Hot-summer humid continental
Chadron, Nebraska
Dawes County, Nebraska · Population 5.2k · 3,389 ft elevation
Living in Chadron
Chadron has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 89°F) and cold winters (January lows around 13°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 19″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (50″ a season).
Skies are sunny (69% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 45 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Chadron: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,200 ft around town.
Chadron at a glance
- Population
- 5.2k
- Elevation
- 3,389 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 19″13th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 50″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,074 hrs74th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4570th percentile
- Median home value
- $153k20th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,044/mo37th percentile
- Median household income
- $54k21th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.22%62th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.057th percentile
- Average commute
- 11 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 82%93th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 394 per 100k81th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,399 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 60th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,247 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 13°F | 0.6″ | 5.8″ | 200 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 15°F | 0.6″ | 8.6″ | 189 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 23°F | 1.3″ | 7.9″ | 230 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 31°F | 2.2″ | 5.6″ | 237 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 42°F | 3.0″ | 1.4″ | 280 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 52°F | 3.2″ | — | 338 hrs |
| Jul | 89°F | 59°F | 1.9″ | — | 373 hrs |
| Aug | 88°F | 56°F | 1.7″ | — | 341 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 46°F | 1.5″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 33°F | 1.4″ | 4.7″ | 225 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 22°F | 0.7″ | 6.3″ | 196 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 13°F | 0.6″ | 10.0″ | 182 hrs |
Near Chadron
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology