What is the hottest month in Culbertson?

July is the warmest month in Culbertson, with an average high of 91.6°F.

What is the coldest month in Culbertson?

January is the coldest month in Culbertson, with an average low of 14.0°F.

What month does Culbertson get the most rain?

July is typically the wettest month in Culbertson, with about 3.52 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Culbertson in?

Culbertson is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Culbertson changed recently?

10.4% of Culbertson's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Culbertson, NE

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

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Culbertson has an annual average temperature of 51.4°F with about 22.5 inches of precipitation per year and 26.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 91.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 14.0°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.52 in) and January the driest (0.36 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing

49.3°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,760

HDD/yr

Cooling need

882

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

38 of 366 (10.4%) of Culbertson'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.

1880s		0
1890s		1
1900s		11
1910s		34
1920s		37
1930s		65
1940s		33
1950s		34
1960s		17
1970s		8
1980s		17
1990s		17
2000s		34
2010s		35
2020s		23

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	41.3°F	14.0°F	27.7°F	0.36 in	4.1 in	3
February	44.8°F	16.5°F	30.6°F	0.57 in	5.1 in	5
March	56.3°F	25.0°F	40.6°F	1.20 in	3.8 in	6
April	65.0°F	34.1°F	49.6°F	2.35 in	2.7 in	8
May	74.5°F	45.7°F	60.1°F	3.04 in	0.2 in	10
June	86.1°F	56.8°F	71.5°F	3.38 in	—	9
July	91.6°F	62.5°F	77.0°F	3.52 in	—	9
August	89.4°F	60.4°F	74.9°F	3.43 in	—	8
September	81.8°F	50.2°F	66.0°F	1.62 in	—	6
October	67.8°F	36.0°F	51.9°F	1.82 in	1.5 in	6
November	53.6°F	23.5°F	38.6°F	0.73 in	3.5 in	4
December	42.4°F	15.3°F	28.9°F	0.50 in	5.6 in	4