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United States › Nebraska › Sarpy County › Climate Station GRETNA 4NE, NE US Distance 5.3 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Sarpy County home comfortable runs roughly $443 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Sarpy County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

85.9°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 14.0°F.

Sarpy County gets 33.17" of precipitation a year and 36.4" 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 32.4° 14.0° 0.89" 8.6"
February 37.4° 17.5° 1.18" 10.9"
March 50.0° 28.3° 1.94" 5.4"
April 62.0° 38.5° 3.28" 1.0"
May 72.4° 50.7° 4.99" 0.2"
June 82.7° 61.8° 5.37" 0.0"
July 85.9° 65.8° 3.48" 0.0"
August 83.9° 63.5° 3.83" 0.0"
September 77.3° 54.3° 2.92" 0.0"
October 64.4° 41.5° 2.56" 1.2"
November 49.2° 28.7° 1.35" 1.3"
December 36.5° 18.7° 1.38" 7.8"

Rainfall by month

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

January 0.89"
February 1.18"
March 1.94"
April 3.28"
May 4.99"
June 5.37"
July 3.48"
August 3.83"
September 2.92"
October 2.56"
November 1.35"
December 1.38"
Annual total 33.17"

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 1,044
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 6,209
Approximate annual cooling cost At 13.78¢/kWh, Nebraska average $144
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $299

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 Sarpy County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Sarpy County?

Sarpy County averages a high of 85.9°F in July and a low of 14.0°F in January. Annual precipitation is 33.17 inches, including 36.4 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Sarpy 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 Sarpy County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 85.9°F. That drives 1,044 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Sarpy County?

Yes. Sarpy County averages 36.4 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station GRETNA 4NE, NE US (USC00253467), 5.3 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.