Imperial, NE

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from IMPERIAL MUNI AP, NE US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Imperial has an annual average temperature of 51.3°F with about 17.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 90.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 16.1°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.05 in) and December the driest (0.23 in).

Annual swing
47.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,727
Cooling need
807

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Climate change signal

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111 of 366 (30.3%) of Imperial'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.

1950s
57
1960s
69
1970s
11
2000s
76
2010s
78
2020s
75

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 41.8°F 16.1°F 28.9°F 0.25 in 3
February 44.5°F 18.6°F 31.5°F 0.36 in 4
March 55.5°F 26.2°F 40.9°F 0.79 in 6
April 63.0°F 34.6°F 48.8°F 1.79 in 9
May 73.0°F 45.9°F 59.4°F 2.92 in 12
June 85.1°F 56.7°F 70.9°F 3.05 in 10
July 90.9°F 62.2°F 76.5°F 2.84 in 9
August 88.4°F 60.0°F 74.2°F 2.16 in 9
September 80.4°F 50.1°F 65.3°F 1.29 in 6
October 66.0°F 36.6°F 51.3°F 1.37 in 7
November 52.6°F 24.6°F 38.6°F 0.42 in 4
December 42.5°F 16.8°F 29.7°F 0.23 in 2

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