Newport, NE Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Newport's primary NOAA station, NEWPORT.
The climate verdict for Newport
Newport, Nebraska has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 47°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 47°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 27.1"
- annual precipitation · 42" snow
- 148 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Newport: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00255925 · Newport, NE 47°F mean · 27.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,784
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mondovi
- PRCP-MID 27.1"
- SWING-WIDE 52°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,330 HDD
- STN-1 USC00255925
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mondovi, WI (+ 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.
- Newport (this station) 47°F
- Cold Oshkosh, WI 47°F
- Hot Iowa Falls, IA 47°F
- Near Mondovi, WI 47°F
- Near Winona Dam 5 A, MN 47°F
Climate Living Index · Newport
Newport: 35/100 · grade F
Newport publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Newport, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 27.1 in · 7.9 from 35 in | 72/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 174 calendar days | 29/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.7°F · 20.8° from 67.5°F | 26/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 41.5 inches/year | 26/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 148 days/year | 24/100 · F |
Newport · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Newport is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 21.2°F and warmest-month mean 73.1°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 73.1°F
- Coldest month
- 21.2°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 Newport sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Newport's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 74%
- Among 6,861 stations, Newport sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 37th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 86%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Newport is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Newport compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Newport's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% 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
Newport's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 82 complete annual observations from 1903 to 2017, NEWPORT warmed at a fitted rate of 0.06°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Newport primary station fitted change +0.06 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F (0°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 0.6" | 7.0" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 36°F (2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.8" | 7.7" | 26.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 47°F (8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 1.5" | 7.2" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.2" | 5.9" | 12.2 | 0.1 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.1" | 0.4" | 1.7 | 0.7 |
| June | 78°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| July | 85°F (30°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.3 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 3.5 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 2.2" | 1.8" | 9.9 | 0.3 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.8" | 4.5" | 24.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 34°F (1°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.9" | 7.0" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 20, short of 90°F on every date, while 174 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 10°F near January 12.
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 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 25 at 15%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 93 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Newport.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 7.0"
5.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.7"
5.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.2"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.9"
9.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
11.9 days with precipitation
11.3 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
6.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.5"
4.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.0"
5.0 days with precipitation
Newport runs a summer-peaked wet season
38% of Newport'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 4.1", on a wide 51.9°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 42% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.6".
- Winter share: 8% 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 Newport's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 93 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 27.1" between them, or roughly 0.29 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 Newport
Newport averages 41.5 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 24 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: 41.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 24 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 15% 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 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
148 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,330
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
689
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Newport 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 (47°F here).
- Allison, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- American Falls, ID 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Cherokee, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Forsyth, MT 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (27.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Littlefork, MN 27.1" · 0.0" off
- Little Falls, MN 27.2" · 0.1" off
- Haskell, TX 26.9" · 0.1" off
- Salem, SD 26.9" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Newport
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Newport's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,330 annual heating degree days against 689 for cooling. Its 51.9°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.
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1. Newport coldest normal
January
Averaging 21°F (-6°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Newport typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Newport snow peak
February
Newport averages 41.5 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 Newport's primary station: NEWPORT (USC00255925). 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 3134265). Match rule for Newport: 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 Newport 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.