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United States › Nebraska › Rock County › Climate Station NEWPORT, NE US Distance 14.9 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Rock County home comfortable runs roughly $431 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Rock County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

85.1°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 10.5°F.

Rock County gets 27.09" of precipitation a year and 41.5" of snow, and 42% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

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 31.8° 10.5° 0.58" 7.0"
February 35.5° 13.5° 0.82" 7.7"
March 46.5° 22.6° 1.46" 7.2"
April 56.5° 33.3° 3.17" 5.9"
May 67.5° 45.4° 4.06" 0.4"
June 78.2° 55.9° 3.99" 0.0"
July 85.1° 61.2° 3.44" 0.0"
August 83.1° 58.6° 2.96" 0.0"
September 74.8° 48.9° 2.75" 0.0"
October 60.4° 34.7° 2.23" 1.8"
November 45.9° 22.5° 0.77" 4.5"
December 34.3° 13.7° 0.86" 7.0"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 42% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 0.58"
February 0.82"
March 1.46"
April 3.17"
May 4.06"
June 3.99"
July 3.44"
August 2.96"
September 2.75"
October 2.23"
November 0.77"
December 0.86"
Annual total 27.09"

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 689
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 7,330
Approximate annual cooling cost At 13.25¢/kWh, Nebraska average $91
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $340

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 Rock County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Rock County?

Rock County averages a high of 85.1°F in July and a low of 10.5°F in January. Annual precipitation is 27.09 inches, including 41.5 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Rock County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 42% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Rock County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 85.1°F. That drives 689 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Rock County?

Yes. Rock County averages 41.5 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station NEWPORT, NE US (USC00255925), 14.9 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.