Valentine weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Valentine, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Valentine Miller Field Airport, 2 km from Valentine; records cover 1889–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 20.9 in531 mm
- Snow a year
- 34 in87 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Sep 28
- Heating degree days
- 6,691
- Cooling degree days
- 926
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −13°−25° (heating, 99%) and 101°39° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Valentine in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.32 in8.1 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1987)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1894)
- Heating degree days
- 1255
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valentine in February
Highs average 41°5° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.61 in15 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1982)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1048
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valentine in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 24°−5°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1910)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 851
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valentine in April
Highs average 61°16° and lows 33°1°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1992)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 538
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Valentine in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 44°7°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1934)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 250
- Cooling degree days
- 36
Valentine in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 55°13°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1988)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 47
- Cooling degree days
- 165
Valentine in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 61°16°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1990)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 336
Valentine in August
Highs average 88°31° and lows 59°15°, with 2 in52 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2022)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 279
Valentine in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 49°9°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1931)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 126
- Cooling degree days
- 101
Valentine in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 34°1°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1922)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 492
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Valentine in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1999)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 864
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valentine in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 13°−10°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1939)
- Record low
- −39° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1201
- Cooling degree days
- 0