Valentine Nwr, NE Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Valentine Nwr's primary NOAA station, VALENTINE NWR.
The climate verdict for Valentine Nwr
Valentine Nwr, Nebraska has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 51°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 51°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 23.4"
- yearly precipitation total
- 164 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Valentine Nwr: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00258755 · Valentine Nwr, NE 51°F mean · 23.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,019
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Romeoville
- PRCP-DRY 23.4"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,061 HDD
- STN-1 USC00258755
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Romeoville, IL (+ 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 Nwr (this station) 51°F
- Cold Brady, NE 51°F
- Hot Hennepin Wtr Tr…, IL 51°F
- Near Romeoville, IL 51°F
- Near Princeville, IL 51°F
Climate Living Index · Valentine Nwr
Valentine Nwr: 48/100 · grade D
Valentine Nwr publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Valentine Nwr, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 23.4 in · 11.6 from 35 in | 59/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 145 calendar days | 50/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.9°F · 16.6° from 67.5°F | 44/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 164 days/year | 37/100 · F |
Valentine Nwr · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Valentine Nwr is a continental Köppen climate: Dwa
Coldest-month mean 27.6°F and warmest-month mean 75.6°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
- 75.6°F
- Coldest month
- 27.6°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 Nwr sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Valentine Nwr's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 44th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 32nd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 73%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Valentine Nwr is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Valentine Nwr compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Valentine Nwr's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 Nwr's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 49 complete annual observations from 1950 to 2024, VALENTINE NWR warmed at a fitted rate of 0.21°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Valentine Nwr primary station fitted change +0.21 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F (3°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.4" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 41°F (5°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.5" | 25.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.0" | 22.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 2.6" | 12.3 | 0.1 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.8" | 1.6 | 0.6 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 3.2" | 0.0 | 11.3 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 2.6" | 0.0 | 8.4 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 2.0" | 0.6 | 3.2 |
| October | 64°F (18°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.6" | 8.7 | 0.3 |
| November | 51°F (10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.7" | 22.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.3" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 21, short of 90°F on every date, while 145 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 17°F near January 4.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 28, then returns to freezing around November 5, covering 145 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 27, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 24 at 13%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 86 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 16 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Valentine Nwr.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
4.3 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
11.3 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
4.0 days with precipitation
Valentine Nwr runs a summer-peaked wet season
44% of Valentine Nwr'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 4.5", on a wide 48°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: December at 0.3".
- Winter share: 5% 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 Nwr's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 85 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 23.4" between them, or roughly 0.27 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
164 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,061
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
965
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Valentine Nwr 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 (51°F here).
- Battle Ground, WA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Belington, WV 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Blaine, WA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Bland, VA 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (23.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ballinger, TX 23.4" · 0.1" off
- Portola, CA 23.3" · 0.1" off
- Grangeville, ID 23.5" · 0.1" off
- Quinter, KS 23.5" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Valentine Nwr's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Valentine Nwr's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,061 annual heating degree days against 965 for cooling. Its 48.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Valentine Nwr's frost-free season lasts about 164 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Valentine Nwr's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.0°F. The annual average is 51°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Valentine Nwr's 23.4 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Valentine Nwr's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Valentine Nwr, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Nwr's primary station: VALENTINE NWR (USC00258755). 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 Nwr; 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 Nwr 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.