#1McCook
Red Willow County · 7,157 peopleJuly high·January low 15°·51 days of 90°+ a year
McCook, #1 on this list · Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainNebraska rankings · Climate
Towns with the hottest summers in Nebraska
McCook has the hottest summers of Nebraska’s 61 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 92° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 87°; 3 of the 61 average 90° or more.
The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
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#T2Gering
Scotts Bluff County · 8,535 peopleJuly high·January low 15°·49 days of 90°+ a year
#T2Scottsbluff
Scotts Bluff County · 14,259 peopleJuly high·January low 15°·49 days of 90°+ a year
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July high, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 42 towns here).
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Questions people ask
Which Nebraska town has the hottest summers?
McCook (Red Willow County): July afternoons average a high of 92°. Gering (90°) and Scottsbluff (90°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (61 in Nebraska): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Nebraska page.
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