Newport, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Newport's normal year runs from 11°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 27.1 inches of precipitation and 42 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.2°C, January lows of −12°C, July highs of 30°C, 688 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNewport
- Station IDUSC00255925
- Location42.60°N 99.33°W
- Elevation2,230 ft (680 m)
- Population68
On October 23, the normal high in Newport is 57°F and the normal low 31°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Newport.
- Jan 32° 11°
- Feb 36° 14°
- Mar 47° 23°
- Apr 57° 33°
- May 68° 45°
- Jun 78° 56°
- Jul 85° 61°
- Aug 83° 59°
- Sep 75° 49°
- Oct 60° 35°
- Nov 46° 23°
- Dec 34° 14°
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 Newport each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 11°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.06 in), the least in January (0.58 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 11°F | 21.2°F | 0.58 | 7.0 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 36°F | 14°F | 24.5°F | 0.82 | 7.7 | 6 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 47°F | 23°F | 34.6°F | 1.46 | 7.2 | 7 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 33°F | 44.9°F | 3.17 | 5.9 | 10 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 68°F | 45°F | 56.5°F | 4.06 | 0.4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 78°F | 56°F | 67.1°F | 3.99 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 85°F | 61°F | 73.1°F | 3.44 | 0.0 | 10 | 10 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 83°F | 59°F | 70.9°F | 2.96 | 0.0 | 9 | 8 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 75°F | 49°F | 61.8°F | 2.75 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 60°F | 35°F | 47.5°F | 2.23 | 1.8 | 7 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 46°F | 23°F | 34.2°F | 0.77 | 4.5 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 34°F | 14°F | 24.0°F | 0.86 | 7.0 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 58°F | 35°F | 46.7°F | 27.09 | 41.5 | 93 | 26 | 161 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −12°C | −6.0°C | 15 mm | 18 cm |
| February | 2°C | −10°C | −4.2°C | 21 mm | 20 cm |
| March | 8°C | −5°C | 1.4°C | 37 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 14°C | 1°C | 7.2°C | 81 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 20°C | 7°C | 13.6°C | 103 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 26°C | 13°C | 19.5°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 16°C | 22.8°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 15°C | 21.6°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 9°C | 16.6°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 16°C | 2°C | 8.6°C | 57 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 8°C | −5°C | 1.2°C | 20 mm | 11 cm |
| December | 1°C | −10°C | −4.4°C | 22 mm | 18 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00255925; 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 Newport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00255925.
When is the last frost in Newport?
In Newport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 6 in half of years and after May 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 1 in half of years and before September 20 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 61 year in 10 after May 20; 9 in 10 after April 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 11 year in 10 before September 20; 9 in 10 before October 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 147 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 164 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 26 in half of springs and before October 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Newport in zone 5a in ZIP code 68780, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Newport's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −17°F (27 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 USC00255925; 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 Newport?
In a normal year in Newport, 26 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 161 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 93 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 26a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 161a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 51high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 93a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 14a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1902) is 115°F, on July 21, 1934; the lowest is −36°F, on February 2, 1905.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1915, with 39.53 in; the snowiest season is 1983–84, with 97.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00255925; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00255925. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Newport?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Newport, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (86%) and March the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.1 |
| February | 75% | 3.0 |
| March | 71% | 4.0 |
| April | 72% | 5.1 |
| May | 74% | 6.0 |
| June | 81% | 6.8 |
| July | 86% | 6.9 |
| August | 84% | 5.9 |
| September | 82% | 4.7 |
| October | 77% | 3.3 |
| November | 76% | 2.3 |
| December | 74% | 1.8 |
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 Newport need?
A normal year in Newport brings 7,330 heating degree days, 36% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 689 cooling degree days, 24% 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 2,676 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,359 | 0 |
| February | 1,134 | 0 |
| March | 944 | 0 |
| April | 604 | 1 |
| May | 290 | 25 |
| June | 61 | 123 |
| July | 10 | 262 |
| August | 24 | 206 |
| September | 163 | 69 |
| October | 544 | 4 |
| November | 924 | 0 |
| December | 1,271 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,330 | 689 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00255925. 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 Newport been warmer than normal lately?
Over 82 complete years from 1903 to 2017, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.2°F per century (+0.06°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 Newport's climate compare?
Newport is warmer than 5 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 69. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 46.7°F is warmer than 26%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Newport is Dfa: continental, no dry season, 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 Newport share this climate record?
Bassett has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Bassett, NE526 people · 10 mi W
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 Newport's climate
What is the coldest month in Newport?
January, with a normal high of 32°F and a normal low of 11°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Newport?
Yes: 42 inches in a normal year, falling on 24 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (7.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Newport?
May, with 4.06 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.58 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Newport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Newport in zone 5a in ZIP code 68780, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Newport's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −17°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Newport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 6; in one year in ten it comes after May 20. Waiting until May 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Atkinson, NE17 miles from this station, 47.3°F a year
- Ainsworth, NE27 miles from this station, 50.2°F a year
- Springview, NE28 miles from this station, 47.1°F a year
- Swan Lake, NE32 miles from this station, 47.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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