Hot-summer continental (dry winter)
Broken Bow, Nebraska
Custer County, Nebraska · Population 3.5k · 2,484 ft elevation
Living in Broken Bow
Broken Bow has a hot-summer continental (dry winter) climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 23″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (30″ a season).
Skies are sunny (69% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (14 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Broken Bow at a glance
- Population
- 3.5k
- Elevation
- 2,484 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 23″16th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 30″70th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,076 hrs74th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $125k12th percentile
- Median rent
- $826/mo16th percentile
- Median household income
- $56k25th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.64%79th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 76%4th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.837th percentile
- Average commute
- 11 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%49th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 65%
- Violent crime rate
- 115 per 100k35th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 29 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 284th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 1616th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 0%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 623 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 12°F | 0.3″ | 4.4″ | 194 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 14°F | 0.5″ | 7.0″ | 194 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 23°F | 1.3″ | 3.8″ | 225 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 32°F | 2.5″ | 2.8″ | 247 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 44°F | 4.0″ | 0.1″ | 285 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 55°F | 3.7″ | — | 341 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 60°F | 3.1″ | — | 367 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 58°F | 2.5″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 48°F | 2.0″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 34°F | 1.8″ | 2.0″ | 233 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 22°F | 0.7″ | 3.7″ | 200 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 14°F | 0.5″ | 5.7″ | 184 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology