#T1Falls City
Richardson County · 3,988 peopleJanuary low·July high 88°·131 freezing nights a year
Falls City, #1 on this list · Gov. Arthur J. Weaver House · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Nebraska rankings · Climate
Towns with the mildest winters in Nebraska
Falls City (tied with 1 more) has the mildest winters of Nebraska’s 61 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 16° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 14°; none of the 61 stay above freezing.
The average January low. 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
#T116°
#T1Ogallala
Keith County · 4,698 peopleJanuary low·July high 89°·166 freezing nights a year
#3Fairbury
Jefferson County · 3,812 peopleJanuary low·July high 89°·144 freezing nights a year
All 61 towns
January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 50 towns here).
61 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownJanuary lowNights ≤32°July high
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Questions people ask
Which Nebraska town has the mildest winters?
Falls City (Richardson County): January nights average a low of 16°. Ogallala (16°) and Fairbury (16°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), 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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