Wauneta weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Wauneta, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Imperial Municipal Airport, 24 km from Wauneta; records cover 1951–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 17.5 in444 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 2
- First fall freeze
- Oct 8
- Heating degree days
- 5,962
- Cooling degree days
- 1,015
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −4°−20° (heating, 99%) and 102°39° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Wauneta in January
Highs average 42°5° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.25 in6.4 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2015)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1118
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wauneta in February
Highs average 45°7° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.36 in9.1 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1962)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 936
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wauneta in March
Highs average 56°13° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2026)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 749
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wauneta in April
Highs average 63°17° and lows 35°1°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2022)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 488
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Wauneta in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 46°8°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2003)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 218
- Cooling degree days
- 45
Wauneta in June
Highs average 85°30° and lows 57°14°, with 3.1 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1963)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 27
- Cooling degree days
- 204
Wauneta in July
Highs average 91°33° and lows 62°17°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 111°44° (2005)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 360
Wauneta in August
Highs average 88°31° and lows 60°16°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 111°44° (2008)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 292
Wauneta in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 50°10°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2013)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 98
- Cooling degree days
- 105
Wauneta in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 37°3°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2015)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 432
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Wauneta in November
Highs average 53°11° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.42 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2020)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 792
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wauneta in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.23 in5.8 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2025)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 1095
- Cooling degree days
- 0