Lodgepole, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lodgepole's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 17.6 inches of precipitation and 28 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.5°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 32°C, 446 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLodgepole
- Station IDUSC00254900
- Location41.15°N 102.64°W
- Elevation3,832 ft (1,168 m)
- Population316
On October 23, the normal high in Lodgepole is 61°F and the normal low 31°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lodgepole.
- Jan 40° 14°
- Feb 43° 16°
- Mar 53° 24°
- Apr 61° 32°
- May 71° 43°
- Jun 83° 54°
- Jul 90° 60°
- Aug 88° 58°
- Sep 79° 47°
- Oct 64° 34°
- Nov 50° 22°
- Dec 40° 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 Lodgepole each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.02 in), the least in January (0.28 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 14°F | 26.8°F | 0.28 | 4.4 | 3 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 43°F | 16°F | 29.1°F | 0.40 | 4.2 | 3 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 53°F | 24°F | 38.3°F | 0.96 | 5.9 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 32°F | 46.4°F | 1.90 | 2.6 | 6 | <1 | 15 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 71°F | 43°F | 56.8°F | 2.62 | 0.3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 83°F | 54°F | 68.4°F | 3.02 | 0.0 | 9 | 9 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 90°F | 60°F | 75.3°F | 2.51 | 0.0 | 7 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 88°F | 58°F | 72.7°F | 2.28 | 0.0 | 7 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 79°F | 47°F | 63.0°F | 1.48 | 0.1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 34°F | 49.0°F | 1.28 | 0.7 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 22°F | 36.4°F | 0.47 | 4.4 | 3 | <1 | 27 | 10 h |
| December | 40°F | 14°F | 27.3°F | 0.35 | 5.3 | 2 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 35°F | 49.1°F | 17.55 | 27.9 | 64 | 52 | 170 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −10°C | −2.9°C | 7 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 6°C | −9°C | −1.6°C | 10 mm | 11 cm |
| March | 12°C | −5°C | 3.5°C | 24 mm | 15 cm |
| April | 16°C | 0°C | 8.0°C | 48 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 21°C | 6°C | 13.8°C | 67 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 28°C | 12°C | 20.2°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 16°C | 24.1°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 14°C | 22.6°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 8°C | 17.2°C | 38 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 1°C | 9.4°C | 33 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 10°C | −5°C | 2.4°C | 12 mm | 11 cm |
| December | 5°C | −10°C | −2.6°C | 9 mm | 13 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00254900; 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 Lodgepole?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June 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 USC00254900.
When is the last frost in Lodgepole?
In Lodgepole, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 9 in half of years and after May 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 3 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 91 year in 10 after May 21; 9 in 10 after April 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 31 year in 10 before September 19; 9 in 10 before October 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 145 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 165 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 30 in half of springs and before October 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lodgepole in zone 5b in ZIP code 69149, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lodgepole's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −14°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 USC00254900; 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 Lodgepole?
In a normal year in Lodgepole, 52 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 170 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 64 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 52a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 170a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 27high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 64a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 11a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1894) is 112°F, on July 24, 1940; the lowest is −36°F, on February 3, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1958, with 28.66 in; the snowiest season is 1983–84, with 78.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00254900; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00254900. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lodgepole?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lodgepole, 4.7 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 | 80% | 2.4 |
| February | 77% | 3.3 |
| March | 76% | 4.4 |
| April | 75% | 5.5 |
| May | 76% | 6.3 |
| June | 85% | 7.3 |
| July | 87% | 7.2 |
| August | 86% | 6.3 |
| September | 85% | 5.1 |
| October | 79% | 3.6 |
| November | 80% | 2.6 |
| December | 78% | 2.0 |
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 Lodgepole need?
A normal year in Lodgepole brings 6,583 heating degree days, 23% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 830 cooling degree days, 9% fewer 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 2,892 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,184 | 0 |
| February | 1,004 | 0 |
| March | 828 | 0 |
| April | 559 | 1 |
| May | 281 | 25 |
| June | 49 | 152 |
| July | 4 | 322 |
| August | 15 | 252 |
| September | 134 | 75 |
| October | 499 | 3 |
| November | 858 | 0 |
| December | 1,170 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,583 | 830 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00254900. 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 Lodgepole been warmer than normal lately?
Over 73 complete years from 1899 to 2018, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.9°F per century (+0.27°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 Lodgepole's climate compare?
Lodgepole is warmer than 47 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 9. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.1°F is warmer than 36%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lodgepole is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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 Lodgepole share this climate record?
Sunol 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.
- Sunol, NE132 people · 7 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.
What do Lodgepole's other NOAA stations record?
2 more NOAA stations keep 1991-2020 normals in or near Lodgepole. This page uses Lodgepole; the others differ by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodgepole (8 mi N) USC00254903 | 8 mi N | 3,886 ft | 47.8°F | 13°F | 88°F | 19.9 | 37 | May 14 |
| Lodgepole No 2 USC00254906 | in town | 3,876 ft | 48.9°F | 13°F | 89°F | 18.9 | – | May 9 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Lodgepole's climate
What is the coldest month in Lodgepole?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow in Lodgepole?
Yes: 28 inches in a normal year, falling on 12 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (5.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Lodgepole?
June, with 3.02 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.28 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lodgepole in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lodgepole in zone 5b in ZIP code 69149, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lodgepole's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −14°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Lodgepole?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 9; in one year in ten it comes after May 21. Waiting until May 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Chappell, NE9 miles from this station, 48.6°F a year
- Sidney, NE19 miles from this station, 48.5°F a year
- Sedgwick, CO21 miles from this station, 49.6°F a year
- Crook, CO22 miles from this station, 50.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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