Valley, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Valley's normal year runs from 15°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 33.1 inches of precipitation and 32 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.1°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 30°C, 842 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationValley NWS
- Station IDUSC00258795
- Location41.32°N 96.37°W
- Elevation1,145 ft (349 m)
- Population3,336
On October 23, the normal high in Valley is 62°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Valley.
- Jan 33° 15°
- Feb 38° 19°
- Mar 50° 30°
- Apr 62° 41°
- May 73° 53°
- Jun 83° 64°
- Jul 87° 68°
- Aug 84° 65°
- Sep 78° 56°
- Oct 65° 43°
- Nov 50° 31°
- Dec 37° 20°
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 Valley each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 15°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.29 in), the least in January (0.85 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F | 15°F | 24.1°F | 0.85 | 7.4 | 6 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 38°F | 19°F | 28.2°F | 1.03 | 9.5 | 7 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 50°F | 30°F | 40.2°F | 1.78 | 5.0 | 9 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 41°F | 51.7°F | 3.11 | 1.4 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 73°F | 53°F | 63.0°F | 4.74 | 0.1 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 83°F | 64°F | 73.5°F | 5.29 | 0.0 | 11 | 5 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 87°F | 68°F | 77.3°F | 3.97 | 0.0 | 9 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 84°F | 65°F | 74.8°F | 4.30 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 56°F | 67.1°F | 3.02 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 43°F | 54.2°F | 2.37 | 1.0 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 31°F | 40.2°F | 1.37 | 1.2 | 6 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 37°F | 20°F | 28.6°F | 1.32 | 6.2 | 6 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 42°F | 51.9°F | 33.15 | 31.8 | 103 | 25 | 136 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −9°C | −4.4°C | 22 mm | 19 cm |
| February | 3°C | −7°C | −2.1°C | 26 mm | 24 cm |
| March | 10°C | −1°C | 4.6°C | 45 mm | 13 cm |
| April | 17°C | 5°C | 10.9°C | 79 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 23°C | 12°C | 17.2°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 18°C | 23.1°C | 134 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 20°C | 25.2°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 19°C | 23.8°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 13°C | 19.5°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 6°C | 12.3°C | 60 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 10°C | −1°C | 4.6°C | 35 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 3°C | −6°C | −1.9°C | 34 mm | 16 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00258795; 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 Valley?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00258795.
When is the last frost in Valley?
In Valley, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 15 in half of years and after April 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 21 in half of years and before October 6 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 151 year in 10 after April 29; 9 in 10 after April 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 211 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before November 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 187 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 207 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 5 in half of springs and before October 31 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Valley in zone 5b in ZIP code 68064, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Valley's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (24 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nebraska · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00258795; 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 Valley?
In a normal year in Valley, 25 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 136 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 103 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 25a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 136a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 42high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 103a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1994) is 105°F, on July 12, 1995; the lowest is −24°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2016, with 44.03 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 60.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00258795; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00258795. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Valley?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Valley, 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 Valley need?
A normal year in Valley brings 5,941 heating degree days, 11% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,203 cooling degree days, 33% 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 3,660 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,268 | 0 |
| February | 1,030 | 0 |
| March | 772 | 1 |
| April | 410 | 10 |
| May | 143 | 81 |
| June | 13 | 266 |
| July | 1 | 382 |
| August | 4 | 307 |
| September | 75 | 136 |
| October | 356 | 20 |
| November | 743 | 0 |
| December | 1,128 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,941 | 1,203 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00258795. 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 Valley been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 53.2°F, 1.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.9°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.8°F | +1.9°F | 37.64 | 31.3 |
| 2022 | 52.2°F | +0.3°F | 20.20 | 9.5 |
| 2023 | 54.0°F | +2.1°F | 26.83 | 14.4 |
| 2024 | 54.8°F | +2.9°F | 38.06 | 22.2 |
| 2025 | 53.2°F | +1.3°F | 32.82 | 27.1 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00258795. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Valley's climate compare?
Valley is warmer than 126 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 119. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.9°F is warmer than 49%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Valley 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 Valley share this climate record?
5 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.
- Yutan, NE1,442 people · 6 mi S
- Waterloo, NE923 people · 5 mi SE
- Leshara, NE112 people · 3 mi W
- Venice, NE27 people · 6 mi S
- King Lake, NE22 people · 3 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 Valley's climate
What is the coldest month in Valley?
January, with a normal high of 33°F and a normal low of 15°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Valley?
Yes: 32 inches in a normal year, falling on 21 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (9.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Valley?
June, with 5.29 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.85 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Valley in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Valley in zone 5b in ZIP code 68064, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Valley's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Valley?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 15; in one year in ten it comes after April 29. Waiting until April 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Fremont, NE9 miles from this station, 50.5°F a year
- Mead, NE14 miles from this station, 50.0°F a year
- Gretna, NE14 miles from this station, 50.7°F a year
- Wahoo, NE15 miles from this station, 50.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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