Madrid, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Madrid's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 21.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.9°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 32°C, 545 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMadrid
- Station IDUSC00255090
- Location40.85°N 101.54°W
- Elevation3,200 ft (975 m)
- Population231
On October 22, the normal high in Madrid is 62°F and the normal low 32°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Madrid.
- Jan 40° 14°
- Feb 43° 16°
- Mar 54° 25°
- Apr 62° 33°
- May 72° 45°
- Jun 84° 56°
- Jul 89° 61°
- Aug 87° 59°
- Sep 80° 49°
- Oct 65° 35°
- Nov 51° 23°
- Dec 41° 15°
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 Madrid each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in July (3.64 in), the least in January (0.36 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 14°F | 26.6°F | 0.36 | 4 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 43°F | 16°F | 29.2°F | 0.70 | 5 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 25°F | 39.1°F | 1.02 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 33°F | 47.3°F | 2.04 | 8 | <1 | 13 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 45°F | 58.5°F | 3.54 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 84°F | 56°F | 69.9°F | 3.28 | 9 | 9 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 89°F | 61°F | 75.3°F | 3.64 | 9 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 87°F | 59°F | 73.0°F | 2.53 | 8 | 13 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 80°F | 49°F | 64.0°F | 1.64 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 35°F | 50.0°F | 1.77 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 23°F | 37.1°F | 0.53 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 10 h |
| December | 41°F | 15°F | 27.7°F | 0.40 | 4 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 36°F | 49.8°F | 21.45 | 79 | 47 | 168 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −10°C | −3.0°C | 9 mm |
| February | 6°C | −9°C | −1.6°C | 18 mm |
| March | 12°C | −4°C | 3.9°C | 26 mm |
| April | 16°C | 1°C | 8.5°C | 52 mm |
| May | 22°C | 7°C | 14.7°C | 90 mm |
| June | 29°C | 13°C | 21.1°C | 83 mm |
| July | 32°C | 16°C | 24.1°C | 92 mm |
| August | 31°C | 15°C | 22.8°C | 64 mm |
| September | 26°C | 9°C | 17.8°C | 42 mm |
| October | 19°C | 2°C | 10.0°C | 45 mm |
| November | 11°C | −5°C | 2.8°C | 13 mm |
| December | 5°C | −9°C | −2.4°C | 10 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Wallace (17 miles away), gets 22 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00255090; 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 Madrid?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. 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 USC00255090.
When is the last frost in Madrid?
In Madrid, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 4 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 7 in half of years and before September 26 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 41 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 71 year in 10 before September 26; 9 in 10 before October 18
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 156 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 175 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 24 in half of springs and before October 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Madrid in zone 5b in ZIP code 69150, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Madrid's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −12°F (16 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 USC00255090; 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 Madrid?
In a normal year in Madrid, 47 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 168 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 79 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 47a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 168a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 31high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 79a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1900) is 114°F, on July 25, 1936; the lowest is −33°F, on December 14, 1901.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1951, with 31.13 in; the snowiest season is 1926–27, with 76.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00255090; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00255090. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Madrid?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Madrid, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and April the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.4 |
| February | 76% | 3.3 |
| March | 77% | 4.5 |
| April | 76% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.3 |
| June | 85% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.1 |
| August | 87% | 6.2 |
| September | 85% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 3.7 |
| November | 80% | 2.6 |
| December | 76% | 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 Madrid need?
A normal year in Madrid brings 6,397 heating degree days, 19% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 898 cooling degree days, 1% 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 3,054 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,192 | 0 |
| February | 1,002 | 0 |
| March | 803 | 0 |
| April | 531 | 2 |
| May | 241 | 39 |
| June | 37 | 182 |
| July | 3 | 324 |
| August | 11 | 260 |
| September | 117 | 88 |
| October | 468 | 3 |
| November | 839 | 0 |
| December | 1,155 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,397 | 898 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00255090. 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 Madrid been warmer than normal lately?
Over 80 complete years from 1905 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 Madrid's climate compare?
Madrid is warmer than 64 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 30. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.8°F is warmer than 39%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Madrid 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 Madrid 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.
- Grant, NE1,128 people · 10 mi W
- Elsie, NE100 people · 8 mi E
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 Madrid's climate
What is the coldest month in Madrid?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Madrid?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Madrid's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Wallace (17 miles away), records 22 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Madrid?
July, with 3.64 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.36 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Madrid in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Madrid in zone 5b in ZIP code 69150, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Madrid's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −12°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Madrid?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 4; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wallace, NE17 miles from this station, 49.2°F a year
- Ogallala, NE21 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
- Imperial, NE24 miles from this station, 51.3°F a year
- Kingsley Dam, NE25 miles from this station, 50.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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