Dalton weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Dalton, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Sidney 6nnw, 20 km from Dalton; records cover 1927–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18.2 in463 mm
- Snow a year
- 29 in73 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 6,373
- Cooling degree days
- 735
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −5°−21° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Dalton in January
Highs average 41°5° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.3 in7.6 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1982)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 1122
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dalton in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1997)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 960
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dalton in March
Highs average 53°11° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.95 in24 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2026)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 795
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dalton in April
Highs average 60°15° and lows 33°1°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1927)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 564
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Dalton in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 43°6°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2003)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 296
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Dalton in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 53°12°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (2012)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 61
- Cooling degree days
- 126
Dalton in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 59°15°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1940)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 282
Dalton in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 57°14°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1935)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1944)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 223
Dalton in September
Highs average 78°26° and lows 48°9°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1929)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 135
- Cooling degree days
- 78
Dalton in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 35°2°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1996)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 490
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Dalton in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2006)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 818
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dalton in December
Highs average 41°5° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1929)
- Record low
- −39° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1107
- Cooling degree days
- 0