Minatare Dam, NE Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Minatare Dam's primary NOAA station, MINATARE DAM (USBR).
The climate verdict for Minatare Dam
Dryness leads the climate profile for Minatare Dam, Nebraska, with 15.6 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 49°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 49°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.6"
- precipitation, annual total
- 159 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Minatare Dam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00255555 · Minatare Dam, NE 49°F mean · 15.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,470
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Council
- PRCP-DRY 15.6"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,479 HDD
- STN-1 USC00255555
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Council, ID (+ 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.
- Minatare Dam (this station) 49°F
- Cold Torrington, WY 49°F
- Hot Council, ID 49°F
- Near Pontiac Wwtp, MI 49°F
- Near Saint Johns, MI 49°F
Climate Living Index · Minatare Dam
Minatare Dam: 34/100 · grade F
Minatare Dam publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Minatare Dam, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 49.2°F · 18.3° from 67.5°F | 37/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 168 calendar days | 34/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 159 days/year | 33/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 15.6 in · 19.4 from 35 in | 31/100 · F |
Minatare Dam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Minatare Dam's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 74.1°F
- Coldest month
- 27.7°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 Minatare Dam sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Minatare Dam's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 36th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 81%
- Minatare Dam's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 66th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Minatare Dam compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Minatare Dam's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (4°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.3" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.3" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.0" | 21.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (16°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.9" | 11.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.7" | 2.8 | 0.7 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 2.6" | 0.0 | 8.9 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 2.1" | 0.0 | 14.8 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 11.0 |
| September | 78°F (25°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.4" | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 1.2" | 10.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.4" | 22.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.3" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 18, short of 90°F on every date, while 168 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 15°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 8, then returns to freezing around October 24, covering 168 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.
The widest day
September 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Minatare Dam.
Where Minatare Dam Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 16 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Minatare 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
Minatare Dam runs a summer-peaked wet season
39% of Minatare 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 May at 2.7", on a wide 46.4°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: May, June, July, taking 48% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.3".
- Winter share: 6% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
159 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,479
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
744
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Minatare 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 (49°F here).
- Battle Creek, MI 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Beaconsfield, IA 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Black Forest, CO 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Council, ID 49°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Loveland, CO 15.6" · 0.0" off
- Globe, AZ 15.6" · 0.0" off
- Downey, ID 15.6" · 0.1" off
- Fox, AK 15.6" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Minatare Dam's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Minatare Dam's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,479 annual heating degree days against 744 for cooling. Its 46.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Minatare Dam's frost-free season lasts about 159 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Minatare Dam's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.4°F. The annual average is 49°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Minatare Dam's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 15.6 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Minatare Dam's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Minatare Dam, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Minatare Dam's primary station: MINATARE DAM (USBR) (USC00255555). 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 Minatare 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 Minatare 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.