What is the hottest month in Ogallala?

July is the warmest month in Ogallala, with an average high of 89.6°F.

What is the coldest month in Ogallala?

January is the coldest month in Ogallala, with an average low of 15.4°F.

What month does Ogallala get the most rain?

May is typically the wettest month in Ogallala, with about 3.22 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Ogallala in?

Ogallala is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Ogallala changed recently?

10.1% of Ogallala'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.

Ogallala, NE

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Ogallala has an annual average temperature of 50.6°F with about 19.5 inches of precipitation per year and 24.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 15.4°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.22 in) and December the driest (0.40 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

48.7°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,949

HDD/yr

Cooling need

759

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

37 of 366 (10.1%) of Ogallala'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		9
1910s		0
1920s		40
1930s		73
1940s		36
1950s		16
1960s		28
1970s		18
1980s		22
1990s		32
2000s		39
2010s		27
2020s		26

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	39.7°F	15.4°F	27.5°F	0.51 in	4.6 in	3
February	42.8°F	17.7°F	30.3°F	0.58 in	5.6 in	4
March	53.4°F	25.7°F	39.6°F	1.12 in	3.7 in	5
April	61.9°F	34.5°F	48.2°F	2.23 in	3.2 in	8
May	71.8°F	45.6°F	58.7°F	3.22 in	0.2 in	11
June	83.4°F	56.6°F	70.0°F	3.11 in	—	10
July	89.6°F	62.9°F	76.2°F	2.90 in	—	8
August	87.4°F	60.8°F	74.1°F	2.09 in	—	7
September	79.2°F	50.4°F	64.8°F	1.53 in	—	5
October	65.0°F	36.4°F	50.7°F	1.26 in	0.6 in	6
November	51.4°F	24.7°F	38.1°F	0.59 in	2.6 in	4
December	41.1°F	16.4°F	28.8°F	0.40 in	4.1 in	3