Average Temperatures for Nebraska in December

Average temperatures for December at cities, communities and other locations around Nebraska are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

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

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Eastern Nebraska

Average December temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
36 18 Columbus 2 -8
40 21 Falls City 5 -6
36 18 Fremont 2 -8
39 18 Lincoln 4 -8
36 16 Norfolk 2 -9
38 20 Omaha 3 -7

South - Central Nebraska

Average daily temperatures in December
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
39 19 Grand Island 4 -7
42 18 Harlan County Lake 5 -8
38 18 Hastings 3 -8
38 17 Kearney 3 -9
38 20 Lake McConaughy, Kingsley Dam 4 -7
43 16 McCook 6 -9
42 13 North Platte 6 -11
41 16 Ogallala 5 -9
43 17 Swanson Reservoir, Trenton Dam 6 -9

North - Central Nebraska

December temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
34 15 O'Neill 1 -10
40 13 Purdum 5 -11
39 13 Valentine 4 -11
40 20 Valentine National Wildlife Refuge 4 -7

Western Nebraska

Average December temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
39 13 Chadron 4 -11
38 14 Crescent Lake Wildlife Refuge 4 -10
41 13 Kimball 5 -11
42 14 Scottsbluff 5 -10
Reference

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

Nebraska Temperatures
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