David City, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
David City's normal year runs from 12°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 30.4 inches of precipitation and 32 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.6°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 30°C, 771 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDavid City
- Station IDUSC00252205
- Location41.25°N 97.13°W
- Elevation1,610 ft (491 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population3,026
On October 23, the normal high in David City is 60°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for David City.
- Jan 31° 12°
- Feb 36° 15°
- Mar 49° 26°
- Apr 61° 36°
- May 72° 49°
- Jun 82° 60°
- Jul 86° 64°
- Aug 84° 62°
- Sep 77° 53°
- Oct 64° 40°
- Nov 48° 26°
- Dec 35° 16°
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 David City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 12°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.88 in), the least in January (0.78 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 12°F | 21.4°F | 0.78 | 8.0 | 6 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 36°F | 15°F | 25.7°F | 0.90 | 7.4 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 49°F | 26°F | 37.4°F | 1.72 | 5.1 | 8 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 36°F | 48.7°F | 3.02 | 1.9 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 60.4°F | 4.53 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 82°F | 60°F | 70.7°F | 4.88 | 0.0 | 11 | 5 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 86°F | 64°F | 75.0°F | 3.09 | 0.0 | 9 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 84°F | 62°F | 72.7°F | 4.00 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 77°F | 53°F | 64.9°F | 2.79 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 40°F | 51.6°F | 2.16 | 0.9 | 7 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 48°F | 26°F | 37.1°F | 1.35 | 2.4 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 35°F | 16°F | 25.4°F | 1.15 | 6.1 | 6 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 38°F | 49.2°F | 30.37 | 31.8 | 97 | 27 | 147 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −11°C | −5.9°C | 20 mm | 20 cm |
| February | 2°C | −9°C | −3.5°C | 23 mm | 19 cm |
| March | 9°C | −4°C | 3.0°C | 44 mm | 13 cm |
| April | 16°C | 2°C | 9.3°C | 77 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 22°C | 9°C | 15.8°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.5°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 18°C | 23.9°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 17°C | 22.6°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 11°C | 18.3°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 4°C | 10.9°C | 55 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 9°C | −3°C | 2.8°C | 34 mm | 6 cm |
| December | 2°C | −9°C | −3.7°C | 29 mm | 15 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00252205; 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 David City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00252205.
When is the last frost in David City?
In David City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 26 in half of years and after May 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 11 in half of years and before September 28 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 261 year in 10 after May 8; 9 in 10 after April 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 111 year in 10 before September 28; 9 in 10 before October 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 168 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 187 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 17 in half of springs and before October 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts David City in zone 5b in ZIP code 68632, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, David City's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (28 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 USC00252205; 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 David City?
In a normal year in David City, 27 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 147 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 97 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 27a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 147a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 50high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 97a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 11a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1897) is 114°F, on July 25, 1936; the lowest is −30°F, on January 12, 1912.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 45.00 in; the snowiest season is 1983–84, with 67.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00252205; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00252205. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is David City?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around David City, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and March the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.2 |
| February | 76% | 3.1 |
| March | 71% | 4.0 |
| April | 73% | 5.1 |
| May | 74% | 5.9 |
| June | 81% | 6.7 |
| July | 84% | 6.7 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.6 |
| October | 77% | 3.3 |
| November | 77% | 2.4 |
| December | 72% | 1.8 |
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 David City need?
A normal year in David City brings 6,641 heating degree days, 24% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 938 cooling degree days, 3% more 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 3,201 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,352 | 0 |
| February | 1,100 | 0 |
| March | 858 | 1 |
| April | 493 | 6 |
| May | 200 | 57 |
| June | 26 | 197 |
| July | 4 | 312 |
| August | 11 | 251 |
| September | 106 | 103 |
| October | 427 | 12 |
| November | 837 | 0 |
| December | 1,228 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,641 | 938 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00252205. 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 David City been warmer than normal lately?
Over 99 complete years from 1896 to 2018, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.3°F per century (+0.07°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does David City's climate compare?
David City is warmer than 49 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 102. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.2°F is warmer than 37%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, David City 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 David City share this climate record?
8 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.
- Bellwood, NE410 people · 8 mi NW
- Brainard, NE351 people · 8 mi SE
- Dwight, NE230 people · 13 mi SE
- Octavia, NE108 people · 8 mi NE
- Bruno, NE97 people · 9 mi E
- Linwood, NE93 people · 15 mi NE
- Abie, NE66 people · 11 mi NE
- Garrison, NE56 people · 5 mi S
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 David City's climate
What is the coldest month in David City?
January, with a normal high of 31°F and a normal low of 12°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in David City?
Yes: 32 inches in a normal year, falling on 19 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (8.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in David City?
June, with 4.88 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.78 in.
What plant hardiness zone is David City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts David City in zone 5b in ZIP code 68632, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at David City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in David City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 26; in one year in ten it comes after May 8. Waiting until May 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Surprise, NE14 miles from this station, 49.8°F a year
- Columbus, NE18 miles from this station, 50.5°F a year
- Weston, NE19 miles from this station, 50.1°F a year
- Osceola, NE22 miles from this station, 50.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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