What is the hottest month in Elk Creek?

July is the warmest month in Elk Creek, with an average high of 88.4°F.

What is the coldest month in Elk Creek?

January is the coldest month in Elk Creek, with an average low of 14.4°F.

What month does Elk Creek get the most rain?

May is typically the wettest month in Elk Creek, with about 5.01 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Elk Creek in?

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

Has the climate in Elk Creek changed recently?

47% of Elk Creek'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.

Elk Creek, NE

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TABLE ROCK 4N, NE US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Elk Creek has an annual average temperature of 51.7°F with about 34.1 inches of precipitation per year and 21.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 88.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 14.4°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.01 in) and January the driest (0.78 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

51.8°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,664

HDD/yr

Cooling need

891

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

172 of 366 (47%) of Elk Creek'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.

1890s		0
1900s		0
1910s		0
1920s		0
1930s		0
1940s		0
1950s		0
1960s		0
1970s		6
1980s		0
1990s		0
2000s		107
2010s		149
2020s		104

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	35.4°F	14.4°F	24.9°F	0.78 in	5.6 in	5
February	40.7°F	18.1°F	29.4°F	1.14 in	5.5 in	5
March	53.0°F	28.1°F	40.6°F	2.18 in	2.6 in	7
April	63.8°F	38.3°F	51.1°F	3.24 in	0.9 in	10
May	74.0°F	50.0°F	62.0°F	5.01 in	—	11
June	83.7°F	60.7°F	72.2°F	4.68 in	—	10
July	88.4°F	65.0°F	76.7°F	4.56 in	—	9
August	86.6°F	62.5°F	74.5°F	3.80 in	—	8
September	79.5°F	53.1°F	66.3°F	3.13 in	—	7
October	67.1°F	40.5°F	53.8°F	2.60 in	0.4 in	7
November	51.9°F	28.6°F	40.3°F	1.69 in	1.7 in	5
December	39.4°F	18.8°F	29.1°F	1.28 in	4.7 in	5