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United States › Nebraska › Hitchcock County › Climate Station TRENTON DAM 1N, NE US Distance 1.5 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Hitchcock County home comfortable runs roughly $420 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Hitchcock County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

90.9°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 15.1°F.

Hitchcock County gets 20.29" of precipitation a year and 21.8" of snow, and 46% of it falls in Jun, Jul, Aug.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 41.5° 15.1° 0.36" 3.6"
February 45.0° 17.6° 0.48" 4.3"
March 55.9° 26.5° 0.94" 3.7"
April 64.3° 36.1° 2.23" 2.0"
May 73.6° 47.0° 2.89" 0.1"
June 85.3° 58.0° 3.04" 0.0"
July 90.9° 63.3° 3.29" 0.0"
August 88.6° 61.6° 2.91" 0.0"
September 81.1° 51.8° 1.44" 0.0"
October 67.6° 37.7° 1.55" 1.5"
November 53.5° 25.4° 0.70" 2.8"
December 42.8° 16.7° 0.46" 3.8"

Rainfall by month

Hitchcock County has a distinct wet season. 46% of the year's precipitation arrives in Jun, Jul, Aug.

January 0.36"
February 0.48"
March 0.94"
April 2.23"
May 2.89"
June 3.04"
July 3.29"
August 2.91"
September 1.44"
October 1.55"
November 0.70"
December 0.46"
Annual total 20.29"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 1,123
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 5,843
Approximate annual cooling cost At 13.25¢/kWh, Nebraska average $149
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $271

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Hitchcock County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Hitchcock County?

Hitchcock County averages a high of 90.9°F in July and a low of 15.1°F in January. Annual precipitation is 20.29 inches, including 21.8 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Hitchcock County?

The wettest stretch is Jun, Jul, Aug, which accounts for 46% of the year's precipitation. That is a pronounced wet season rather than rain spread evenly through the year.

How hot does it get in Hitchcock County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 90.9°F. That drives 1,123 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Hitchcock County?

Yes. Hitchcock County averages 21.8 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station TRENTON DAM 1N, NE US (USC00258628), 1.5 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Nebraska residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.