Indianola, NE

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Indianola has an annual average temperature of 52.2°F with about 20.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 91.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 16.1°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.32 in) and January the driest (0.26 in).

Annual swing
48.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,541
Cooling need
942

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Climate change signal

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144 of 366 (39.3%) of Indianola'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.

1990s
24
2000s
128
2010s
122
2020s
92

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 41.2°F 16.1°F 28.7°F 0.26 in 3
February 44.6°F 18.5°F 31.5°F 0.35 in 3
March 56.3°F 27.3°F 41.8°F 0.90 in 5
April 64.9°F 36.3°F 50.6°F 1.81 in 8
May 74.8°F 47.5°F 61.1°F 3.08 in 10
June 86.0°F 58.4°F 72.2°F 3.09 in 10
July 91.2°F 64.0°F 77.6°F 3.32 in 10
August 88.6°F 61.7°F 75.2°F 3.13 in 10
September 81.4°F 51.5°F 66.4°F 1.63 in 7
October 67.5°F 37.7°F 52.6°F 1.43 in 6
November 53.4°F 25.2°F 39.3°F 0.61 in 4
December 42.3°F 17.0°F 29.7°F 0.44 in 3

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