Odessa weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Odessa, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at KEARNEY 4 NE, 21 km from Odessa; records cover 1901–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 25.6 in649 mm
- Snow a year
- 22 in55 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 30
- First fall freeze
- Oct 10
- Heating degree days
- 6,389
- 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 −6°−21° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Odessa in January
Highs average 36°2° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1990)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1245
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Odessa in February
Highs average 40°4° and lows 17°−9°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1930)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1033
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Odessa in March
Highs average 51°11° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2026)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 828
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Odessa in April
Highs average 62°16° and lows 36°2°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 1.9 in4.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1910)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 497
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Odessa in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 47°9°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1934)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 219
- Cooling degree days
- 47
Odessa in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1988)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 31
- Cooling degree days
- 192
Odessa in July
Highs average 87°30° and lows 63°17°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1936)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 308
Odessa in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 61°16°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1934)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1928)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 247
Odessa in September
Highs average 78°26° and lows 51°11°, with 1.8 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1929)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 112
- Cooling degree days
- 96
Odessa in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 38°3°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1928)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 432
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Odessa in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 25°−4°, with 1 in25 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1909)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 813
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Odessa in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 17°−9°, with 0.68 in17 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1964)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1165
- Cooling degree days
- 0