Concord, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Concord's normal year runs from 9°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 28.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.9°C, January lows of −13°C, July highs of 30°C, 732 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationConcord
- Station IDUSC00253652
- Location42.38°N 96.99°W
- Elevation1,444 ft (440 m)
- Population121
On October 23, the normal high in Concord is 60°F and the normal low 34°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Concord.
- Jan 31° 9°
- Feb 35° 13°
- Mar 48° 24°
- Apr 61° 34°
- May 73° 46°
- Jun 82° 59°
- Jul 85° 62°
- Aug 84° 61°
- Sep 77° 50°
- Oct 64° 37°
- Nov 48° 24°
- Dec 35° 13°
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 Concord each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 9°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.57 in), the least in January (0.64 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 9°F | 19.9°F | 0.64 | – | <1 | 31 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 35°F | 13°F | 23.7°F | 0.99 | – | <1 | 28 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 48°F | 24°F | 36.2°F | 1.58 | – | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 34°F | 47.7°F | 2.79 | – | <1 | 13 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 73°F | 46°F | 59.5°F | 4.00 | – | 2 | 2 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 82°F | 59°F | 70.1°F | 4.57 | – | 6 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 85°F | 62°F | 73.7°F | 3.09 | – | 9 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 84°F | 61°F | 72.1°F | 3.51 | – | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 77°F | 50°F | 63.6°F | 2.94 | – | 2 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 37°F | 50.6°F | 2.47 | – | <1 | 11 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 48°F | 24°F | 36.1°F | 1.28 | – | <1 | 24 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 35°F | 13°F | 24.1°F | 0.96 | – | <1 | 30 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 36°F | 48.1°F | 28.82 | – | 24 | 164 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −13°C | −6.7°C | 16 mm |
| February | 2°C | −11°C | −4.6°C | 25 mm |
| March | 9°C | −4°C | 2.3°C | 40 mm |
| April | 16°C | 1°C | 8.7°C | 71 mm |
| May | 23°C | 8°C | 15.3°C | 102 mm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.2°C | 116 mm |
| July | 30°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 78 mm |
| August | 29°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 89 mm |
| September | 25°C | 10°C | 17.6°C | 75 mm |
| October | 18°C | 3°C | 10.3°C | 63 mm |
| November | 9°C | −4°C | 2.3°C | 33 mm |
| December | 2°C | −10°C | −4.4°C | 24 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Wayne (10 miles away), gets 32 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00253652; 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 Concord?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August and September.
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 USC00253652.
When is the last frost in Concord?
In Concord, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 2 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 4 in half of years and before September 20 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
- May 21 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 41 year in 10 before September 20; 9 in 10 before October 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 154 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 172 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 23 in half of springs and before October 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Concord in zone 5a in ZIP code 68728, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Concord's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −19°F (16 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 USC00253652; 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 Concord?
In a normal year in Concord, 24 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more) and 164 nights fall to 32°F or colder.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 24a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 164a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 54high of 32°F or less
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1957) is 107°F, on June 22, 1988; the lowest is −32°F, on January 1, 2018.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2014, with 36.09 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 70.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00253652; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00253652. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Concord?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Concord, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and December the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.0 |
| February | 77% | 3.1 |
| March | 70% | 3.8 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 72% | 5.8 |
| June | 79% | 6.5 |
| July | 84% | 6.6 |
| August | 81% | 5.6 |
| September | 80% | 4.5 |
| October | 75% | 3.1 |
| November | 75% | 2.2 |
| December | 69% | 1.6 |
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 Concord need?
A normal year in Concord brings 6,948 heating degree days, 29% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 829 cooling degree days, 9% fewer 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 3,006 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,396 | 0 |
| February | 1,156 | 0 |
| March | 895 | 1 |
| April | 523 | 4 |
| May | 225 | 52 |
| June | 26 | 179 |
| July | 6 | 276 |
| August | 10 | 230 |
| September | 120 | 78 |
| October | 457 | 9 |
| November | 866 | 0 |
| December | 1,269 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,948 | 829 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00253652. 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 Concord been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 51.0°F, 2.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 48.1°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.9°F | +2.8°F | – |
| 2022 | 49.7°F | +1.6°F | 14.14 |
| 2024 | 51.5°F | +3.4°F | – |
| 2025 | 51.0°F | +2.9°F | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00253652. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Concord's climate compare?
Concord is warmer than 22 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 93. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.1°F is warmer than 32%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Concord 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 Concord share this climate record?
4 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.
- Laurel, NE946 people · 6 mi NW
- Allen, NE357 people · 8 mi E
- Belden, NE110 people · 11 mi W
- Dixon, NE78 people · 2 mi N
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 Concord's climate
What is the coldest month in Concord?
January, with a normal high of 31°F and a normal low of 9°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Concord?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Concord's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Wayne (10 miles away), records 32 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Concord?
June, with 4.57 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.64 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Concord in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Concord in zone 5a in ZIP code 68728, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Concord's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −19°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Concord?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 2; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wayne, NE11 miles from this station, 48.3°F a year
- Wakefield, NE11 miles from this station, 48.4°F a year
- Hartington, NE21 miles from this station, 47.8°F a year
- Vermillion, SD26 miles from this station, 48.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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