Falls City, NE Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Falls City's primary NOAA station, FALLS CITY 4NE.
The climate verdict for Falls City
Falls City, Nebraska has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 52°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 52°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 35.6"
- yearly precipitation total
- 179 days
- frost-free growing season
Falls City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00252851 · Falls City, NE 52°F mean · 35.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,293
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Table Rock
- PRCP-MID 35.6"
- SWING-WIDE 53°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,915 HDD
- STN-1 USC00252851
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Table Rock, NE (+ 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.
- Falls City (this station) 52°F
- Hot Pawnee City, NE 52°F
- Near Table Rock, NE 52°F
- Near Donnellson, IA 52°F
- Near Dugway, UT 52°F
Climate Living Index · Falls City
Falls City: 59/100 · grade C
Falls City publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Falls City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 35.6 in · 0.6 from 35 in | 95/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 142 calendar days | 52/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 179 days/year | 49/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.7°F · 15.8° from 67.5°F | 48/100 · D |
Falls City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Falls City is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 24.3°F and warmest-month mean 76.8°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
- 76.8°F
- Coldest month
- 24.3°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 Falls City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Falls City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 48th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 49th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 87%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Falls City is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Falls City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Falls City'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 | 35°F (2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.8" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (4°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 1.4" | 25.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 2.1" | 18.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 64°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.4" | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (23°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.6" | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 10.9 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 5.4" | 0.0 | 11.1 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 5.7 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 5.7 |
| October | 67°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.9" | 6.3 | 0.3 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 1.9" | 18.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 39°F (4°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 1.4" | 28.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 23, short of 90°F on every date, while 142 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near January 10.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 25, then returns to freezing around November 5, covering 142 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.
The widest day
October 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Falls City.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Falls City runs a summer-peaked wet season
39% of Falls City'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 July at 5.4", on a wide 52.5°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: July, June, May, taking 41% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.8".
- Winter share: 10% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
179 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,915
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,111
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Falls City 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 (52°F here).
- Burlington, CO 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Conception, MO 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Connell, WA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Donnellson, IA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (35.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Maple City, MI 35.7" · 0.0" off
- Ridgeland, WI 35.6" · 0.0" off
- Blair, WI 35.6" · 0.0" off
- Greenland, MI 35.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Falls City's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Falls City's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,915 annual heating degree days against 1,111 for cooling. Its 52.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Falls City's frost-free season lasts about 179 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Falls City's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 52.5°F. The annual average is 52°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Falls City's 35.6 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 Falls City'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 Falls City, 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 Falls City's primary station: FALLS CITY 4NE (USC00252851). 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 3116655). Match rule for Falls City: 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 Falls City 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.