11%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 77 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Chadron Muni.
Where Chadron Muni Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 183 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.
Chadron Muni earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
3.1 days with precipitation
4.0 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
4.0 days with precipitation
Chadron Muni runs a summer-peaked wet season
38% of Chadron Muni'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 2.7", on a wide 49.8°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 47% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.1".
- 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.
Chadron Muni is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 77 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 21% of the calendar, and they carry 15.2" 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 12 wet days; the driest is January 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 30
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
139 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,848
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
808
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Chadron Muni 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).
- Albin, WY 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Angola, IN 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Beverly, MA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Cambridge, ID 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Conchas Dam, NM 15.2" · 0.0" off
- Longmont, CO 15.2" · 0.0" off
- Rapelje, MT 15.2" · 0.0" off
- White Signal, NM 15.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Chadron Muni's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Chadron Muni's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,848 annual heating degree days against 808 for cooling. Its 49.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 139 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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Chadron Muni's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 49.8°F. The annual average is 48°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Chadron Muni's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 15.2 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Chadron Muni's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Chadron Muni, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Chadron Muni's climate
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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 Chadron Muni's primary station: CHADRON MUNI AP (USW00024017). 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 Chadron Muni; 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 Chadron Muni 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.