Arapahoe weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Arapahoe, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Beaver City, 20 km from Arapahoe; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 24.6 in624 mm
- Snow a year
- 21 in54 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 6
- First fall freeze
- Oct 3
- Heating degree days
- 5,935
- Cooling degree days
- 1,165
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −6°−21° (heating, 99%) and 104°40° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Arapahoe in January
Highs average 42°5° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1989)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 1180
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Arapahoe in February
Highs average 46°8° and lows 15°−10°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2006)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 973
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Arapahoe in March
Highs average 58°14° and lows 24°−4°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2026)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 746
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Arapahoe in April
Highs average 66°19° and lows 35°1°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1989)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 442
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Arapahoe in May
Highs average 76°24° and lows 47°8°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1895)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 178
- Cooling degree days
- 63
Arapahoe in June
Highs average 87°31° and lows 58°14°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 116°47° (2012)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 238
Arapahoe in July
Highs average 92°34° and lows 63°17°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 117°47° (1934)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 393
Arapahoe in August
Highs average 90°32° and lows 60°16°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1936)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1928)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 321
Arapahoe in September
Highs average 83°28° and lows 50°10°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1947)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 81
- Cooling degree days
- 132
Arapahoe in OctoberThis month
Highs average 70°21° and lows 35°2°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1909)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 392
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Arapahoe in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1980)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 780
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Arapahoe in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 13°−10°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1964)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1139
- Cooling degree days
- 0