Verdel, NE Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Verdel's primary NOAA station, VERDEL 6SSE.
The climate verdict for Verdel
Verdel, Nebraska has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 48°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 48°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 28.0"
- precipitation, annual total
- 150 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Verdel: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00258806 · Verdel, NE 48°F mean · 28.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,058
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ O'neill
- PRCP-MID 28.0"
- SWING-WIDE 54°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,107 HDD
- STN-1 USC00258806
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: O'neill, NE (+ 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.
- Verdel (this station) 48°F
- Cold Ida Grove, IA 48°F
- Hot O'neill, NE 48°F
- Near Philip, SD 48°F
- Near Bonesteel, SD 48°F
Climate Living Index · Verdel
Verdel: 39/100 · grade F
Verdel publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Verdel, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 28.0 in · 7.0 from 35 in | 75/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 172 calendar days | 31/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.7°F · 19.8° from 67.5°F | 30/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 150 days/year | 25/100 · F |
Verdel · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Verdel is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 20.5°F and warmest-month mean 74.6°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 74.6°F
- Coldest month
- 20.5°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 Verdel sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Verdel's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 70%
- Among 6,861 stations, Verdel sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 38th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 91%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Verdel is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Verdel compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Verdel'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F (0°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 0.5" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 36°F (2°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.7" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.4" | 24.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (15°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.1" | 15.0 | 0.2 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.9" | 4.3 | 1.6 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 8.0 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 13.0 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.3" | 0.0 | 8.4 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.7" | 1.0 | 4.6 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 2.7" | 14.5 | 0.3 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.0" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (2°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.8" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 20, short of 90°F on every date, while 172 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 9°F near January 15.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 12, then returns to freezing around October 24, covering 172 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.
The widest day
September 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Verdel.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Verdel runs a summer-peaked wet season
39% of Verdel'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 May at 3.9", on a wide 54.1°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: May, June, July, taking 41% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.5".
- Winter share: 8% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
150 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,107
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
836
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Verdel 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 (48°F here).
- Batavia, NY 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Belchertown, MA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Briggsdale, CO 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Canby, CA 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (28.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Walker, MN 28.0" · 0.0" off
- Canby, MN 27.9" · 0.0" off
- Vermillion, SD 28.0" · 0.0" off
- Olivia, MN 27.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Verdel's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Verdel's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,107 annual heating degree days against 836 for cooling. Its 54.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Verdel's frost-free season lasts about 150 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 Verdel's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 54.1°F. The annual average is 48°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Verdel's 28.0 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 Verdel'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 Verdel, 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 Verdel's primary station: VERDEL 6SSE (USC00258806). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3150335). Match rule for Verdel: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Verdel 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.