Falls City, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Falls City's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 34.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.7°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 31°C, 882 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFalls City Brenner Field
- Station IDUSW00094957
- Location40.08°N 95.59°W
- Elevation980 ft (299 m)
- Population4,044
On October 23, the normal high in Falls City is 64°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Falls City.
- Jan 36° 17°
- Feb 42° 21°
- Mar 54° 31°
- Apr 65° 41°
- May 75° 53°
- Jun 85° 63°
- Jul 88° 66°
- Aug 87° 64°
- Sep 80° 55°
- Oct 67° 43°
- Nov 52° 30°
- Dec 40° 21°
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 Falls City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.19 in), the least in January (0.62 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F | 17°F | 26.4°F | 0.62 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 42°F | 21°F | 31.2°F | 0.99 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 31°F | 42.7°F | 2.14 | 8 | <1 | 19 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 41°F | 53.3°F | 3.51 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 53°F | 64.0°F | 4.62 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 85°F | 63°F | 73.7°F | 4.83 | 11 | 9 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 88°F | 66°F | 77.2°F | 5.19 | 10 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 87°F | 64°F | 75.1°F | 3.75 | 9 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 80°F | 55°F | 67.1°F | 3.34 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 43°F | 54.8°F | 2.71 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 52°F | 30°F | 41.2°F | 1.80 | 6 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| December | 40°F | 21°F | 30.6°F | 1.21 | 5 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 42°F | 53.1°F | 34.71 | 95 | 41 | 131 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −8°C | −3.1°C | 16 mm |
| February | 5°C | −6°C | −0.4°C | 25 mm |
| March | 12°C | 0°C | 5.9°C | 54 mm |
| April | 18°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 89 mm |
| May | 24°C | 11°C | 17.8°C | 117 mm |
| June | 29°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 123 mm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 25.1°C | 132 mm |
| August | 30°C | 18°C | 23.9°C | 95 mm |
| September | 27°C | 13°C | 19.5°C | 85 mm |
| October | 19°C | 6°C | 12.7°C | 69 mm |
| November | 11°C | −1°C | 5.1°C | 46 mm |
| December | 5°C | −6°C | −0.8°C | 31 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Hiawatha (17 miles away), gets 17 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094957; 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 Falls City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. 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 USW00094957.
When is the last frost in Falls City?
In Falls City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 18 in half of years and after May 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 in half of years and before October 1 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 181 year in 10 after May 2; 9 in 10 after April 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before October 30
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 180 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 200 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 8 in half of springs and before October 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Falls City in zone 6a in ZIP code 68355, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Falls City's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (30 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 USW00094957; 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 Falls City?
In a normal year in Falls City, 41 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 131 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 95 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 41a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 131a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 31high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 95a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1912) is 114°F, on July 20, 1934; the lowest is −30°F, on January 13, 1916.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 57.33 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 58.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00094957; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00094957. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Falls City?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Falls City, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and December the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.2 |
| February | 74% | 3.1 |
| March | 70% | 3.9 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.8 |
| June | 80% | 6.5 |
| July | 84% | 6.6 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.7 |
| October | 76% | 3.3 |
| November | 75% | 2.4 |
| December | 70% | 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 Falls City need?
A normal year in Falls City brings 5,541 heating degree days, 3% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,238 cooling degree days, 36% 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 3,775 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,195 | 0 |
| February | 946 | 0 |
| March | 695 | 3 |
| April | 367 | 15 |
| May | 126 | 93 |
| June | 10 | 270 |
| July | 1 | 379 |
| August | 4 | 316 |
| September | 76 | 139 |
| October | 340 | 22 |
| November | 715 | 1 |
| December | 1,068 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,541 | 1,238 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094957. 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 Falls City been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 54.0°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.1°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54.7°F | +1.6°F | 34.84 |
| 2022 | 53.0°F | −0.1°F | 25.99 |
| 2023 | 55.2°F | +2.1°F | 28.25 |
| 2024 | 56.2°F | +3.1°F | 37.03 |
| 2025 | 54.0°F | +0.9°F | 32.12 |
Over 86 complete years from 1913 to 2025, 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: observed years: ACIS, station USW00094957; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Falls City's climate compare?
Falls City is warmer than 136 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 125. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.1°F is warmer than 54%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Falls 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 Falls City share this climate record?
14 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.
- Sabetha, KS2,476 people · 16 mi SW
- Mound City, MO1,005 people · 19 mi E
- Fairview, KS233 people · 18 mi SW
- Morrill, KS210 people · 12 mi SW
- Verdon, NE158 people · 8 mi NW
- Dawson, NE140 people · 13 mi W
- Craig, MO104 people · 14 mi NE
- Salem, NE81 people · 7 mi W
- Big Lake, MO72 people · 13 mi E
- Reserve, KS69 people · 7 mi S
- Hamlin, KS35 people · 12 mi S
- Fortescue, MO21 people · 15 mi E
- Bigelow, MO6 people · 16 mi E
- Corning, MO0 people · 14 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Falls City's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Falls City. This page uses Falls City Brenner Field; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falls City (4 mi NE) USC00252851 | 4 mi E | 930 ft | 51.7°F | 14°F | 87°F | 35.6 | – | April 18 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Falls City's climate
What is the coldest month in Falls City?
January, with a normal high of 36°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Falls City?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Falls City's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Hiawatha (17 miles away), records 17 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Falls City?
July, with 5.19 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.62 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Falls City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Falls City in zone 6a in ZIP code 68355, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Falls City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Falls City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 18; in one year in ten it comes after May 2. Waiting until May 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hiawatha, KS17 miles from this station, 52.5°F a year
- Auburn, NE22 miles from this station, 52.4°F a year
- Oregon, MO25 miles from this station, 52.7°F a year
- Tarkio, MO27 miles from this station, 51.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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