Creighton, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Creighton's normal year runs from 11°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 29.1 inches of precipitation and 36 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.1°C, January lows of −12°C, July highs of 30°C, 740 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCreighton
- Station IDUSC00251990
- Location42.46°N 97.90°W
- Elevation1,660 ft (506 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population1,114
On October 22, the normal high in Creighton is 61°F and the normal low 35°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 Creighton.
- Jan 31° 11°
- Feb 36° 14°
- Mar 48° 24°
- Apr 60° 35°
- May 71° 48°
- Jun 82° 59°
- Jul 86° 63°
- Aug 84° 60°
- Sep 77° 51°
- Oct 64° 37°
- Nov 48° 25°
- Dec 34° 15°
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 Creighton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 11°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.29 in), the least in January (0.60 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 11°F | 20.8°F | 0.60 | 7.1 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 36°F | 14°F | 24.8°F | 0.79 | 8.4 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 48°F | 24°F | 35.9°F | 1.67 | 7.9 | 7 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 35°F | 47.4°F | 3.04 | 2.5 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 59.7°F | 4.29 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 82°F | 59°F | 70.0°F | 4.27 | 0.0 | 11 | 6 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 86°F | 63°F | 74.6°F | 3.53 | 0.0 | 8 | 11 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 84°F | 60°F | 72.2°F | 3.65 | 0.0 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 77°F | 51°F | 63.7°F | 3.07 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 37°F | 50.4°F | 2.26 | 1.0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 48°F | 25°F | 36.1°F | 1.01 | 2.7 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 34°F | 15°F | 24.0°F | 0.95 | 6.0 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 37°F | 48.3°F | 29.13 | 35.6 | 86 | 32 | 150 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −12°C | −6.2°C | 15 mm | 18 cm |
| February | 2°C | −10°C | −4.0°C | 20 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 9°C | −5°C | 2.2°C | 42 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 15°C | 2°C | 8.6°C | 77 mm | 6 cm |
| May | 22°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.1°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 17°C | 23.7°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 10°C | 17.6°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 3°C | 10.2°C | 57 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 9°C | −4°C | 2.3°C | 26 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 1°C | −10°C | −4.4°C | 24 mm | 15 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00251990; 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 Creighton?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August and September. 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 USC00251990.
When is the last frost in Creighton?
In Creighton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 30 in half of years and after May 11 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 6 in half of years and before September 24 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 301 year in 10 after May 11; 9 in 10 after April 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 61 year in 10 before September 24; 9 in 10 before October 19
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 158 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 177 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 20 in half of springs and before October 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Creighton in zone 5a in ZIP code 68729, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Creighton's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −15°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 USC00251990; 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 Creighton?
In a normal year in Creighton, 32 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 150 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 86 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 32a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 150a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 48high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 86a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 12a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 114°F, on July 26, 1894; the lowest is −36°F, on February 28, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2007, with 36.11 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 58.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00251990; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00251990. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Creighton?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Creighton, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (85%) and December the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.0 |
| February | 76% | 3.0 |
| March | 71% | 3.9 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.8 |
| June | 79% | 6.6 |
| July | 85% | 6.7 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 80% | 4.5 |
| October | 75% | 3.2 |
| November | 75% | 2.2 |
| December | 69% | 1.7 |
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 Creighton need?
A normal year in Creighton brings 6,916 heating degree days, 29% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 872 cooling degree days, 4% 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 3,045 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,369 | 0 |
| February | 1,127 | 0 |
| March | 902 | 0 |
| April | 533 | 6 |
| May | 217 | 53 |
| June | 32 | 184 |
| July | 4 | 303 |
| August | 12 | 236 |
| September | 121 | 84 |
| October | 461 | 8 |
| November | 869 | 0 |
| December | 1,269 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,916 | 872 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00251990. 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.
How does Creighton's climate compare?
Creighton is warmer than 28 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 95. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.3°F is warmer than 33%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Creighton 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 Creighton share this climate record?
5 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.
- Plainview, NE1,267 people · 10 mi SE
- Brunswick, NE156 people · 9 mi S
- Center, NE71 people · 10 mi N
- Winnetoon, NE53 people · 5 mi NW
- Bazile Mills, NE23 people · 4 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 Creighton's climate
What is the coldest month in Creighton?
January, with a normal high of 31°F and a normal low of 11°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Creighton?
Yes: 36 inches in a normal year, falling on 15 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (8.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Creighton?
May, with 4.29 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.60 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Creighton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Creighton in zone 5a in ZIP code 68729, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Creighton's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −15°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Creighton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 30; in one year in ten it comes after May 11. Waiting until May 11 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Osmond, NE17 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Niobrara, NE21 miles from this station, 50.8°F a year
- Verdel, NE24 miles from this station, 47.7°F a year
- Ewing, NE26 miles from this station, 49.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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