Platte Center, NE
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COLUMBUS 3 NE, NE US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
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.
Best time to visit Platte Center
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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 |
Climate twins of Platte Center
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