West Point weather by month
What a typical year looks like in West Point, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at West Point, 1 km from West Point; records cover 1892–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 30.8 in783 mm
- Snow a year
- 29 in73 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 26
- First fall freeze
- Oct 11
- Heating degree days
- 6,777
- Cooling degree days
- 913
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −9°−23° (heating, 99%) and 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
West Point in January
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2012)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1378
- Cooling degree days
- 0
West Point in February
Highs average 35°2° and lows 15°−10°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2024)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1126
- Cooling degree days
- 0
West Point in March
Highs average 48°9° and lows 26°−4°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2026)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 880
- Cooling degree days
- 1
West Point in April
Highs average 60°16° and lows 37°3°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1910)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 502
- Cooling degree days
- 7
West Point in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 49°10°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 202
- Cooling degree days
- 56
West Point in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°16°, with 5.2 in133 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1933)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 27
- Cooling degree days
- 201
West Point in July
Highs average 85°29° and lows 65°18°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1936)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 307
West Point in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 62°17°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1955)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 236
West Point in September
Highs average 76°25° and lows 52°11°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1913)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 119
- Cooling degree days
- 95
West Point in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 39°4°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1938)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 443
- Cooling degree days
- 10
West Point in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 26°−3°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1945)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 846
- Cooling degree days
- 0
West Point in December
Highs average 35°1° and lows 16°−9°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1939)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1237
- Cooling degree days
- 0