Cook weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Cook, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Syracuse, 17 km from Cook; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 32.2 in818 mm
- Snow a year
- 26 in65 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 24
- First fall freeze
- Oct 7
- Heating degree days
- 6,115
- Cooling degree days
- 1,123
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −8°−22° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Cook in January
Highs average 34°1° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1981)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 1286
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cook in February
Highs average 40°4° and lows 17°−9°, with 0.98 in25 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1972)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1032
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cook in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2026)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 786
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Cook in April
Highs average 64°18° and lows 38°3°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1902)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1920)
- Heating degree days
- 439
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Cook in May
Highs average 74°23° and lows 50°10°, with 5.6 in143 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 166
- Cooling degree days
- 74
Cook in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 61°16°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 238
Cook in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 65°18°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 115°46° (1936)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 356
Cook in August
Highs average 87°30° and lows 62°17°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 116°47° (1936)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 298
Cook in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 53°11°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1933)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 91
- Cooling degree days
- 127
Cook in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°19° and lows 40°4°, with 2.5 in65 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1947)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 377
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Cook in November
Highs average 51°11° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 1.6 in4.1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1916)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1896)
- Heating degree days
- 773
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cook in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1916)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 1142
- Cooling degree days
- 0