Gothenburg, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Gothenburg's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 24.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.6°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 31°C, 613 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGothenburg
- Station IDUSC00253365
- Location40.94°N 100.15°W
- Elevation2,603 ft (793 m)
- Population3,447
On October 23, the normal high in Gothenburg is 62°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Gothenburg.
- Jan 39° 16°
- Feb 42° 19°
- Mar 54° 27°
- Apr 63° 37°
- May 72° 48°
- Jun 83° 59°
- Jul 88° 63°
- Aug 85° 62°
- Sep 78° 52°
- Oct 65° 39°
- Nov 51° 26°
- Dec 40° 17°
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 Gothenburg each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.11 in), the least in January (0.38 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F | 16°F | 27.5°F | 0.38 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 42°F | 19°F | 30.3°F | 0.64 | 5 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 27°F | 40.7°F | 1.10 | 7 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 37°F | 49.7°F | 2.70 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 60.3°F | 4.11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 83°F | 59°F | 70.7°F | 3.68 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 88°F | 63°F | 75.5°F | 3.37 | 9 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 85°F | 62°F | 73.4°F | 3.29 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 52°F | 65.0°F | 1.72 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 39°F | 51.7°F | 1.86 | 6 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 26°F | 38.7°F | 0.72 | 4 | <1 | 23 | 10 h |
| December | 40°F | 17°F | 28.8°F | 0.56 | 3 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 39°F | 51.0°F | 24.13 | 81 | 34 | 155 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −9°C | −2.5°C | 10 mm |
| February | 6°C | −7°C | −0.9°C | 16 mm |
| March | 12°C | −3°C | 4.8°C | 28 mm |
| April | 17°C | 3°C | 9.8°C | 69 mm |
| May | 22°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 104 mm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.5°C | 93 mm |
| July | 31°C | 17°C | 24.2°C | 86 mm |
| August | 30°C | 16°C | 23.0°C | 84 mm |
| September | 26°C | 11°C | 18.3°C | 44 mm |
| October | 18°C | 4°C | 10.9°C | 47 mm |
| November | 11°C | −3°C | 3.7°C | 18 mm |
| December | 5°C | −8°C | −1.8°C | 14 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Eustis (18 miles away), gets 31 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00253365; 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 Gothenburg?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00253365.
When is the last frost in Gothenburg?
In Gothenburg, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 30 in half of years and after May 13 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 9 in half of years and before September 27 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 301 year in 10 after May 13; 9 in 10 after April 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 91 year in 10 before September 27; 9 in 10 before October 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 162 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 181 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 19 in half of springs and before October 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gothenburg in zone 5b in ZIP code 69138, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Gothenburg's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (27 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 USC00253365; 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 Gothenburg?
In a normal year in Gothenburg, 34 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 155 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 81 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 34a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 155a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 32high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 81a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1894) is 116°F, on July 11, 1954; the lowest is −33°F, on February 11, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1915, with 37.26 in; the snowiest season is 1914–15, with 57.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00253365; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00253365. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Gothenburg?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Gothenburg, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and April the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.4 |
| February | 75% | 3.2 |
| March | 76% | 4.4 |
| April | 75% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.3 |
| June | 85% | 7.2 |
| July | 87% | 7.0 |
| August | 86% | 6.1 |
| September | 83% | 5.0 |
| October | 80% | 3.6 |
| November | 80% | 2.6 |
| December | 77% | 2.1 |
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 Gothenburg need?
A normal year in Gothenburg brings 6,008 heating degree days, 12% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 954 cooling degree days, 5% 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 3,229 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,164 | 0 |
| February | 970 | 0 |
| March | 752 | 0 |
| April | 462 | 4 |
| May | 196 | 50 |
| June | 26 | 197 |
| July | 2 | 328 |
| August | 8 | 267 |
| September | 99 | 100 |
| October | 420 | 7 |
| November | 788 | 0 |
| December | 1,122 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,008 | 954 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00253365. 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 Gothenburg been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 52.3°F, 1.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.0°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.3°F | +1.3°F | 23.10 |
| 2022 | 51.4°F | +0.4°F | 15.50 |
| 2023 | 51.5°F | +0.5°F | 23.41 |
| 2024 | 53.0°F | +2.0°F | 26.17 |
| 2025 | 52.3°F | +1.3°F | 25.68 |
Over 109 complete years from 1897 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.3°F per century (+0.18°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00253365; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Gothenburg's climate compare?
Gothenburg is warmer than 99 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 43. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.0°F is warmer than 45%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Gothenburg is Dwa: continental, dry-winter, 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 Gothenburg share this climate record?
2 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.
- Cozad, NE3,945 people · 10 mi SE
- Willow Island, NE0 people · 5 mi SE
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 Gothenburg's climate
What is the coldest month in Gothenburg?
January, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Gothenburg?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Gothenburg's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Eustis (18 miles away), records 31 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Gothenburg?
May, with 4.11 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.38 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Gothenburg in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Gothenburg in zone 5b in ZIP code 69138, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Gothenburg's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Gothenburg?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 30; in one year in ten it comes after May 13. Waiting until May 13 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Brady, NE12 miles from this station, 50.8°F a year
- Eustis, NE18 miles from this station, 50.0°F a year
- Callaway, NE22 miles from this station, 49.4°F a year
- Oconto, NE25 miles from this station, 49.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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