Nebraska

Dundy County, Nebraska Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Benkelman 1N, 17.5 km from Dundy County

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 91°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 16°F. A normal year brings 19.7 in of precipitation and 27.6 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Imperial Municip (IML), since 1950. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dundy County through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
78°F
Normal low
48°F
Record high
93°Fin 2020
Record low
30°Fin 1965
Chance of a wet day
20%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January43°F16°F77°F (2015)-20°F (1971)0.51 in4.35.6 in30.81,1100
February46°F19°F78°F (2020)-27°F (2021)0.60 in5.55.9 in27.19180
March57°F27°F95°F (2026)-25°F (1960)0.97 in5.54.0 in23.87180
April65°F36°F96°F (2022)5°F (2018)1.96 in8.72.5 in11.14445
May74°F47°F102°F (2003)22°F (2005)3.11 in10.00.1 in1.518956
June86°F58°F110°F (2012)35°F (1969)2.90 in9.40.0 in0.024237
July91°F64°F111°F (2005)38°F (1952)3.13 in9.40.0 in0.02396
August89°F62°F111°F (2008)37°F (1964)2.39 in8.60.0 in0.06323
September81°F51°F106°F (2013)26°F (1964)1.44 in5.60.2 in0.488130
October68°F37°F96°F (2015)0°F (2020)1.50 in6.01.9 in9.34019
November54°F25°F85°F (2025)-14°F (1952)0.60 in4.12.6 in25.07590
December44°F17°F78°F (2025)-23°F (1968)0.55 in4.04.8 in30.71,0790
Year66°F38°F19.66 in8127.6 in1605,7381,156

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

19.7 in in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Dundy County, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Benkelman 1N.

27.6 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Benkelman 1N. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 30 and the first fall freeze around October 12, a growing season of about 163 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 9, first October 4
Median at 32°F
last April 30, first October 12
Median at 28°F
last April 19, first October 20

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Dundy County.

The muggiest month is July, when 9 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January19°F65%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February20°F61%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March26°F56%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April33°F54%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May44°F55%92%7%1%0%0%0%
June54°F55%53%32%13%2%0%0%
July58°F53%27%34%30%9%0%0%
August57°F56%32%35%27%6%0%0%
September47°F52%81%15%4%0%0%0%
October35°F56%99%1%0%0%0%0%
November26°F61%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December20°F64%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 45 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 61 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 12.5 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 20, with 15 h 03 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 16, with 9 h 19 min.

Hours of daylight at Dundy County through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Dundy County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Dundy County: 77.0°F (+2.7 °F against 1991-2020), the 15th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Dundy County: 2.04 in (-0.56 in against 1991-2020), the 58th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Dundy County: 58.6°F (+4.2 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Dundy County: 13.11 in (-2.08 in against 1991-2020), the 40th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
80.4°F in 1983
Coolest August
68.0°F in 1915
Wettest August
8.03 in in 1933
Driest August
0.31 in in 1913

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Dundy County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-6-4-20+2+4+61900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Nebraska climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Dundy County in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1950. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00250760 (Benkelman 1N), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024091, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.