Valentine Miller Fld, NE Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Valentine Miller Fld's primary NOAA station, VALENTINE MILLER FLD.
The climate verdict for Valentine Miller Fld
Valentine Miller Fld, Nebraska has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 49°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 49°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 20.9"
- annual precipitation · 34" snow
- 140 days
- frost-free growing season
Valentine Miller Fld: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00024032 · Valentine Miller Fld, NE 49°F mean · 20.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,470
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Logan
- PRCP-DRY 20.9"
- SWING-WIDE 51°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,691 HDD
- STN-1 USW00024032
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Logan, 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.
- Valentine Mille… (this station) 49°F
- Cold Valentine, NE 49°F
- Hot Dinosaur Nm-qua…, UT 49°F
- Near Logan, IA 49°F
- Near Waterloo, IA 49°F
Climate Living Index · Valentine Miller Fld
Valentine Miller Fld: 37/100 · grade F
Valentine Miller Fld publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for Valentine Miller Fld, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Summer moisture balance | 56.4°F mean dew point | 85/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 20.9 in · 14.1 from 35 in | 50/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.1°F · 18.4° from 67.5°F | 36/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 34.2 inches/year | 34/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 140 days/year | 18/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 204 calendar days | 12/100 · F |
Valentine Miller Fld · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Valentine Miller Fld is a continental Köppen climate: Dwa
Coldest-month mean 24.5°F and warmest-month mean 75.7°F place this station in continental, dry-winter, hot summer climates (Dwa). Class Dwa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-winter, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dwa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 75.7°F
- Coldest month
- 24.5°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 Valentine Miller Fld sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Valentine Miller Fld's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 36th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 71%
- Valentine Miller Fld's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 84%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Valentine Miller Fld is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Valentine Miller Fld compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Valentine Miller Fld'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
Valentine Miller Fld's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 76 complete annual observations from 1948 to 2025, VALENTINE MILLER FLD warmed at a fitted rate of 0.15°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Valentine Miller Fld primary station fitted change +0.15 °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 | 38°F (3°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.3" | 4.4" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 41°F (5°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.6" | 6.5" | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.0" | 6.0" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.5" | 5.6" | 14.1 | 0.1 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 3.5" | 0.1" | 3.4 | 1.5 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.6 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.4 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 1.4" | 2.0" | 13.0 | 0.6 |
| November | 51°F (10°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.6" | 4.6" | 26.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 39°F (4°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.4" | 5.0" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Valentine Miller Fld works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 20 and hold at or above 90°F on 29 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 175 dates, bottoming at 11°F around January 4.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 9 through August 6, covering 29 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 11 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 12, then returns to freezing around October 21, covering 175 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 28, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 26 at 15%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 91 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 31°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Valentine Miller Fld.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 4.4"
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.5"
5.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.0"
6.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.6"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
11.8 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
7.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.6"
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.0"
4.8 days with precipitation
Valentine Miller Fld runs a summer-peaked wet season
42% of Valentine Miller Fld'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 June at 4.0", on a wide 51.2°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: June, May, July, taking 49% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.3".
- Winter share: 7% 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 Valentine Miller Fld's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 91 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 20.9" between them, or roughly 0.23 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 Valentine Miller Fld
Valentine Miller Fld averages 34.2 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 23 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: 34.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 23 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 16% 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
September 29
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 12
50% probability date
Growing Season
140 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,691
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
927
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69% | 9.3 | 54% | 31% |
| February | 66% | 10.3 | 53% | 30% |
| March | 58% | 11.4 | 49% | 31% |
| April | 57% | 11.3 | 48% | 29% |
| May | 62% | 10.3 | 51% | 24% |
| June | 60% | 10.0 | 65% | 9% |
| July | 60% | 9.0 | 65% | 11% |
| August | 57% | 10.0 | 71% | 10% |
| September | 59% | 10.0 | 66% | 19% |
| October | 61% | 10.0 | 60% | 26% |
| November | 66% | 9.8 | 62% | 25% |
| December | 70% | 9.6 | 58% | 28% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Valentine Miller Fld 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 (49°F here).
- Arlington, WA 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Byers, CO 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Crystal Lake, IL 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Greenfield, IA 49°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (20.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Angel Fire, NM 20.9" · 0.0" off
- Jamestown, ND 20.9" · 0.0" off
- Mission, SD 20.9" · 0.0" off
- San Angelo, TX 20.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Valentine Miller Fld
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Valentine Miller Fld's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,691 annual heating degree days against 927 for cooling. Its 51.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 140 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. Valentine Miller Fld coldest normal
January
Averaging 25°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Valentine Miller Fld typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Valentine Miller Fld snow peak
February
Valentine Miller Fld averages 34.2 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
Questions about Valentine Miller Fld'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 Valentine Miller Fld's primary station: VALENTINE MILLER FLD (USW00024032). 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 Valentine Miller Fld; 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 Valentine Miller Fld 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.