North Platte weather by month
What a typical year looks like in North Platte, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at North Platte Regional Airport, 7 km from North Platte; records cover 1874–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 21.1 in535 mm
- Snow a year
- 30 in75 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 6,368
- Cooling degree days
- 903
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −7°−22° (heating, 99%) and 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
North Platte in January
Highs average 41°5° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.39 in9.9 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2015)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1888)
- Heating degree days
- 1200
- Cooling degree days
- 0
North Platte in February
Highs average 44°7° and lows 15°−10°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1962)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 998
- Cooling degree days
- 0
North Platte in March
Highs average 55°13° and lows 24°−5°, with 1 in25 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2026)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 789
- Cooling degree days
- 0
North Platte in April
Highs average 63°17° and lows 33°1°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1992)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 506
- Cooling degree days
- 2
North Platte in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 44°7°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1934)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 237
- Cooling degree days
- 35
North Platte in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 55°13°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2022)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 36
- Cooling degree days
- 177
North Platte in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 61°16°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1954)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 330
North Platte in August
Highs average 87°31° and lows 59°15°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 259
North Platte in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 48°9°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1931)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 120
- Cooling degree days
- 94
North Platte in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 34°1°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1947)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 467
- Cooling degree days
- 6
North Platte in November
Highs average 53°11° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2020)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1887)
- Heating degree days
- 840
- Cooling degree days
- 0
North Platte in December
Highs average 42°6° and lows 13°−10°, with 0.45 in11 mm of precipitation and 5 in11 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2025)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1161
- Cooling degree days
- 0