Crescent Lake Nwr, 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 Crescent Lake Nwr's primary NOAA station, CRESCENT LAKE NWR.
The climate verdict for Crescent Lake Nwr
Dryness leads the climate profile for Crescent Lake Nwr, Nebraska, with 18.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 48°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 48°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 18.8"
- annual precipitation · 37" snow
- 139 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Crescent Lake Nwr: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00252000 · Crescent Lake Nwr, NE 48°F mean · 18.8" 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 #2,058
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sheboygan
- PRCP-DRY 18.8"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,918 HDD
- STN-1 USC00252000
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sheboygan, WI (+ 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.
- Crescent Lake N… (this station) 48°F
- Cold Richmond, UT 48°F
- Hot Hardin, MT 48°F
- Near Sheboygan, WI 48°F
- Near Delavan Wwtp, WI 48°F
Climate Living Index · Crescent Lake Nwr
Crescent Lake Nwr: 30/100 · grade F
Crescent Lake Nwr publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Crescent Lake Nwr, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 18.8 in · 16.2 from 35 in | 43/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 36.5 inches/year | 32/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.6°F · 19.9° from 67.5°F | 30/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 179 calendar days | 26/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 139 days/year | 18/100 · F |
Crescent Lake Nwr · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Crescent Lake Nwr is a continental Köppen climate: Dwa
Coldest-month mean 25.2°F and warmest-month mean 72.3°F place this station in continental, dry-winter, hot summer climates (Dwa). Class Dwa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-winter, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dwa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 72.3°F
- Coldest month
- 25.2°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 Crescent Lake Nwr sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Crescent Lake Nwr's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 70%
- Among 6,861 stations, Crescent Lake Nwr sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 74%
- Crescent Lake Nwr's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 68th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Crescent Lake Nwr compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Crescent Lake Nwr's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Crescent Lake Nwr's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 44 complete annual observations from 1943 to 2024, CRESCENT LAKE NWR warmed at a fitted rate of 0.16°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Crescent Lake Nwr primary station fitted change +0.16 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F (3°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.3" | 5.0" | 30.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 41°F (5°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.4" | 6.2" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (11°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.8" | 5.8" | 24.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.1" | 4.8" | 12.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.1" | 1.0" | 3.2 | 1.0 |
| June | 80°F (26°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.0 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.1 |
| September | 76°F (25°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.7" | 0.4" | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.3" | 2.4" | 11.5 | 0.2 |
| November | 49°F (10°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.6" | 3.8" | 24.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (4°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.4" | 7.1" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 22, short of 90°F on every date, while 179 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 12°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 15, then returns to freezing around October 20, covering 179 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 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 4 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 84 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 13 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Crescent Lake Nwr.
Where Crescent Lake Nwr Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 179 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Crescent Lake Nwr earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 5.0"
3.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.2"
4.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.8"
5.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.8"
8.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
11.2 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.4"
7.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.8"
4.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.1"
4.0 days with precipitation
Crescent Lake Nwr runs a summer-peaked wet season
44% of Crescent Lake Nwr'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 3.1", on a wide 47.1°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 46% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.3".
- Winter share: 6% 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 Crescent Lake Nwr's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 84 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 18.8" between them, or roughly 0.22 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 Crescent Lake Nwr
Crescent Lake Nwr averages 36.5 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 20 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: 36.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 20 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 19% 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 29
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 13
50% probability date
Growing Season
139 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,918
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
610
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Crescent Lake Nwr 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).
- Bend, OR 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Benton, PA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Bonesteel, SD 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Bonners Ferry, ID 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (18.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Lakin, KS 18.8" · 0.0" off
- Stratton, CO 18.8" · 0.0" off
- Dayton, WA 18.8" · 0.0" off
- Kenai, AK 18.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Crescent Lake Nwr
heating led · dry · mid swing
Crescent Lake Nwr's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,918 annual heating degree days against 610 for cooling. Its 47.1°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.
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1. Crescent Lake Nwr coldest normal
January
Averaging 25°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Crescent Lake Nwr typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Crescent Lake Nwr snow peak
December
Crescent Lake Nwr averages 36.5 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 Crescent Lake Nwr's primary station: CRESCENT LAKE NWR (USC00252000). 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 Crescent Lake Nwr; 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 Crescent Lake Nwr 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.