Platte Center, NE

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COLUMBUS 3 NE, NE US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Platte Center has an annual average temperature of 50.5°F with about 28.7 inches of precipitation per year and 25.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 13.8°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.69 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
53.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,066
Cooling need
858

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

25 of 366 (6.8%) of Platte Center'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
1900s
22
1910s
24
1920s
36
1930s
99
1940s
28
1950s
21
1960s
23
1970s
11
1980s
32
1990s
16
2000s
8
2010s
22
2020s
15

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 32.3°F 13.8°F 23.1°F 0.65 in 6.6 in 5
February 36.6°F 17.7°F 27.2°F 0.73 in 6.0 in 5
March 49.6°F 28.2°F 38.9°F 1.39 in 3.8 in 7
April 61.7°F 39.0°F 50.4°F 2.93 in 1.1 in 9
May 72.8°F 51.0°F 61.9°F 4.57 in 11
June 83.1°F 61.7°F 72.4°F 4.69 in 10
July 86.9°F 66.0°F 76.4°F 3.46 in 9
August 84.2°F 63.6°F 73.9°F 3.27 in 9
September 77.4°F 54.5°F 65.9°F 2.48 in 7
October 63.0°F 41.1°F 52.0°F 2.35 in 0.7 in 7
November 47.7°F 27.7°F 37.7°F 1.22 in 1.8 in 5
December 35.5°F 17.7°F 26.6°F 0.93 in 5.6 in 6

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