McCook, NE: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 36.8°F in McCook, NE, the warmest winter since 1931 (winter 1948 excluded: 10 of 91 days missing; winter 1968 excluded: 91 of 91 days missing; winter 1969 excluded: 90 of 90 days missing; 21 more winters excluded for missing days), 2nd warmest of 89.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 36.8°F; Warmest since 1931; 2nd warmest of 89

A normal winter in McCook, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29.7°F, between 26.1°F and 33.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.85 in of precipitation, between 0.31 in and 2.31 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in McCook, NE since 1910: 36.8°F in 2026; the highest is 38°F, in 1931.

Normal range, 26.1 to 33.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in McCook, NE from 1896 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	36.8	2	53.2	2	20.4	10	0.13	97	0
2025	29.6	50	43.4	43	15.8	55	0.03	98	0
2024	34.5	6	47.1	13	21.9	4	1.35	38	0
2023	27.7	69	39.1	75	16.3	50	2.01	20	3
2022	31.1	32	47	14	15.2	64	0.81	73	0
2021	28.4	60	40.2	68	16.5	45	0.91	64	3
2020	32.7	19	45.8	25	19.7	17	0.73	76	0
2019	26.5	78	37.2	84	15.7	57	2.07	18	0
2018	27.1	74	39.5	74	14.6	72	1.51	33	0
2017	31	34	44.3	37	17.7	32	1.13	51	0
2016	34	8	46	23	22	3	1.17	48	0
2015	31.3	29	44.1	38	18.5	24	1.63	27	0
2014	26.5	78	40.1	70	13.1	85	0.71	77	2
2013	28.4	60	41.3	59	15.5	61	2.45	13	0
2012	31	34	44.8	35	17.2	37	0.85	68	1
2011	27.3	72	41.1	62	13.6	81	0.41	86	0
2010	25.9	84	36.4	85	15.4	62	0.52	81	0
2009	30.7	38	45.6	27	15.7	57	0.47	84	0
2008	26.2	81	37.9	81	14.5	73	0.84	69	0
2007	25.1	85	36.1	86	14	77	2.98	9	0
2006	33.4	13	47.6	11	19.1	19	0.29	90	0
2005	32.5	21	44.9	34	20.1	15	0.49	82	0
2004	29.7	47	42.8	49	16.5	45	1.09	55	0
2003	31	34	45.1	33	16.9	41	0.26	92	0
2002	35.2	4	50.1	3	20.2	11	0.32	89	3
2001	27.5	71	37.6	83	17.4	35	0.98	61	0
2000	33.5	12	47.9	9	19.2	18	1.18	46	1
1999	33.8	10	48.6	8	19	22	0.22	96	2
1998	33.3	15	43.2	46	23.4	1			0
1997	27.9	65	40.6	65	15.2	64			6
1996	29.1	55	43.3	45	15.1	67	0.42	85	2
1995	32.8	18	45.4	31	20.2	11	2.22	15	1
1994	27.6	70	39.1	75	16.3	50	1.81	23	3
1993	22	89	31.8	91	12.2	87	3.84	6	0
1992									32
1991	29.7	47	43	48	16	52	0.82	71	1
1990	28.7	58	41.8	55	15.9	54	2.19	17	3
1967	32.6	20	46.8	17	18.4	25	0.91	64	0
1966	28.9	57	41.3	59	16.5	45	1.54	31	0
1965	31.6	26	47.4	12	15.7	57	1.46	35	1
1964	31.7	25	46.1	22	17.2	37	1.01	58	0
1963	30.7	38	45.6	27	15.7	57	1.39	37	0
1962	28.3	62	43.4	43	13.2	84	1.24	44	0
1961	33.4	13	48.7	7	18.1	29	1.12	53	0
1960	27.8	67	40.3	67	15.2	64	4.66	1	0
1959	29.2	54	42.7	51	16	52	1.81	23	2
1958	34.5	6	49	5	19.9	16	1.62	28	0
1957	31.6	26	46.5	20	16.7	43	1.00	59	1
1956	28	64	41.4	56	14.5	73	0.90	66	0
1955	27.9	65	41.9	54	14.7	71	1.16	50	9
1954	35.6	3	49.6	4	21.6	5	0.70	79	0
1953	33.3	15	45.6	27	21.1	7	0.48	83	1
1952	30.1	44	42.4	52	17.7	32	1.34	39	0
1951	32.3	23	46.2	21	18.4	25	0.24	94	0
1950	29.4	53	43.6	42	15.3	63	1.40	36	0
1949	23.7	87	34.2	90	13.1	85	1.48	34	0
1948			39.7	73	17.5	34	1.97	22	10
1947	31.1	32	43.9	40	18.4	25	0.95	63	1
1946	30.8	37	45.5	30	15.8	55	0.90	66	2
1945	30.5	41	40.7	64	20.2	11	1.31	42	0
1944	29.7	47	41.4	56	18.2	28	4.37	2	3
1943	32	24	47	14	16.7	43	0.75	75	4
1942	28.1	63	39.1	75	17	40	3.94	5	1
1941	29.5	52	40.5	66	18.1	29	3.04	7	6
1940	27.3	72	38.2	80	16.4	48	2.24	14	3
1939	32.5	21	45.8	25	19.1	19	1.31	42	5
1938	33.1	17	45.2	32	20.2	11	0.71	77	8
1937	28.7	58	41.4	56	15	68			8
1936	27.1	74	40.2	68	13.6	81	1.11	54	5
1935	33.8	10	46.7	18	20.9	9	0.84	69	2
1934	35.2	4	49	5	21.5	6			6
1933	31.3	29	47.7	10	14.4	75	0.37	87	2
1932	31.4	28	43.8	41	18.9	23	2.20	16	3
1931	38	1	53.8	1	22.2	2	2.67	11	0
1930	31.3	29	45.9	24	16.4	48	2.06	19	2
1929	26.2	81	38.4	79	13.8	79	1.34	39	2
1928	29.6	50	44.1	38	15	68	1.17	48	3
1927	30.6	40	43.2	46	18	31	2.65	12	2
1926	33.9	9	46.7	18	21.1	7	1.53	32	1
1925	26.4	80	37.9	81	13.8	79			5
1924	29.9	45	44.4	36	15	68	1.06	56	4
1923	29.9	45	42.8	49	16.9	41	0.24	94	4
1922									31
1920	29.1	55	40.8	63	17.4	35	0.82	71	0
1919	27.8	67	38.7	78	17.2	37	2.76	10	5
1918	26	83	40.1	70	11.9	88	1.76	25	0
1917	26.9	77	42.2	53	11.6	89	0.29	90	0
1916	27	76	39.9	72	14.1	76	1.56	30	0
1915	24.6	86	35.9	87	13.3	83	1.57	29	0
1914	30.2	43	41.3	59	19.1	19	4.31	3	0
1913									43
1912			35.7	89	10.7	90	1.34	39	10
1911	30.5	41	46.9	16	14	77	0.69	80	2
1910	22.3	88	35.9	87	9.2	91	1.13	51	3
1908							4.15	4	91
1907							1.18	46	90
1905							1.74	26	90
1904							0.25	93	91
1903							3.02	8	90
1902							0.97	62	90
1901							0.80	74	90
1900							2.00	21	90
1899							1.05	57	90
1898							1.20	45	90
1897							1.00	59	90
1896							0.34	88	91

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1931	38
2026	36.8
1954	35.6
2002	35.2
1934	35.2
2024	34.5
1958	34.5
2016	34
1926	33.9
1999	33.8
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1993	22
1910	22.3
1949	23.7
1915	24.6
2007	25.1
2010	25.9
1918	26
2008	26.2
1929	26.2
1925	26.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1960	4.66
1944	4.37
1914	4.31
1908	4.15
1942	3.94
1993	3.84
1941	3.04
1903	3.02
2007	2.98
1919	2.76

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	0.03
2026	0.13
1999	0.22
1951	0.24
1923	0.24
1904	0.25
2003	0.26
2006	0.29
1917	0.29
2002	0.32

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 79°F; 17 February 2026
Coldest night: -10°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.10 in; 14 February 2026

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The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in McCook, NE: 79°F on Tuesday 17 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in McCook, NE: a low of -10°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in McCook, NE: 0.10 in on Saturday 14 February 2026.