Average Snowfall for Nebraska in January

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during January at cities and other locations in Nebraska. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, South - Central, North - Central and Western Nebraska.

Eastern Nebraska

Average total snowfall in January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
3.4 Columbus 6.6 16.8
5.0 Lincoln 6.5 16.5
5.1 Norfolk 6.9 17.5
5.6 Omaha 7.2 18.3

South - Central Nebraska

January snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
4.6 Grand Island 6.8 17.3
1.9 Harlan County Lake 3.5 8.9
4.6 Hastings 6.5 16.5
2.7 Kearney 3.7 9.4
2.8 Lake McConaughy, Kingsley Dam 4.0 10.2
2.1 McCook 4.7 11.9
4.3 North Platte 5.1 13.0
2.9 Ogallala 4.6 11.7
1.7 Swanson Reservoir, Trenton Dam 3.6 9.1

North - Central Nebraska

Average snow for January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
2.2 O'Neill 4.1 10.4
3.8 Valentine 4.4 11.2

Western Nebraska

Average total snowfall in January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
4.0 Chadron 5.8 14.7
3.2 Crescent Lake Wildlife Refuge 5.0 12.7
2.7 Kimball 3.5 8.9
4.1 Scottsbluff 5.3 13.5
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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