What is the hottest month in Milford?

July is the warmest month in Milford, with an average high of 85.7°F.

What is the coldest month in Milford?

January is the coldest month in Milford, with an average low of 12.0°F.

What month does Milford get the most rain?

May is typically the wettest month in Milford, with about 4.87 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Milford in?

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

Has the climate in Milford changed recently?

12% of Milford'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.

Milford, NE

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Milford has an annual average temperature of 50°F with about 28.7 inches of precipitation per year and 21.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 12.0°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.87 in) and January the driest (0.65 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

52.9°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

6,168

HDD/yr

Cooling need

756

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Milford

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

44 of 366 (12%) of Milford'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		24
1910s		25
1920s		11
1930s		89
1940s		26
1950s		15
1960s		14
1970s		21
1980s		24
1990s		28
2000s		29
2010s		26
2020s		34

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	32.9°F	12.0°F	22.5°F	0.65 in	5.4 in	5
February	37.6°F	16.1°F	26.8°F	0.67 in	6.0 in	5
March	50.0°F	26.6°F	38.3°F	1.49 in	3.0 in	6
April	61.5°F	37.6°F	49.6°F	2.46 in	0.9 in	9
May	71.9°F	50.2°F	61.0°F	4.87 in	—	11
June	81.9°F	60.9°F	71.4°F	4.70 in	—	9
July	85.7°F	65.2°F	75.4°F	3.56 in	—	8
August	83.8°F	62.4°F	73.1°F	3.46 in	—	8
September	77.5°F	53.0°F	65.3°F	2.46 in	—	7
October	64.8°F	39.3°F	52.0°F	2.20 in	0.7 in	7
November	49.6°F	26.4°F	38.0°F	1.23 in	1.5 in	4
December	36.2°F	16.2°F	26.2°F	0.92 in	4.0 in	4