Osmond, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Osmond's normal year runs from 10°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 27.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.9°C, January lows of −12°C, July highs of 30°C, 699 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationOsmond
- Station IDUSC00256395
- Location42.36°N 97.60°W
- Elevation1,650 ft (503 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population801
On October 22, the normal high in Osmond is 61°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Osmond.
- Jan 31° 10°
- Feb 36° 13°
- Mar 48° 24°
- Apr 60° 35°
- May 72° 48°
- Jun 81° 59°
- Jul 86° 63°
- Aug 84° 60°
- Sep 77° 51°
- Oct 64° 37°
- Nov 47° 23°
- Dec 34° 13°
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 Osmond each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 10°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.02 in), the least in January (0.58 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 10°F | 20.3°F | 0.58 | 4 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 36°F | 13°F | 24.3°F | 0.72 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 48°F | 24°F | 35.9°F | 1.58 | 6 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 35°F | 47.6°F | 2.69 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 59.8°F | 3.98 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 81°F | 59°F | 70.0°F | 4.02 | 9 | 5 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 86°F | 63°F | 74.6°F | 3.21 | 7 | 11 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 84°F | 60°F | 71.8°F | 3.23 | 7 | 7 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 77°F | 51°F | 63.7°F | 3.18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 37°F | 50.3°F | 2.41 | 5 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 47°F | 23°F | 34.9°F | 1.11 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 34°F | 13°F | 23.6°F | 0.82 | 4 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 36°F | 48.1°F | 27.53 | 71 | 29 | 158 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −12°C | −6.5°C | 15 mm |
| February | 2°C | −10°C | −4.3°C | 18 mm |
| March | 9°C | −5°C | 2.2°C | 40 mm |
| April | 16°C | 2°C | 8.7°C | 68 mm |
| May | 22°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 101 mm |
| June | 27°C | 15°C | 21.1°C | 102 mm |
| July | 30°C | 17°C | 23.7°C | 82 mm |
| August | 29°C | 16°C | 22.1°C | 82 mm |
| September | 25°C | 10°C | 17.6°C | 81 mm |
| October | 18°C | 3°C | 10.2°C | 61 mm |
| November | 8°C | −5°C | 1.6°C | 28 mm |
| December | 1°C | −10°C | −4.7°C | 21 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Creighton (17 miles away), gets 36 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00256395; 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 Osmond?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00256395.
When is the last frost in Osmond?
In Osmond, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 30 in half of years and after May 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 6 in half of years and before September 23 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
- April 301 year in 10 after May 12; 9 in 10 after April 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 61 year in 10 before September 23; 9 in 10 before October 19
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 160 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 178 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 20 in half of springs and before October 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Osmond in zone 5a in ZIP code 68765, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nebraska · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00256395; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Osmond?
In a normal year in Osmond, 29 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 158 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 71 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 29a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 158a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 49high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 71a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1940) is 110°F, on July 11, 1954; the lowest is −35°F, on February 28, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1962, with 33.84 in; the snowiest season is 1983–84, with 73.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00256395; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00256395. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Osmond?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Osmond, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (85%) and December the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.0 |
| February | 76% | 3.0 |
| March | 71% | 3.9 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.8 |
| June | 79% | 6.6 |
| July | 85% | 6.7 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 80% | 4.5 |
| October | 75% | 3.2 |
| November | 75% | 2.2 |
| December | 69% | 1.7 |
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 Osmond need?
A normal year in Osmond brings 6,983 heating degree days, 30% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 850 cooling degree days, 6% 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 3,026 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,385 | 0 |
| February | 1,139 | 0 |
| March | 902 | 0 |
| April | 528 | 6 |
| May | 207 | 48 |
| June | 32 | 182 |
| July | 4 | 301 |
| August | 13 | 224 |
| September | 121 | 82 |
| October | 463 | 7 |
| November | 903 | 0 |
| December | 1,285 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,983 | 850 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00256395. 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.
How does Osmond's climate compare?
Osmond is warmer than 22 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 76. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.1°F is warmer than 32%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Osmond 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 Osmond share this climate record?
7 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their 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.
- Pierce, NE1,843 people · 11 mi S
- Randolph, NE881 people · 12 mi E
- Wausa, NE582 people · 10 mi N
- Foster, NE46 people · 7 mi SW
- Magnet, NE45 people · 9 mi NE
- McLean, NE36 people · 7 mi E
- Sholes, NE18 people · 16 mi E
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 Osmond's climate
What is the coldest month in Osmond?
January, with a normal high of 31°F and a normal low of 10°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Osmond?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Osmond's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Creighton (17 miles away), records 36 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Osmond?
June, with 4.02 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.58 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Osmond in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Osmond in zone 5a in ZIP code 68765, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Osmond?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 30; in one year in ten it comes after May 12. Waiting until May 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Creighton, NE17 miles from this station, 48.3°F a year
- Hartington, NE25 miles from this station, 47.8°F a year
- Crofton, NE27 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Norfolk, NE27 miles from this station, 49.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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