Weeping Water, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Weeping Water's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 33.6 inches of precipitation and 33 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.7°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 30°C, 853 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWeeping Water
- Station IDUSC00259090
- Location40.86°N 96.14°W
- Elevation1,100 ft (335 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population1,060
On October 23, the normal high in Weeping Water is 62°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Weeping Water.
- Jan 34° 14°
- Feb 39° 18°
- Mar 52° 29°
- Apr 64° 40°
- May 74° 51°
- Jun 83° 62°
- Jul 86° 66°
- Aug 84° 64°
- Sep 77° 54°
- Oct 65° 42°
- Nov 50° 28°
- Dec 38° 18°
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 Weeping Water each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.27 in), the least in January (0.92 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F | 14°F | 23.8°F | 0.92 | 10.0 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 39°F | 18°F | 28.5°F | 1.08 | 7.8 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 52°F | 29°F | 40.4°F | 1.85 | 3.6 | 7 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 64°F | 40°F | 51.7°F | 3.28 | 1.5 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 74°F | 51°F | 62.4°F | 5.25 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 83°F | 62°F | 72.1°F | 5.27 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 86°F | 66°F | 76.1°F | 4.06 | 0.0 | 8 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 84°F | 64°F | 73.5°F | 3.35 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 77°F | 54°F | 65.8°F | 2.95 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 42°F | 53.2°F | 2.77 | 1.1 | 6 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 28°F | 39.0°F | 1.46 | 1.4 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| December | 38°F | 18°F | 28.0°F | 1.36 | 7.4 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 40°F | 51.2°F | 33.60 | 32.8 | 85 | 23 | 140 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −10°C | −4.6°C | 23 mm | 25 cm |
| February | 4°C | −8°C | −1.9°C | 27 mm | 20 cm |
| March | 11°C | −2°C | 4.7°C | 47 mm | 9 cm |
| April | 18°C | 4°C | 10.9°C | 83 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 23°C | 11°C | 16.9°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 134 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 19°C | 24.5°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 18°C | 23.1°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 12°C | 18.8°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 70 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 10°C | −2°C | 3.9°C | 37 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 3°C | −8°C | −2.2°C | 35 mm | 19 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00259090; 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 Weeping Water?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August and September. 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 USC00259090.
When is the last frost in Weeping Water?
In Weeping Water, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 23 in half of years and after May 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 16 in half of years and before October 1 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 231 year in 10 after May 6; 9 in 10 after April 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 161 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before October 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 175 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 194 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 13 in half of springs and before October 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Weeping Water in zone 6a in ZIP code 68463, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Weeping Water's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −12°F (19 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 USC00259090; 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 Weeping Water?
In a normal year in Weeping Water, 23 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 140 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 85 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 23a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 140a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 38high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 85a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 10a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1907) is 117°F, on July 25, 1940; the lowest is −34°F, on January 26, 1936.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1993, with 52.92 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 67.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00259090; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00259090. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Weeping Water?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Weeping Water, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and March the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.2 |
| February | 74% | 3.1 |
| March | 72% | 4.0 |
| April | 72% | 5.1 |
| May | 74% | 5.9 |
| June | 81% | 6.6 |
| July | 84% | 6.6 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.7 |
| October | 77% | 3.4 |
| November | 77% | 2.4 |
| December | 72% | 1.9 |
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 Weeping Water need?
A normal year in Weeping Water brings 6,037 heating degree days, 12% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,047 cooling degree days, 15% 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 3,448 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,275 | 0 |
| February | 1,022 | 0 |
| March | 764 | 1 |
| April | 409 | 10 |
| May | 149 | 69 |
| June | 15 | 226 |
| July | 1 | 344 |
| August | 7 | 270 |
| September | 87 | 111 |
| October | 382 | 17 |
| November | 779 | 0 |
| December | 1,147 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,037 | 1,047 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00259090. 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.
How does Weeping Water's climate compare?
Weeping Water is warmer than 105 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 122. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.2°F is warmer than 46%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Weeping Water 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 Weeping Water 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.
- Louisville, NE1,394 people · 9 mi N
- Eagle, NE1,205 people · 16 mi W
- Elmwood, NE686 people · 8 mi W
- Murdock, NE274 people · 8 mi NW
- Avoca, NE181 people · 5 mi S
- Manley, NE173 people · 4 mi N
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 Weeping Water's climate
What is the coldest month in Weeping Water?
January, with a normal high of 34°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Weeping Water?
Yes: 33 inches in a normal year, falling on 12 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (10.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Weeping Water?
June, with 5.27 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.92 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Weeping Water in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Weeping Water in zone 6a in ZIP code 68463, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Weeping Water's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −12°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Weeping Water?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 23; in one year in ten it comes after May 6. Waiting until May 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Syracuse, NE14 miles from this station, 51.2°F a year
- Springfield, NE16 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
- Ashland, NE17 miles from this station, 50.8°F a year
- Nebraska City, NE17 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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