Tekamah, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Tekamah's normal year runs from 12°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 28.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.1°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 30°C, 718 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTekamah Municipal Airport
- Station IDUSW00094978
- Location41.76°N 96.18°W
- Elevation1,028 ft (313 m)
- Population1,717
On October 23, the normal high in Tekamah is 61°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Tekamah.
- Jan 32° 12°
- Feb 36° 16°
- Mar 50° 28°
- Apr 63° 38°
- May 74° 51°
- Jun 84° 61°
- Jul 87° 65°
- Aug 84° 62°
- Sep 78° 52°
- Oct 65° 39°
- Nov 49° 27°
- Dec 35° 17°
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 Tekamah each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 12°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.64 in), the least in January (0.51 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 12°F | 21.9°F | 0.51 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 36°F | 16°F | 26.1°F | 0.62 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 50°F | 28°F | 38.9°F | 1.50 | 7 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 38°F | 50.7°F | 3.13 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 74°F | 51°F | 62.4°F | 3.95 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 84°F | 61°F | 72.3°F | 4.64 | 12 | 8 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 87°F | 65°F | 75.6°F | 3.05 | 11 | 11 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 84°F | 62°F | 72.7°F | 3.47 | 12 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 52°F | 65.0°F | 3.24 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 39°F | 51.8°F | 2.01 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 49°F | 27°F | 37.6°F | 1.25 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 35°F | 17°F | 26.1°F | 0.89 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 39°F | 50.1°F | 28.26 | 105 | 33 | 148 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −11°C | −5.6°C | 13 mm |
| February | 2°C | −9°C | −3.3°C | 16 mm |
| March | 10°C | −2°C | 3.8°C | 38 mm |
| April | 17°C | 3°C | 10.4°C | 80 mm |
| May | 23°C | 10°C | 16.9°C | 100 mm |
| June | 29°C | 16°C | 22.4°C | 118 mm |
| July | 30°C | 18°C | 24.2°C | 77 mm |
| August | 29°C | 16°C | 22.6°C | 88 mm |
| September | 26°C | 11°C | 18.3°C | 82 mm |
| October | 18°C | 4°C | 11.0°C | 51 mm |
| November | 9°C | −3°C | 3.1°C | 32 mm |
| December | 2°C | −8°C | −3.3°C | 23 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Tekamah's own co-op station Tekamah station does: 25 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094978; 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 Tekamah?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
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 USW00094978.
When is the last frost in Tekamah?
In Tekamah, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 23 in half of years and after May 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 8 in half of years and before September 24 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 231 year in 10 after May 6; 9 in 10 after April 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 81 year in 10 before September 24; 9 in 10 before October 21
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 166 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 186 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 14 in half of springs and before October 18 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tekamah in zone 5b in ZIP code 68061, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Tekamah's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −15°F (24 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nebraska · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00094978; 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 Tekamah?
In a normal year in Tekamah, 33 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 148 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 105 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 33a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 148a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 44high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 105a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1996) is 108°F, on May 14, 2013; the lowest is −26°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 36.95 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00094978; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00094978. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Tekamah?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Tekamah, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and December the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.0 |
| February | 74% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 3.8 |
| April | 72% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.8 |
| June | 80% | 6.5 |
| July | 84% | 6.6 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.6 |
| October | 76% | 3.3 |
| November | 76% | 2.3 |
| 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 Tekamah need?
A normal year in Tekamah brings 6,408 heating degree days, 19% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,015 cooling degree days, 12% more 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 3,350 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,336 | 0 |
| February | 1,089 | 0 |
| March | 812 | 1 |
| April | 438 | 9 |
| May | 157 | 76 |
| June | 16 | 235 |
| July | 3 | 333 |
| August | 8 | 247 |
| September | 101 | 100 |
| October | 421 | 14 |
| November | 822 | 0 |
| December | 1,206 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,408 | 1,015 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094978. 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 Tekamah been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 53.4°F, 3.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.1°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.0°F | +1.9°F | 33.96 |
| 2022 | 50.4°F | +0.3°F | 16.56 |
| 2023 | 52.1°F | +2.0°F | 21.84 |
| 2024 | 53.4°F | +3.3°F | 30.26 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00094978. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Tekamah's climate compare?
Tekamah is warmer than 74 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 85. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.1°F is warmer than 40%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Tekamah 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 Tekamah share this climate record?
4 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.
- Mondamin, IA335 people · 9 mi SE
- Pisgah, IA248 people · 14 mi E
- Blencoe, IA223 people · 13 mi NE
- River Sioux, IA0 people · 7 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.
What do Tekamah's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Tekamah. This page uses Tekamah Municipal Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tekamah station USC00258480 | 3 mi W | 1,140 ft | 50.0°F | 10°F | 88°F | 31.5 | 25 | April 28 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Tekamah's climate
What is the coldest month in Tekamah?
January, with a normal high of 32°F and a normal low of 12°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in Tekamah?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Tekamah's NOAA station; Tekamah's own co-op station Tekamah station records 25 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Tekamah?
June, with 4.64 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.51 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Tekamah in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Tekamah in zone 5b in ZIP code 68061, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Tekamah's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −15°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Tekamah?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 23; in one year in ten it comes after May 6. Waiting until May 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Little Sioux, IA8 miles from this station, 48.1°F a year
- Blair, NE15 miles from this station, 50.2°F a year
- Onawa, IA21 miles from this station, 48.5°F a year
- Logan, IA22 miles from this station, 49.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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