Kearney climate — normals and trends
Kearney (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 690 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kearney averages 135 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Kearney has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 140 to 130 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.8 °C (on 11 July 1954) and the coldest -32.7 °C (on 22 December 1989).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
KearneyNebraska
- coords
- 40.70°, -99.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.1°C
Average daily high
16.3°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
690mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
23.0km/h
Seasonal range
28.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
50 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
69.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
41.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
42.8 °C
11 July 1954
Coldest day
-32.7 °C
22 December 1989
Wettest day
97 mm
26 May 1996
Windiest day
67.6 km/h
8 January 1969
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
12 April 1964
Hottest feels-like
44.4 °C
19 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-38.7 °C
22 December 1989
Snowiest day
28.7 cm
27 November 1983
Sunniest day
14.8 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 11 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 1.9 °C | -1.9 °C | 16 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 15.6 °C | +6.3 °C | 33 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 46 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 23.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 68 mm | -39 mm |
| Jun | 28.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 170 mm | +71 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 38 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 28.4 °C | -0.9 °C | 60 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 26.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 39 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 20.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 24 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 17 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 8.9 °C | +5.8 °C | 3 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kearney?
Kearney has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 690 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kearney?
The hottest day measured in Kearney between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1954, reaching 42.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kearney?
The coldest day measured in Kearney between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1989, at -32.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kearney?
Yes. Kearney gets on average 69.3 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Kearney warmed?
Yes: Kearney warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kearney?
The wettest day measured in Kearney between 1940 and 2025 was 26 May 1996, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kearney?
The windiest day measured in Kearney between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1969, with winds reaching 67.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kearney?
The warmest month in Kearney is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kearney?
Kearney receives on average 690 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kearney?
Kearney gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kearney?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kearney between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1983, with 28.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kearney?
Yes: Kearney has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kearney?
In Kearney, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 19 August 2023, and the lowest was -38.7 °C on 22 December 1989.
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