Whitney weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Whitney, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Chadron Municipal Airport, 14 km from Whitney; records cover 1941–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 15.2 in387 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 15
- First fall freeze
- Sep 22
- Heating degree days
- 6,848
- Cooling degree days
- 808
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 103°39° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Whitney in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.15 in3.8 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2009)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 1224
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Whitney in February
Highs average 41°5° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.29 in7.4 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1982)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 1039
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Whitney in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 24°−5°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2026)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 840
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Whitney in April
Highs average 60°15° and lows 32°0°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1980)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 577
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Whitney in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 42°5°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2012)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 304
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Whitney in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 52°11°, with 2.5 in62 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2012)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 66
- Cooling degree days
- 126
Whitney in July
Highs average 91°33° and lows 60°15°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 112°44° (2006)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 322
Whitney in August
Highs average 89°32° and lows 57°14°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2022)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 19
- Cooling degree days
- 259
Whitney in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 47°8°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2020)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 141
- Cooling degree days
- 76
Whitney in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 33°0°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1947)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 528
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Whitney in November
Highs average 50°10° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.4 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2008)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 888
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Whitney in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.31 in7.9 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2021)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 1218
- Cooling degree days
- 0