What is the hottest month in Minatare?

July is the warmest month in Minatare, with an average high of 90.7°F.

What is the coldest month in Minatare?

December is the coldest month in Minatare, with an average low of 14.4°F.

What month does Minatare get the most rain?

May is typically the wettest month in Minatare, with about 2.78 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Minatare in?

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

Has the climate in Minatare changed recently?

19.7% of Minatare'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.

Minatare, NE

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Minatare has an annual average temperature of 49.9°F with about 15.7 inches of precipitation per year and 42.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 90.7°F), and the coldest is December (average low 14.4°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.78 in) and January the driest (0.39 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.

Annual swing

47.3°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

6,084

HDD/yr

Cooling need

660

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

72 of 366 (19.7%) of Minatare'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		15
1900s		13
1910s		15
1920s		34
1930s		63
1940s		12
1950s		12
1960s		10
1970s		15
1980s		26
1990s		26
2000s		33
2010s		41
2020s		51

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	41.7°F	14.9°F	28.3°F	0.39 in	5.3 in	5
February	44.6°F	17.0°F	30.8°F	0.56 in	7.5 in	6
March	54.9°F	25.0°F	39.9°F	1.00 in	6.8 in	7
April	62.3°F	32.6°F	47.5°F	1.92 in	5.2 in	9
May	71.9°F	43.5°F	57.7°F	2.78 in	0.9 in	12
June	83.9°F	53.6°F	68.7°F	2.54 in	—	11
July	90.7°F	59.8°F	75.3°F	1.66 in	—	8
August	88.8°F	57.3°F	73.0°F	1.24 in	—	7
September	79.9°F	47.1°F	63.5°F	1.22 in	0.3 in	7
October	64.9°F	33.6°F	49.3°F	1.23 in	3.5 in	7
November	51.7°F	22.7°F	37.2°F	0.59 in	5.2 in	5
December	41.6°F	14.4°F	28.0°F	0.52 in	7.8 in	5