Gordon, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Gordon's normal year runs from 13°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 20.5 inches of precipitation and 46 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.9°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 30°C, 521 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGordon (6 mi N)
- Station IDUSC00253355
- Location42.90°N 102.20°W
- Elevation3,748 ft (1,142 m)
- Population1,442
On October 22, the normal high in Gordon is 57°F and the normal low 31°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Gordon.
- Jan 34° 13°
- Feb 37° 15°
- Mar 47° 23°
- Apr 56° 31°
- May 66° 41°
- Jun 78° 52°
- Jul 86° 58°
- Aug 85° 56°
- Sep 75° 47°
- Oct 60° 34°
- Nov 46° 22°
- Dec 35° 14°
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 Gordon each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 13°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.85 in), the least in December (0.50 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F | 13°F | 23.6°F | 0.52 | 6.5 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 37°F | 15°F | 25.7°F | 0.62 | 7.3 | 5 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 47°F | 23°F | 35.0°F | 1.18 | 8.1 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 31°F | 43.6°F | 2.25 | 7.0 | 9 | <1 | 17 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 66°F | 41°F | 53.9°F | 3.24 | 1.7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 78°F | 52°F | 65.0°F | 3.85 | 0.0 | 11 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 86°F | 58°F | 72.0°F | 2.54 | 0.0 | 8 | 12 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 85°F | 56°F | 70.5°F | 1.80 | 0.0 | 6 | 11 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 75°F | 47°F | 61.1°F | 1.68 | 0.1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 60°F | 34°F | 46.7°F | 1.62 | 2.7 | 7 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 46°F | 22°F | 34.2°F | 0.70 | 5.8 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 35°F | 14°F | 24.7°F | 0.50 | 6.6 | 4 | <1 | 31 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 34°F | 46.3°F | 20.50 | 45.8 | 78 | 31 | 175 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −11°C | −4.7°C | 13 mm | 17 cm |
| February | 3°C | −10°C | −3.5°C | 16 mm | 19 cm |
| March | 8°C | −5°C | 1.7°C | 30 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 13°C | −1°C | 6.4°C | 57 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 19°C | 5°C | 12.2°C | 82 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 26°C | 11°C | 18.3°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 14°C | 22.2°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 13°C | 21.4°C | 46 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 8°C | 16.2°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 1°C | 8.2°C | 41 mm | 7 cm |
| November | 8°C | −5°C | 1.2°C | 18 mm | 15 cm |
| December | 2°C | −10°C | −4.1°C | 13 mm | 17 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00253355; 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 Gordon?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00253355.
When is the last frost in Gordon?
In Gordon, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 11 in half of years and after May 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 2 in half of years and before September 19 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
- May 111 year in 10 after May 26; 9 in 10 after April 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 21 year in 10 before September 19; 9 in 10 before October 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 142 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 162 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 2 in half of springs and before October 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gordon in zone 5a in ZIP code 69360, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Gordon's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −16°F (26 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 USC00253355; 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 Gordon?
In a normal year in Gordon, 31 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 175 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 78 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 31a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 175a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 49high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 78a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 19a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1909) is 110°F, on July 11, 1939; the lowest is −40°F, on January 23, 1915.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 32.36 in; the snowiest season is 1919–20, with 89.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00253355; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00253355. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Gordon?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Gordon, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and April the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.1 |
| February | 74% | 3.0 |
| March | 74% | 4.2 |
| April | 72% | 5.3 |
| May | 75% | 6.2 |
| June | 84% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.2 |
| August | 86% | 6.2 |
| September | 84% | 5.0 |
| October | 78% | 3.4 |
| November | 78% | 2.4 |
| December | 75% | 1.9 |
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 Gordon need?
A normal year in Gordon brings 7,376 heating degree days, 37% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 597 cooling degree days, 34% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,479 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,285 | 0 |
| February | 1,102 | 0 |
| March | 930 | 0 |
| April | 644 | 1 |
| May | 358 | 12 |
| June | 92 | 91 |
| July | 16 | 232 |
| August | 28 | 198 |
| September | 180 | 61 |
| October | 568 | 2 |
| November | 924 | 0 |
| December | 1,251 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,376 | 597 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00253355. 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 Gordon been warmer than normal lately?
Over 68 complete years from 1915 to 2020, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.4°F per century (+0.08°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 Gordon's climate compare?
Gordon is warmer than 3 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 23. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 46.3°F is warmer than 25%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Gordon 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 Gordon share this climate record?
Batesland has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Batesland, SD74 people · 17 mi N
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 Gordon's climate
What is the coldest month in Gordon?
January, with a normal high of 34°F and a normal low of 13°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 58°F at night).
Does it snow in Gordon?
Yes: 46 inches in a normal year, falling on 21 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (8.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Gordon?
June, with 3.85 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 0.50 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Gordon in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Gordon in zone 5a in ZIP code 69360, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Gordon's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −16°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Gordon?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 11; in one year in ten it comes after May 26. Waiting until May 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Rushville, NE17 miles from this station, 46.5°F a year
- Pine Ridge, SD18 miles from this station, 47.8°F a year
- Merriman, NE25 miles from this station, 47.6°F a year
- Manderson (3 mi NE), SD28 miles from this station, 48.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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