Scottsbluff Heilig, NE Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Scottsbluff Heilig's primary NOAA station, SCOTTSBLUFF HEILIG AP.
The climate verdict for Scottsbluff Heilig
Dryness leads the climate profile for Scottsbluff Heilig, Nebraska, with 15.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 50°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.7"
- annual precipitation · 43" snow
- 152 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Scottsbluff Heilig: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00024028 · Scottsbluff Heilig, NE 50°F mean · 15.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,676
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Davenport
- PRCP-DRY 15.7"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,312 HDD
- STN-1 USW00024028
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Davenport, IA (+ 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.
- Scottsbluff Hei… (this station) 50°F
- Cold Green City, MO 50°F
- Hot Kingsley Dam, NE 50°F
- Near Davenport, IA 50°F
- Near Aledo, IL 50°F
Climate Living Index · Scottsbluff Heilig
Scottsbluff Heilig: 36/100 · grade F
Scottsbluff Heilig publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for Scottsbluff Heilig, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Summer moisture balance | 53.5°F mean dew point | 95/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.9°F · 17.6° from 67.5°F | 40/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 15.7 in · 19.4 from 35 in | 31/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 152 days/year | 27/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 42.5 inches/year | 25/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 212 calendar days | 8/100 · F |
Scottsbluff Heilig · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Scottsbluff Heilig'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
- 75.3°F
- Coldest month
- 28.0°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 Scottsbluff Heilig sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Scottsbluff Heilig's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 39th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 81%
- Scottsbluff Heilig's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 69th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Scottsbluff Heilig compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Scottsbluff Heilig's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Scottsbluff Heilig's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 106 complete annual observations from 1904 to 2025, SCOTTSBLUFF HEILIG AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.17°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Scottsbluff Heilig primary station fitted change +0.17 °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 | 42°F (5°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.4" | 5.3" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.6" | 7.5" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.0" | 6.8" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.9" | 5.2" | 14.8 | 0.1 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 2.8" | 0.9" | 2.7 | 1.6 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.1 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.2 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.8 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.2" | 0.3" | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 1.2" | 3.5" | 13.9 | 0.3 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.6" | 5.2" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (5°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.5" | 7.8" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Scottsbluff Heilig works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 20 and hold at or above 90°F on 34 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 178 dates, bottoming at 13°F around December 22.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 7 through August 9, covering 34 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 12 to October 5.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 14, then returns to freezing around October 20, covering 178 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 24, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 13 at 16%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 89 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Scottsbluff Heilig.
Where Scottsbluff Heilig Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 16 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.
Scottsbluff Heilig earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 5.3"
4.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.5"
6.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.8"
6.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.2"
9.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.9"
12.1 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.5"
7.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.2"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.8"
5.2 days with precipitation
Scottsbluff Heilig spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 35% of the annual total and December through February 9%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Scottsbluff Heilig has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.3°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.8" and January 0.4". The three wettest months together take 46% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Scottsbluff Heilig is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 89 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 24% of the calendar, and they carry 15.7" between them. At roughly 0.18 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is May at about 12 wet days; the driest is January at about 5.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Winter brings real snow to Scottsbluff Heilig
Scottsbluff Heilig averages 42.5 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 26 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: 42.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 26 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 27% 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 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
152 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,312
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
853
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63% | 9.8 | 57% | 23% |
| February | 59% | 10.6 | 57% | 24% |
| March | 54% | 11.3 | 51% | 25% |
| April | 56% | 11.1 | 50% | 25% |
| May | 59% | 10.2 | 56% | 19% |
| June | 54% | 9.0 | 71% | 7% |
| July | 60% | 7.9 | 70% | 9% |
| August | 56% | 8.0 | 73% | 9% |
| September | 58% | 8.8 | 69% | 15% |
| October | 60% | 9.2 | 63% | 21% |
| November | 61% | 9.5 | 65% | 20% |
| December | 65% | 9.5 | 63% | 21% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Scottsbluff Heilig 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 (50°F here).
- Cedar Rapids, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Centerville, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Chalmers, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Coulee Dam, WA 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Virginia City, MT 15.7" · 0.0" off
- Watford City, ND 15.7" · 0.0" off
- Downey, ID 15.6" · 0.0" off
- Fox, AK 15.6" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Scottsbluff Heilig
heating led · dry · mid swing
Scottsbluff Heilig's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,312 annual heating degree days against 853 for cooling. Its 47.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Scottsbluff Heilig's frost-free season lasts about 152 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Scottsbluff Heilig coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 28°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Scottsbluff Heilig typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Scottsbluff Heilig snow peak
December
Scottsbluff Heilig averages 42.5 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.
Questions about Scottsbluff Heilig'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 Scottsbluff Heilig's primary station: SCOTTSBLUFF HEILIG AP (USW00024028). 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 Scottsbluff Heilig; 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 Scottsbluff Heilig 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.