Wallace, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Wallace's normal year runs from 13°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 21.4 inches of precipitation and 22 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.6°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 32°C, 543 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWallace (2 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00258920
- Location40.84°N 101.21°W
- Elevation3,153 ft (961 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population299
On October 23, the normal high in Wallace is 62°F and the normal low 31°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Wallace.
- Jan 39° 13°
- Feb 42° 15°
- Mar 53° 23°
- Apr 62° 32°
- May 72° 44°
- Jun 83° 55°
- Jul 89° 60°
- Aug 87° 58°
- Sep 79° 47°
- Oct 65° 34°
- Nov 52° 23°
- Dec 41° 14°
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 Wallace each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 13°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.83 in), the least in January (0.30 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F | 13°F | 26.2°F | 0.30 | 3.4 | 3 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 42°F | 15°F | 28.7°F | 0.56 | 5.6 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 53°F | 23°F | 38.1°F | 0.88 | 3.1 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 32°F | 46.7°F | 2.22 | 3.2 | 8 | <1 | 15 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 44°F | 57.9°F | 3.47 | 0.1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 83°F | 55°F | 69.1°F | 3.83 | 0.0 | 10 | 8 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 89°F | 60°F | 74.6°F | 3.24 | 0.0 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 87°F | 58°F | 72.2°F | 2.65 | 0.0 | 7 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 79°F | 47°F | 63.2°F | 1.56 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 34°F | 49.6°F | 1.66 | 1.5 | 6 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 52°F | 23°F | 37.2°F | 0.51 | 2.4 | 3 | <1 | 27 | 10 h |
| December | 41°F | 14°F | 27.6°F | 0.49 | 2.7 | 3 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 35°F | 49.2°F | 21.37 | 22.0 | 72 | 41 | 173 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −11°C | −3.2°C | 8 mm | 9 cm |
| February | 6°C | −9°C | −1.8°C | 14 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 12°C | −5°C | 3.4°C | 22 mm | 8 cm |
| April | 16°C | 0°C | 8.2°C | 56 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 22°C | 7°C | 14.4°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 13°C | 20.6°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 16°C | 23.7°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 14°C | 22.3°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 8°C | 17.3°C | 40 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 1°C | 9.8°C | 42 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 11°C | −5°C | 2.9°C | 13 mm | 6 cm |
| December | 5°C | −10°C | −2.4°C | 12 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00258920; 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 Wallace?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00258920.
When is the last frost in Wallace?
In Wallace, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 4 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 4 in half of years and before September 23 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
- May 41 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 41 year in 10 before September 23; 9 in 10 before October 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 152 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 169 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 25 in half of springs and before October 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wallace in zone 5b in ZIP code 69169, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Wallace's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°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 USC00258920; 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 Wallace?
In a normal year in Wallace, 41 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 173 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 72 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 41a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 173a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 34high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 72a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 11a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1962) is 110°F, on July 26, 2003; the lowest is −33°F, on December 22, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2010, with 29.21 in; the snowiest season is 1979–80, with 57.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00258920; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00258920. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Wallace?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Wallace, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and April the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.4 |
| February | 76% | 3.3 |
| March | 77% | 4.5 |
| April | 76% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.3 |
| June | 85% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.1 |
| August | 87% | 6.2 |
| September | 85% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 3.7 |
| November | 80% | 2.6 |
| December | 76% | 2.1 |
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 Wallace need?
A normal year in Wallace brings 6,524 heating degree days, 21% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 818 cooling degree days, 10% fewer 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 2,927 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,204 | 0 |
| February | 1,016 | 0 |
| March | 834 | 0 |
| April | 549 | 1 |
| May | 254 | 33 |
| June | 40 | 164 |
| July | 5 | 304 |
| August | 14 | 236 |
| September | 132 | 76 |
| October | 483 | 4 |
| November | 834 | 0 |
| December | 1,159 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,524 | 818 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00258920. 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 Wallace been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 50.8°F, 1.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 49.2°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.6°F | +1.4°F | 13.96 | 19.8 |
| 2022 | 49.8°F | +0.6°F | 10.23 | 26.5 |
| 2023 | 49.4°F | +0.2°F | 17.72 | 41.5 |
| 2024 | 51.7°F | +2.5°F | 20.44 | 12.5 |
| 2025 | 50.8°F | +1.6°F | 24.49 | – |
Over 50 complete years from 1963 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.1°F per century (+0.29°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00258920; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wallace's climate compare?
Wallace is warmer than 49 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 29. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.2°F is warmer than 37%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wallace is Dwa: continental, dry-winter, 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.
Questions about Wallace's climate
What is the coldest month in Wallace?
January, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 13°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow in Wallace?
Yes: 22 inches in a normal year, falling on 14 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (5.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Wallace?
June, with 3.83 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.30 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wallace in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wallace in zone 5b in ZIP code 69169, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Wallace's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Wallace?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 4; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Madrid, NE17 miles from this station, 49.8°F a year
- Hershey, NE22 miles from this station, 49.6°F a year
- Hayes Center, NE24 miles from this station, 50.2°F a year
- North Platte Experiment Farm, NE28 miles from this station, 49.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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