Whitman (5 mi ENE), Nebraska climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Whitman (5 mi ENE)'s normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 18.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.9°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 29°C, 465 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWhitman (5 mi ENE)
- Station IDUSW00094079
- Location42.07°N 101.44°W
- Elevation3,740 ft (1,140 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Whitman (5 mi ENE) is 57°F and the normal low 34°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Whitman (5 mi ENE).
- Jan 36° 16°
- Feb 38° 18°
- Mar 49° 26°
- Apr 57° 34°
- May 67° 44°
- Jun 78° 55°
- Jul 85° 60°
- Aug 84° 58°
- Sep 75° 49°
- Oct 60° 37°
- Nov 48° 26°
- Dec 37° 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 at Whitman (5 mi ENE) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in July (3.34 in), the least in December (0.27 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F | 16°F | 26.2°F | 0.33 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 38°F | 18°F | 28.1°F | 0.39 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 49°F | 26°F | 37.2°F | 0.98 | 7 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 34°F | 45.2°F | 2.03 | 11 | <1 | 13 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 67°F | 44°F | 55.7°F | 2.96 | 14 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 78°F | 55°F | 66.3°F | 2.77 | 12 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 85°F | 60°F | 72.4°F | 3.34 | 9 | 10 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 84°F | 58°F | 70.9°F | 2.02 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 75°F | 49°F | 62.2°F | 1.61 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 60°F | 37°F | 48.4°F | 1.15 | 6 | <1 | 9 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 48°F | 26°F | 36.7°F | 0.46 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 37°F | 18°F | 27.4°F | 0.27 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 37°F | 48.0°F | 18.31 | 94 | 24 | 153 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −9°C | −3.2°C | 8 mm |
| February | 4°C | −8°C | −2.2°C | 10 mm |
| March | 9°C | −3°C | 2.9°C | 25 mm |
| April | 14°C | 1°C | 7.3°C | 52 mm |
| May | 19°C | 7°C | 13.2°C | 75 mm |
| June | 26°C | 13°C | 19.1°C | 70 mm |
| July | 29°C | 16°C | 22.4°C | 85 mm |
| August | 29°C | 15°C | 21.6°C | 51 mm |
| September | 24°C | 10°C | 16.8°C | 41 mm |
| October | 16°C | 3°C | 9.1°C | 29 mm |
| November | 9°C | −4°C | 2.6°C | 12 mm |
| December | 3°C | −8°C | −2.6°C | 7 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Mullen (21 miles away), gets 42 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094079; 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 Whitman (5 mi ENE)?
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 (7).
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 USW00094079.
When is the last frost at Whitman (5 mi ENE)?
In Whitman (5 mi ENE), 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 8 in half of years and before September 25 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 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 81 year in 10 before September 25; 9 in 10 before October 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 155 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 174 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 25 in half of springs and before October 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Whitman (5 mi ENE) in zone 5b in ZIP code 69366, 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 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −12°F (16 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 USW00094079; 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 Whitman (5 mi ENE)?
In a normal year in Whitman (5 mi ENE), 24 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 153 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 94 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 24a 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
- 45high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 94a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 2004) is 107°F, on July 16, 2006; the lowest is −25°F, on December 22, 2022.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 25.04 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00094079; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00094079. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Whitman (5 mi ENE)?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Whitman (5 mi ENE), 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and April the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 2.2 |
| February | 78% | 3.2 |
| March | 75% | 4.2 |
| April | 73% | 5.3 |
| May | 75% | 6.2 |
| June | 83% | 7.1 |
| July | 87% | 7.1 |
| August | 86% | 6.1 |
| September | 84% | 4.9 |
| October | 78% | 3.4 |
| November | 79% | 2.4 |
| December | 77% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Whitman (5 mi ENE) record?
A normal year at Whitman (5 mi ENE) brings 6,786 heating degree days, 26% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 641 cooling degree days, 29% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,644 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,203 | 0 |
| February | 1,034 | 0 |
| March | 862 | 0 |
| April | 594 | 2 |
| May | 310 | 21 |
| June | 64 | 103 |
| July | 8 | 238 |
| August | 22 | 203 |
| September | 154 | 70 |
| October | 519 | 4 |
| November | 851 | 0 |
| December | 1,167 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,786 | 641 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094079. 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 Whitman (5 mi ENE) been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 50.8°F, 2.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 48.0°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49.7°F | +1.7°F | 17.88 |
| 2022 | 48.5°F | +0.5°F | 13.71 |
| 2023 | 49.1°F | +1.1°F | 18.00 |
| 2024 | 50.8°F | +2.8°F | 15.32 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00094079. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Whitman (5 mi ENE)'s climate compare?
Whitman (5 mi ENE) is warmer than 22 of the 137 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 15. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.0°F is warmer than 32%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Whitman (5 mi ENE) 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.
Which places near Whitman (5 mi ENE) share this climate record?
Hyannis has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Hyannis, NE152 people · 17 mi W
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 Whitman (5 mi ENE)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Whitman (5 mi ENE)?
January, with a normal high of 36°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow at Whitman (5 mi ENE)?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Mullen (21 miles away), records 42 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Whitman (5 mi ENE)?
July, with 3.34 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 0.27 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Whitman (5 mi ENE) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Whitman (5 mi ENE) in zone 5b in ZIP code 69366, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −12°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come at Whitman (5 mi ENE)?
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
- Mullen, NE21 miles from this station, 48.5°F a year
- Arthur, NE37 miles from this station, 48.8°F a year
- Ellsworth (15 mi NNE), NE42 miles from this station, 46.6°F a year
- Ellsworth (2 mi W), NE45 miles from this station, 47.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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