Ericson, 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 Ericson's primary NOAA station, ERICSON 8 WNW.
The climate verdict for Ericson
Ericson, Nebraska has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 48°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 48°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 26.6"
- precipitation, annual total
- 149 days
- frost-free growing season
Ericson: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00252770 · Ericson, NE 48°F mean · 26.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,127
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Freeport Waste…
- PRCP-MID 26.6"
- SWING-WIDE 51°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,952 HDD
- STN-1 USC00252770
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Freeport Waste Wtp, IL ( -0.1 °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.
- Ericson (this station) 48°F
- Cold Freeport Waste…, IL 48°F
- Hot Cascade, IA 48°F
- Near Marshalltown, IA 48°F
- Near Maquoketa, IA 48°F
Climate Living Index · Ericson
Ericson: 38/100 · grade F
Ericson publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ericson, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 26.6 in · 8.4 from 35 in | 70/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.8°F · 19.7° from 67.5°F | 31/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 172 calendar days | 31/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 149 days/year | 24/100 · F |
Ericson · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Ericson is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 22.6°F and warmest-month mean 73.3°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 73.3°F
- Coldest month
- 22.6°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 Ericson sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Ericson's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 31st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 36th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 83%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Ericson is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Ericson compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Ericson's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 34°F (1°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 0.5" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.7" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (10°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.5" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.7" | 14.7 | 0.1 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.0" | 3.4 | 0.9 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 4.7 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 10.7 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| September | 76°F (25°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 2.4" | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 2.1" | 12.5 | 0.4 |
| November | 49°F (9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.0" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 0.7" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 19, short of 90°F on every date, while 172 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 11°F near January 15.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 11, then returns to freezing around October 23, covering 172 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 26, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 4 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 81 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Ericson.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
3.7 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
Ericson runs a summer-peaked wet season
41% of Ericson'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 June at 4.2", on a wide 50.7°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: June, May, July, taking 44% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.5".
- Winter share: 7% 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 Ericson's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 80 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 26.6" between them, or roughly 0.33 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
149 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,952
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
732
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Ericson 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).
- Chugwater, WY 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Colo, IA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Dupree, SD 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Essexville, MI 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (26.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Fosston, MN 26.6" · 0.0" off
- Garden Valley, ID 26.6" · 0.0" off
- Chemult, OR 26.5" · 0.0" off
- Cooke City, MT 26.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Ericson's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Ericson's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,952 annual heating degree days against 732 for cooling. Its 50.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 149 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 Ericson's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 50.7°F. The annual average is 48°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Ericson's 26.6 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Ericson'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 Ericson, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Ericson's primary station: ERICSON 8 WNW (USC00252770). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3116025). Match rule for Ericson: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Ericson 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.