Walthill, NE Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Walthill's primary NOAA station, WALTHILL 1E.
The climate verdict for Walthill
Winter sets the terms in Walthill, Nebraska. A pronounced 55.1°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 49°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 49°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 29.8"
- annual precipitation · 32" snow
- 158 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Walthill: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00258935 · Walthill, NE 49°F mean · 29.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,470
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pickstown
- PRCP-MID 29.8"
- SWING-WIDE 55°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,790 HDD
- STN-1 USC00258935
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Pickstown, SD (+ 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.
- Walthill (this station) 49°F
- Cold Winona, MN 49°F
- Hot Pickstown, SD 49°F
- Near La Crosse, WI 49°F
- Near Basin, WY 49°F
Climate Living Index · Walthill
Walthill: 45/100 · grade D
Walthill publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Walthill, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 29.8 in · 5.2 from 35 in | 81/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 158 calendar days | 41/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.0°F · 18.5° from 67.5°F | 36/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 32.2 inches/year | 36/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 158 days/year | 32/100 · F |
Walthill · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Walthill is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 20.3°F and warmest-month mean 75.4°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
- 75.4°F
- Coldest month
- 20.3°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 Walthill sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Walthill's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 36th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 40th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 92%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Walthill is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Walthill compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Walthill's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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
Walthill's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 53 complete annual observations from 1913 to 2016, WALTHILL 1E changed little at a fitted rate of 0.02°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Walthill primary station fitted change -0.02 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F (-1°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 20°F (-6°C) | 0.7" | 6.1" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.0" | 8.3" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 1.7" | 5.1" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.2" | 2.0" | 10.1 | 0.4 |
| May | 73°F (23°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.0" | 0.1" | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.2 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.8 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.7 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 1.0 | 3.7 |
| October | 64°F (18°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 2.3" | 0.8" | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.4" | 2.9" | 22.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 34°F (1°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.0" | 6.9" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 15, short of 90°F on every date, while 158 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 10°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 5, then returns to freezing around October 31, covering 158 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 33% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 12 at 13%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 73 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 26 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 Walthill.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 6.1"
4.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.3"
3.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.1"
4.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
8.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
9.9 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
5.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.9"
3.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.9"
3.9 days with precipitation
Walthill runs a summer-peaked wet season
39% of Walthill'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 55.1°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: June, May, August, taking 41% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.7".
- Winter share: 9% 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.
When it rains in Walthill, it arrives in quantity
29.8" of precipitation falls across only about 73 wet days here, averaging 0.41 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 73 a year, 20% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.41 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- November, about 4
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to Walthill
Walthill averages 32.2 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 13 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 32.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 13 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 11% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 6
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
158 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,790
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
982
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NE closest to Walthill 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 (49°F here).
- Altona, IL 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Burney, CA 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Cairo, NY 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Condon, OR 49°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (29.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Glenwood, WA 29.8" · 0.0" off
- Babbitt, MN 29.8" · 0.0" off
- Hutchinson, MN 29.8" · 0.0" off
- Litchfield, MN 29.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Walthill
heating led · moderate · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Walthill logs 6,790 heating degree days, more than twice its 982 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 55.1°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Walthill's frost-free season lasts about 158 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Walthill coldest normal
January
Averaging 20°F (-6°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Walthill typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Walthill snow peak
February
Walthill averages 32.2 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Walthill's primary station: WALTHILL 1E (USC00258935). 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 3151245). Match rule for Walthill: 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 Walthill 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.