West Point, Nebraska climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
West Point's normal year runs from 11°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 30.8 inches of precipitation and 29 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.3°C, January lows of −12°C, July highs of 29°C, 783 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWest Point
- Station IDUSC00259200
- Location41.84°N 96.71°W
- Elevation1,310 ft (399 m)
On October 23, the normal high in West Point is 60°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for West Point.
- Jan 30° 11°
- Feb 35° 15°
- Mar 48° 26°
- Apr 60° 37°
- May 71° 49°
- Jun 81° 60°
- Jul 85° 65°
- Aug 83° 62°
- Sep 76° 52°
- Oct 64° 39°
- Nov 48° 26°
- Dec 35° 16°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at West Point each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 11°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.23 in), the least in January (0.69 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F | 11°F | 20.5°F | 0.69 | 5.9 | 6 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 35°F | 15°F | 24.8°F | 0.86 | 7.6 | 6 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 48°F | 26°F | 36.7°F | 1.66 | 4.1 | 8 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 37°F | 48.5°F | 3.41 | 1.8 | 10 | <1 | 10 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 71°F | 49°F | 60.3°F | 4.20 | 0.1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 81°F | 60°F | 70.8°F | 5.23 | 0.0 | 11 | 5 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 85°F | 65°F | 74.8°F | 3.31 | 0.0 | 10 | 8 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 83°F | 62°F | 72.3°F | 3.91 | 0.0 | 9 | 5 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 76°F | 52°F | 64.2°F | 3.02 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 39°F | 51.0°F | 2.14 | 0.5 | 8 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 48°F | 26°F | 36.8°F | 1.34 | 2.6 | 6 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 35°F | 16°F | 25.1°F | 1.04 | 6.3 | 6 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 38°F | 48.8°F | 30.81 | 28.9 | 100 | 21 | 153 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −12°C | −6.4°C | 18 mm | 15 cm |
| February | 2°C | −10°C | −4.0°C | 22 mm | 19 cm |
| March | 9°C | −4°C | 2.6°C | 42 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 16°C | 3°C | 9.2°C | 87 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 22°C | 10°C | 15.7°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 16°C | 21.6°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 18°C | 23.8°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 17°C | 22.4°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 4°C | 10.6°C | 54 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 9°C | −3°C | 2.7°C | 34 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 1°C | −9°C | −3.8°C | 26 mm | 16 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00259200; 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.
Which months are mildest at West Point?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September 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 USC00259200.
When is the last frost at West Point?
In West Point, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 28 in half of years and after May 11 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 12 in half of years and before September 26 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 281 year in 10 after May 11; 9 in 10 after April 14
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 121 year in 10 before September 26; 9 in 10 before October 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 165 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 187 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 17 in half of springs and before October 22 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts West Point in zone 5b in ZIP code 68788, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −15°F (30 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 USC00259200; 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 at West Point?
In a normal year in West Point, 21 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 153 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 100 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 21a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 153a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 52high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 100a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 10a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1892) is 113°F, on July 25, 1936; the lowest is −38°F, on January 12, 1912.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1915, with 49.13 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 75.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00259200; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00259200. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at West Point?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at West Point, 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 many heating and cooling degree days does West Point record?
A normal year at West Point brings 6,775 heating degree days, 26% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 914 cooling degree days, 1% 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 3,141 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,378 | 0 |
| February | 1,126 | 0 |
| March | 880 | 1 |
| April | 502 | 7 |
| May | 202 | 57 |
| June | 27 | 201 |
| July | 5 | 307 |
| August | 12 | 236 |
| September | 119 | 95 |
| October | 443 | 11 |
| November | 846 | 0 |
| December | 1,237 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,775 | 914 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00259200. 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.
Have recent years at West Point been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 50.2°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 48.8°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.4°F | +1.6°F | 35.76 | 22.3 |
| 2022 | 48.5°F | −0.3°F | 16.42 | 5.0 |
| 2023 | 50.4°F | +1.6°F | 22.40 | 15.7 |
| 2024 | 51.0°F | +2.2°F | 26.38 | 28.0 |
| 2025 | 50.2°F | +1.4°F | 35.46 | 24.2 |
Over 94 complete years from 1898 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.7°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00259200; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does West Point's climate compare?
West Point is warmer than 42 of the 137 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 106. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.8°F is warmer than 35%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, West Point 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 West Point share this climate record?
6 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.
- West Point, NE3,460 people · 1 mi SE
- Wisner, NE1,233 people · 14 mi NW
- Scribner, NE816 people · 13 mi S
- Beemer, NE652 people · 8 mi NW
- Snyder, NE243 people · 10 mi S
- Uehling, NE228 people · 13 mi SE
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 West Point's climate
What is the coldest month at West Point?
January, with a normal high of 30°F and a normal low of 11°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow at West Point?
Yes: 29 inches in a normal year, falling on 18 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (7.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month at West Point?
June, with 5.23 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.69 in.
What plant hardiness zone is West Point in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts West Point in zone 5b in ZIP code 68788, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −15°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come at West Point?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 28; in one year in ten it comes after May 11. Waiting until May 11 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Howells, NE17 miles from this station, 50.3°F a year
- Clarkson, NE23 miles from this station, 48.7°F a year
- Walthill, NE24 miles from this station, 49.0°F a year
- Stanton, NE27 miles from this station, 49.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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