Maxwell, NE

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NORTH PLATTE RGNL AP, NE US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Maxwell has an annual average temperature of 49.9°F with about 21.1 inches of precipitation per year and 29.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 11.9°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.54 in) and January the driest (0.39 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
49.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,123
Cooling need
699

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

93 of 366 (25.4%) of Maxwell'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.

1940s
6
1950s
44
1960s
32
1970s
21
1980s
41
1990s
45
2000s
50
2010s
55
2020s
72

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 40.7°F 11.9°F 26.3°F 0.39 in 5.1 in 4
February 43.9°F 14.8°F 29.4°F 0.57 in 6.9 in 5
March 55.2°F 23.9°F 39.6°F 1.00 in 4.2 in 7
April 63.2°F 33.2°F 48.2°F 2.29 in 3.6 in 9
May 72.8°F 44.2°F 58.5°F 3.35 in 12
June 84.0°F 55.4°F 69.7°F 3.54 in 11
July 89.7°F 61.4°F 75.6°F 3.18 in 10
August 87.2°F 58.8°F 73.0°F 2.56 in 9
September 80.0°F 48.3°F 64.2°F 1.61 in 0.1 in 7
October 66.0°F 34.3°F 50.2°F 1.65 in 2.2 in 7
November 52.6°F 21.4°F 37.0°F 0.49 in 3.0 in 4
December 42.0°F 13.1°F 27.5°F 0.45 in 4.5 in 4

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