Nebraska climate: Statewide normals, its places and each month, NOAA 1991-2020

Nebraska's statewide normal is 49.4°F a year with 24.2 inches of precipitation (NOAA nClimDiv, 1991-2020); it has warmed 1.7°F per century since 1895, and 2012 was its warmest year.

Statewide normal temperature: 49.4°Fyear, 1991-2020
Statewide normal precipitation: 24.2 inyear, 1991-2020
Last five years against normal: +1.4°F2021-2025 mean 50.8°F
Places with normals: 184137 Census places, 47 other stations

What is Nebraska's weather like each month?

Statewide, July is the warmest month and January the coldest. Each month has its own page with the warmest and coolest places that month:

Jan36°14°
Feb40°17°
Mar51°26°
Apr61°35°
May71°46°
Jun82°56°
Jul87°62°
Aug85°60°
Sep78°50°
Oct64°37°
Nov50°25°
Dec38°16°

Nebraska statewide normals by month, 1991-2020 (NOAA nClimDiv)
Month	High	Low	Mean	Precip.
January	36°F	14°F	25.1°F	0.49
February	40°F	17°F	28.4°F	0.67
March	51°F	26°F	38.7°F	1.27
April	61°F	35°F	48.0°F	2.54
May	71°F	46°F	58.4°F	3.87
June	82°F	56°F	69.1°F	3.78
July	87°F	62°F	74.4°F	3.21
August	85°F	60°F	72.3°F	2.86
September	78°F	50°F	63.8°F	2.11
October	64°F	37°F	50.4°F	1.87
November	50°F	25°F	37.3°F	0.88
December	38°F	16°F	27.2°F	0.67

Source: NOAA NCEI nClimDiv statewide series (Climate at a Glance); data files. Statewide values are area-weighted from a 5 km grid of station data, so they differ from the simple average of a state's stations.

Has Nebraska been warmer than normal?

5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the 1991-2020 statewide normal of 49.4°F. The record since 1895 rises at a fitted 1.7°F per century; the warmest year was 2012 (52.7°F).

Nebraska statewide mean temperature in recent years
Year	Mean	Against normal
2021	51.0°F	+1.6°F
2022	49.6°F	+0.2°F
2023	50.4°F	+1.0°F
2024	52.0°F	+2.5°F
2025	51.0°F	+1.6°F

Source: NOAA NCEI nClimDiv statewide annual series.

Where is it warmest, wettest and snowiest in Nebraska?

Among the places PlainClimate covers, Falls City has the warmest year (53.1°F) and Bushnell (15 mi S) the coolest (44.1°F); Falls City is the wettest (34.7 in) and Alliance the driest (14.9 in), and Harrison gets the most snow (57 in).

Nebraska: the places PlainClimate covers by their normal yearly mean temperature: from the coolest place (44.6°F a year, blue) to the warmest (53.1°F, red); each dot is a place's NOAA station.

Nebraska: every place PlainClimate covers, with its NOAA 1991-2020 normals (largest first)
Place	Year	July high	January low	Precip.	Snow	Last frost
Omaha	52.4°F	88°F	15°F	31.9	27	April 18
Lincoln	52.3°F	89°F	14°F	29.3	26	April 24
Grand Island	51.8°F	88°F	16°F	26.6	28	April 23
Kearney	49.9°F	87°F	14°F	25.6	22	April 30
Fremont	50.5°F	87°F	13°F	30.4	–	April 23
Norfolk	49.2°F	86°F	12°F	27.0	30	April 30
Hastings	51.9°F	88°F	16°F	26.4	–	April 22
Columbus	50.5°F	87°F	14°F	28.7	26	April 21
North Platte	49.9°F	90°F	12°F	21.1	30	May 11
Scottsbluff	49.9°F	91°F	15°F	15.7	43	May 5
Beatrice	51.4°F	88°F	14°F	31.3	19	April 24
Gretna	50.7°F	86°F	14°F	33.2	36	April 21
York	51.1°F	88°F	14°F	28.6	–	April 22
Alliance	46.2°F	89°F	10°F	14.9	–	May 22
Blair	50.2°F	86°F	13°F	–	–	April 22
Seward	50.0°F	86°F	12°F	28.7	22	April 26
Crete	51.1°F	87°F	14°F	31.0	25	April 23
Nebraska City	51.4°F	87°F	14°F	34.1	24	April 18
McCook	52.2°F	91°F	16°F	20.1	–	May 1
Sidney	48.5°F	90°F	14°F	15.8	–	May 15
Wayne	48.3°F	85°F	11°F	27.5	32	April 29
Holdrege	49.9°F	87°F	13°F	27.6	25	May 2
Chadron	48.3°F	91°F	13°F	15.2	–	May 14
Wahoo	50.2°F	87°F	12°F	–	–	April 23
Ogallala	50.6°F	90°F	15°F	19.5	25	May 1
Aurora	51.3°F	87°F	15°F	30.4	27	April 21
Falls City	53.1°F	88°F	17°F	34.7	–	April 18
Fairbury	51.6°F	88°F	14°F	32.4	21	April 25
O'Neill	47.7°F	87°F	11°F	25.9	26	May 3
Broken Bow	50.2°F	87°F	15°F	22.9	–	May 1
Auburn	52.4°F	87°F	14°F	32.3	30	April 24
Gothenburg	51.0°F	88°F	16°F	24.1	–	April 30
Ashland	50.8°F	87°F	13°F	32.3	22	April 23
Valley	51.9°F	87°F	15°F	33.1	32	April 15
Central City	50.3°F	86°F	14°F	28.5	29	April 28
Minden	50.5°F	87°F	15°F	25.7	25	April 26
David City	49.2°F	86°F	12°F	30.4	32	April 26
Valentine	49.1°F	90°F	11°F	20.9	34	May 12
St. Paul	51.7°F	89°F	14°F	27.3	22	April 23
Kimball	46.7°F	86°F	13°F	15.8	30	May 15
Madison	48.5°F	85°F	10°F	28.2	–	April 30
Geneva	52.5°F	87°F	17°F	28.2	21	April 20
Ord	49.0°F	87°F	12°F	23.8	–	May 5
Syracuse	51.2°F	88°F	13°F	32.2	26	April 25
Imperial	51.3°F	91°F	16°F	17.5	–	May 2
Superior	51.3°F	89°F	14°F	27.9	21	April 29
Albion	48.3°F	85°F	11°F	27.2	27	May 1
Tekamah	50.1°F	87°F	12°F	28.3	–	April 23
Tecumseh	51.3°F	88°F	13°F	32.3	22	April 26
Ainsworth	50.2°F	88°F	15°F	23.8	36	May 2
Springfield	50.6°F	86°F	13°F	33.1	–	April 17
Mitchell	49.0°F	88°F	16°F	–	–	May 7
Wakefield	48.4°F	86°F	10°F	30.7	36	May 5
Stanton	49.4°F	86°F	11°F	–	–	April 28
Hartington	47.8°F	85°F	10°F	29.6	35	April 30
Bridgeport	50.6°F	92°F	16°F	18.6	39	May 8
Gordon	46.3°F	86°F	13°F	20.5	46	May 11
Hebron	51.8°F	89°F	15°F	31.1	23	April 24
Ravenna	49.6°F	87°F	12°F	26.5	24	May 4
Atkinson	47.3°F	86°F	10°F	24.9	33	May 4
Creighton	48.3°F	86°F	11°F	29.1	36	April 30
Fort Calhoun	49.3°F	84°F	13°F	33.4	–	April 19
Weeping Water	51.2°F	86°F	14°F	33.6	33	April 23
Cambridge	51.1°F	89°F	13°F	23.4	24	May 3
Loup City	50.1°F	88°F	12°F	26.5	31	May 2
Burwell	48.6°F	86°F	12°F	25.9	29	May 4
Friend	49.7°F	84°F	13°F	29.0	24	April 26
Red Cloud	51.0°F	91°F	13°F	25.5	19	May 1
Franklin	51.2°F	89°F	14°F	26.5	19	April 30
Osceola	50.5°F	86°F	13°F	28.8	29	April 25
Chappell	48.6°F	87°F	13°F	19.0	–	May 8
Genoa	50.1°F	85°F	13°F	27.7	29	April 30
Pawnee City	51.8°F	88°F	15°F	–	–	April 22
Curtis	51.9°F	91°F	14°F	21.3	28	May 1
Osmond	48.1°F	86°F	10°F	27.5	–	April 30
Rushville	46.5°F	86°F	12°F	–	–	May 13
Benkelman	52.3°F	91°F	16°F	19.7	28	April 30
Oshkosh	49.0°F	88°F	13°F	17.9	28	May 9
Hemingford	48.1°F	87°F	16°F	18.0	45	May 8
Crofton	48.1°F	85°F	10°F	29.3	38	April 30
Clay Center	51.6°F	87°F	16°F	29.8	19	April 19
Elgin	48.3°F	84°F	12°F	27.9	30	April 29
Minatare	49.2°F	88°F	15°F	15.6	–	May 5
Walthill	49.0°F	87°F	11°F	29.8	32	May 1
Oxford	50.5°F	89°F	13°F	24.0	24	May 1
Clarkson	48.7°F	86°F	11°F	–	–	April 27
Mead	50.0°F	87°F	12°F	30.1	20	April 25
Hershey	49.6°F	88°F	14°F	19.6	27	May 4
Arnold	47.9°F	85°F	13°F	23.5	31	May 5
Fairmont	50.4°F	87°F	13°F	27.3	25	April 25
Hay Springs	46.7°F	86°F	12°F	17.5	–	May 14
Howells	50.3°F	87°F	13°F	28.8	24	April 25
Callaway	49.4°F	87°F	14°F	24.7	–	May 3
Beaver City	51.8°F	92°F	12°F	24.6	21	May 4
Culbertson	51.4°F	92°F	14°F	22.5	27	May 2
Mullen	48.5°F	86°F	15°F	24.3	42	May 7
Trenton	51.9°F	91°F	15°F	20.3	22	April 29
Big Springs	49.7°F	90°F	12°F	17.6	28	May 10
Eustis	50.0°F	87°F	14°F	23.4	31	April 30
Ewing	49.2°F	88°F	10°F	26.1	32	May 7
Brady	50.8°F	89°F	14°F	22.2	–	May 2
Niobrara	50.8°F	88°F	13°F	24.3	–	April 25
Lodgepole	49.1°F	90°F	14°F	17.6	28	May 9
Wallace	49.2°F	89°F	13°F	21.4	22	May 4
Chambers	48.3°F	85°F	12°F	27.0	–	May 1
Dalton	50.0°F	87°F	20°F	20.5	48	April 28
Oakdale	47.6°F	83°F	10°F	27.6	31	May 4
Butte	47.5°F	86°F	11°F	27.4	36	May 4
Stapleton	48.2°F	87°F	12°F	23.8	37	May 8
North Loup	48.2°F	85°F	11°F	26.0	31	May 5
Springview	47.1°F	88°F	9°F	–	–	May 10
Weston	50.1°F	86°F	13°F	31.6	34	April 23
Table Rock	51.7°F	88°F	14°F	34.1	21	April 23
Madrid	49.8°F	89°F	14°F	21.4	–	May 4
Harrison	44.6°F	85°F	12°F	17.6	57	May 20
Hayes Center	50.2°F	89°F	15°F	21.5	30	May 3
Lynch	47.8°F	88°F	7°F	–	–	May 8
Raymond	50.1°F	86°F	13°F	31.0	33	April 22
Mason City	49.5°F	87°F	13°F	26.3	26	May 3
Oconto	49.4°F	87°F	13°F	–	–	May 10
Haigler	51.2°F	91°F	14°F	18.2	22	May 5
Taylor	47.5°F	86°F	9°F	26.8	30	May 3
Arthur	48.8°F	88°F	14°F	20.6	33	May 9
Concord	48.1°F	85°F	9°F	28.8	–	May 2
Bartlett	49.5°F	88°F	12°F	27.2	35	May 4
Edison	51.1°F	89°F	16°F	24.8	–	May 1
Anselmo	47.5°F	85°F	12°F	25.1	34	May 10
Broadwater	47.8°F	90°F	9°F	15.1	20	May 13
Ericson	47.8°F	86°F	11°F	26.6	–	May 6
Merriman	47.6°F	88°F	14°F	19.2	32	May 13
Comstock	48.6°F	87°F	10°F	–	–	May 4
Virginia	51.2°F	87°F	14°F	33.0	21	April 22
Kilgore	46.1°F	85°F	11°F	22.6	38	May 10
Newport	46.7°F	85°F	11°F	27.1	42	May 6
Verdel	47.7°F	87°F	9°F	28.0	–	May 5
Surprise	49.8°F	86°F	12°F	28.3	24	April 29
Ragan	51.7°F	89°F	16°F	25.4	24	April 24

Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.

What are Nebraska's all-time weather records?

The official state records, reviewed by NOAA's State Climate Extremes Committee: from 118°F to −47°F.

Nebraska: official all-time records (NOAA State Climate Extremes Committee)
Record	Value	Where	When
Highest temperature	118°F	Minden (tied 3 times; the latest shown)	July 24, 1936
Lowest temperature	−47°F	Oshkosh (tied 2 times; the latest shown)	December 22, 1989
Most precipitation in 24 hours	13.15 in	York	July 8, 1950
Most snow in 24 hours	27 in	Dalton	December 21, 2006
Deepest snow on the ground	44 in	Fremont	February 16, 1936

Source: NOAA NCEI State Climate Extremes Committee records.

Which large cities in Nebraska have no climate record of their own?

This city of 50,000 or more has no NOAA record with 1991-2020 normals under its own name; each page compares the nearest records, with their distance and elevation.

Bellevue64,777 people

Which other NOAA stations in Nebraska keep normals?

47 stations in Nebraska that are not a town's own record keep 1991-2020 normals too: reservoirs and dams, parks and forests, research farms, remote sites and the second stations of towns (those are shown on the town's page). Each with its normal yearly mean:

Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station.