Central City, NE

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CENTRAL CITY, NE US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Central City has an annual average temperature of 50.3°F with about 28.5 inches of precipitation per year and 28.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 13.6°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.73 in) and January the driest (0.77 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
50.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,979
Cooling need
678

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

20 of 366 (5.5%) of Central City's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1910s
0
1930s
122
1940s
38
1950s
39
1960s
27
1970s
24
1980s
33
1990s
26
2000s
22
2010s
27
2020s
8

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 34.8°F 13.6°F 24.2°F 0.77 in 6.2 in 5
February 39.5°F 17.1°F 28.3°F 0.81 in 7.1 in 5
March 52.0°F 26.9°F 39.5°F 1.47 in 4.7 in 6
April 63.0°F 37.1°F 50.0°F 2.75 in 1.7 in 9
May 72.5°F 49.0°F 60.7°F 4.73 in 0.1 in 10
June 82.0°F 59.1°F 70.6°F 3.97 in 9
July 85.5°F 63.4°F 74.4°F 3.36 in 8
August 83.3°F 61.5°F 72.4°F 3.51 in 7
September 77.6°F 52.8°F 65.2°F 2.43 in 6
October 65.1°F 39.7°F 52.4°F 2.34 in 1.2 in 6
November 49.9°F 26.5°F 38.2°F 1.34 in 2.3 in 5
December 37.5°F 17.4°F 27.4°F 1.01 in 5.3 in 5

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