Petersburg, NE
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ELGIN, NE US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Petersburg has an annual average temperature of 48.3°F with about 27.9 inches of precipitation per year and 29.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 12.4°F). August is typically the wettest month (4.42 in) and January the driest (0.56 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Petersburg
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All-time records →107 of 366 (29.2%) of Petersburg'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.
| 1910s | 0 | |
| 1920s | 0 | |
| 1930s | 0 | |
| 1940s | 0 | |
| 1950s | 0 | |
| 1960s | 0 | |
| 1970s | 0 | |
| 1980s | 9 | |
| 1990s | 120 | |
| 2000s | 82 | |
| 2010s | 83 | |
| 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 | 32.0°F | 12.4°F | 22.2°F | 0.56 in | 6.4 in | 5 |
| February | 36.0°F | 15.3°F | 25.7°F | 0.82 in | 5.9 in | 6 |
| March | 47.6°F | 24.7°F | 36.2°F | 1.48 in | 4.0 in | 7 |
| April | 59.2°F | 35.4°F | 47.3°F | 2.79 in | 2.7 in | 9 |
| May | 69.9°F | 47.9°F | 58.9°F | 3.97 in | 0.2 in | 11 |
| June | 79.7°F | 58.9°F | 69.3°F | 4.00 in | — | 10 |
| July | 83.7°F | 63.2°F | 73.5°F | 3.10 in | — | 9 |
| August | 81.5°F | 60.7°F | 71.1°F | 4.42 in | — | 9 |
| September | 75.2°F | 51.4°F | 63.3°F | 2.33 in | — | 7 |
| October | 62.7°F | 38.0°F | 50.4°F | 2.44 in | 0.8 in | 7 |
| November | 47.5°F | 25.8°F | 36.6°F | 1.14 in | 3.2 in | 5 |
| December | 34.8°F | 16.2°F | 25.5°F | 0.86 in | 6.5 in | 5 |
Climate twins of Petersburg
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).