Kilgore, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Kilgore's normal year runs from 11°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 22.6 inches of precipitation and 38 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.8°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 29°C, 575 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationKilgore (1 mi NE)
- Station IDUSC00254432
- Location42.95°N 100.94°W
- Elevation2,905 ft (885 m)
- Population69
On October 22, the normal high in Kilgore is 58°F and the normal low 31°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 Kilgore.
- Jan 33° 11°
- Feb 37° 13°
- Mar 47° 22°
- Apr 56° 31°
- May 67° 42°
- Jun 78° 53°
- Jul 85° 59°
- Aug 84° 56°
- Sep 75° 46°
- Oct 61° 33°
- 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 Kilgore each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 11°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.51 in), the least in November (0.74 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F | 11°F | 22.3°F | 0.77 | 4.5 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 37°F | 13°F | 24.9°F | 0.87 | 5.9 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 47°F | 22°F | 34.4°F | 1.47 | 7.5 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 31°F | 43.6°F | 2.96 | 4.8 | 8 | <1 | 15 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 67°F | 42°F | 54.6°F | 3.37 | 0.3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 78°F | 53°F | 65.4°F | 3.51 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 85°F | 59°F | 71.7°F | 2.64 | 0.0 | 8 | 13 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 84°F | 56°F | 70.0°F | 2.31 | 0.0 | 8 | 11 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 75°F | 46°F | 60.6°F | 1.81 | 0.0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 61°F | 33°F | 47.0°F | 1.41 | 1.4 | 6 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 46°F | 22°F | 34.2°F | 0.74 | 4.6 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 35°F | 14°F | 24.4°F | 0.78 | 9.2 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 34°F | 46.1°F | 22.64 | 38.2 | 79 | 35 | 173 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −11°C | −5.4°C | 20 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 3°C | −10°C | −3.9°C | 22 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 8°C | −6°C | 1.3°C | 37 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 13°C | −1°C | 6.4°C | 75 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 19°C | 6°C | 12.6°C | 86 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 15°C | 22.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 13°C | 21.1°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 8°C | 15.9°C | 46 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 16°C | 1°C | 8.3°C | 36 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 8°C | −5°C | 1.2°C | 19 mm | 12 cm |
| December | 2°C | −10°C | −4.2°C | 20 mm | 23 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00254432; 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 Kilgore?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August 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 USC00254432.
When is the last frost in Kilgore?
In Kilgore, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 10 in half of years and after May 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 29 in half of years and before September 14 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 101 year in 10 after May 23; 9 in 10 after April 29
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 291 year in 10 before September 14; 9 in 10 before October 13
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 141 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 159 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 2 in half of springs and before October 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kilgore in zone 5a in ZIP code 69216, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Kilgore's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −17°F (15 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 USC00254432; 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 Kilgore?
In a normal year in Kilgore, 35 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 173 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 79 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 35a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 173a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 44high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 79a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 12a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00254432.
How sunny is Kilgore?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Kilgore, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and April the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 2.2 |
| February | 75% | 3.0 |
| March | 73% | 4.1 |
| April | 72% | 5.2 |
| May | 74% | 6.1 |
| June | 82% | 6.9 |
| July | 87% | 7.0 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 83% | 4.8 |
| October | 78% | 3.4 |
| November | 77% | 2.4 |
| December | 75% | 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 Kilgore need?
A normal year in Kilgore brings 7,437 heating degree days, 38% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 581 cooling degree days, 36% 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 2,462 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,325 | 0 |
| February | 1,123 | 0 |
| March | 949 | 0 |
| April | 641 | 0 |
| May | 339 | 18 |
| June | 86 | 99 |
| July | 15 | 223 |
| August | 30 | 183 |
| September | 186 | 55 |
| October | 560 | 2 |
| November | 926 | 0 |
| December | 1,258 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,437 | 581 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00254432. 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 Kilgore been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 49.8°F, 3.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 46.1°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 47.9°F | +1.8°F | 35.46 | 51.6 |
| 2024 | 49.8°F | +3.7°F | 17.85 | 20.7 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00254432. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Kilgore's climate compare?
Kilgore is warmer than 1 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 34. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 46.1°F is warmer than 24%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Kilgore 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 Kilgore share this climate record?
5 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.
- St. Francis, SD468 people · 13 mi N
- Two Strike, SD398 people · 18 mi N
- Spring Creek, SD337 people · 12 mi N
- Crookston, NE73 people · 10 mi E
- Nenzel, NE18 people · 8 mi W
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 Kilgore's climate
What is the coldest month in Kilgore?
January, with a normal high of 33°F and a normal low of 11°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow in Kilgore?
Yes: 38 inches in a normal year, falling on 23 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (9.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Kilgore?
June, with 3.51 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 0.74 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Kilgore in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Kilgore in zone 5a in ZIP code 69216, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Kilgore's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −17°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Kilgore?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 10; in one year in ten it comes after May 23. Waiting until May 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Valentine, NE21 miles from this station, 49.1°F a year
- Harrington, SD22 miles from this station, 47.6°F a year
- Mission, SD29 miles from this station, 47.5°F a year
- Merriman, NE39 miles from this station, 47.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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