Medicine Creek Dam, NE Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Medicine Creek Dam's primary NOAA station, MEDICINE CREEK DAM.
The climate verdict for Medicine Creek Dam
Medicine Creek Dam, Nebraska has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 50°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 22.1"
- annual precipitation · 16" snow
- 154 days
- frost-free growing season
Medicine Creek Dam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00255388 · Medicine Creek Dam, NE 50°F mean · 22.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,744
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Genoa
- PRCP-DRY 22.1"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,323 HDD
- STN-1 USC00255388
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Genoa, NE (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NE station list.
- Medicine Creek… (this station) 50°F
- Cold Eustis, NE 50°F
- Hot Galesburg, IL 50°F
- Near Genoa, NE 50°F
- Near Albia, IA 50°F
Climate Living Index · Medicine Creek Dam
Medicine Creek Dam: 40/100 · grade D
Medicine Creek Dam publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Medicine Creek Dam, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 22.1 in · 12.9 from 35 in | 55/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 15.6 inches/year | 55/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.1°F · 17.4° from 67.5°F | 41/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 174 calendar days | 29/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 154 days/year | 28/100 · F |
Medicine Creek Dam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Medicine Creek Dam is a continental Köppen climate: Dwa
Coldest-month mean 26.0°F and warmest-month mean 75.3°F place this station in continental, dry-winter, hot summer climates (Dwa). Class Dwa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-winter, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dwa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 75.3°F
- Coldest month
- 26.0°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Medicine Creek Dam sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Medicine Creek Dam's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 40th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 31st percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 79%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Medicine Creek Dam is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Medicine Creek Dam compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Medicine Creek Dam's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (5°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.4" | 3.1" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 0.6" | 4.0" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.9" | 3.1" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 63°F (17°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 2.2" | 1.0" | 12.2 | 0.4 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.6 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.9 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.5 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 6.1 |
| October | 67°F (20°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 1.7" | 0.4" | 11.0 | 0.9 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.9" | 2.1" | 26.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (5°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.5" | 1.9" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 16, short of 90°F on every date, while 174 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 12°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 12, then returns to freezing around October 22, covering 174 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 31, when 34% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 24 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 71 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Medicine Creek Dam.
Where Medicine Creek Dam Stands Nationally
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.
Medicine Creek Dam earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 3.1"
3.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.0"
4.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.1"
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
7.5 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
5.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.1"
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.9"
2.7 days with precipitation
Medicine Creek Dam runs a summer-peaked wet season
45% of Medicine Creek Dam's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is June at 3.9", on a wide 49.3°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: June, July, May, taking 47% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.4".
- Winter share: 7% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
How Medicine Creek Dam's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 71 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 22.1" between them, or roughly 0.31 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Medicine Creek Dam
Medicine Creek Dam averages 15.6 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 11 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 15.6 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 11 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 7% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
154 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,323
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
928
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Medicine Creek Dam on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (50°F here).
- Akron, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Ansonia, CT 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Austin, NV 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Banner Elk, NC 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (22.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Pembina, ND 22.1" · 0.0" off
- Post, TX 22.1" · 0.0" off
- Atwood, KS 22.1" · 0.0" off
- Wellington, TX 22.1" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Medicine Creek Dam
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Medicine Creek Dam's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,323 annual heating degree days against 928 for cooling. Its 49.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Medicine Creek Dam's frost-free season lasts about 154 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Medicine Creek Dam coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 26°F (-3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Medicine Creek Dam typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Medicine Creek Dam snow peak
February
Medicine Creek Dam averages 15.6 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Medicine Creek Dam's primary station: MEDICINE CREEK DAM (USC00255388). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Medicine Creek Dam; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Medicine Creek Dam comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.