Mitchell, NE Climate: Temperature 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 Mitchell's primary NOAA station, MITCHELL 5E.
The climate verdict for Mitchell
Mitchell, Nebraska has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 49°F. July is the warmest month at 74°F and December the coldest at 28°F.
- 49°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 148 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Mitchell: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00255590 · Mitchell, NE 49°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,470
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saratoga Springs
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 6,506 HDD
- STN-1 USC00255590
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Saratoga Springs, NY ( -0.1 °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.
- Mitchell (this station) 49°F
- Cold Ann Arbor U of…, MI 49°F
- Near Saratoga Springs, NY 49°F
- Near Holyoke, CO 49°F
- Near New Raymer, CO 49°F
Climate Living Index · Mitchell
Mitchell: 31/100 · grade F
Mitchell publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Mitchell, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 49.0°F · 18.5° from 67.5°F | 36/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 176 calendar days | 28/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 148 days/year | 24/100 · F |
Mitchell · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Mitchell sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Mitchell are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 36th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 63rd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | N/A | 30.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 42°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | N/A | 26.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 39°F (4°C) | N/A | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | N/A | 14.9 | 0.1 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | N/A | 2.9 | 1.3 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 7.7 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 74°F (23°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 14.8 |
| August | 85°F (30°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 71°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 62°F (17°C) | N/A | 1.2 | 3.5 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 49°F (9°C) | N/A | 13.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | N/A | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | N/A | 30.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 19, short of 90°F on every date, while 176 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 15°F near December 26.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 13, then returns to freezing around October 21, covering 176 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 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 31°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Mitchell.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 7
50% probability date
Growing Season
148 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,506
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
690
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Mitchell 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).
- Altona, IL 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Burney, CA 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Cairo, NY 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Condon, OR 49°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Mitchell's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Mitchell's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,506 annual heating degree days against 690 for cooling. Its 45.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 148 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Mitchell's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.7°F. The annual average is 49°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Mitchell's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Mitchell'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 Mitchell, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Mitchell's climate
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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 Mitchell's primary station: MITCHELL 5E (USC00255590). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3132410). Match rule for Mitchell: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Mitchell 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.