Scottsbluff, NE: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 35.6°F in Scottsbluff, NE, the warmest winter on record, in 125 years since 1895 (winter 1897 excluded: 19 of 90 days missing; winter 1898 excluded: 39 of 90 days missing; winter 1899 excluded: 16 of 90 days missing; 4 more winters excluded for missing days); provisional.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 35.6°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 125, provisional
Precipitation: 0.44 in; Driest since 2002; 7th driest of 127

A normal winter in Scottsbluff, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 28.5°F, between 25.4°F and 31.4°F in eight years of ten and 1.42 in of precipitation, between 0.80 in and 2.33 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Scottsbluff, NE since 1895: 35.6°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 25.4 to 31.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Scottsbluff, NE from 1893 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	35.6	1	51.8	1	19.3	1	0.44	121	0
2025	29.1	43	43.8	34	14.4	56	1.10	80	0
2024	31.3	13	45.5	14	17.1	18	1.91	28	0
2023	25.4	101	37.1	111	13.7	69	2.58	10	0
2022	30.9	17	45.4	15	16.4	27	1.48	51	0
2021	28	60	41.1	68	14.9	47	1.40	58	0
2020	31.4	12	44.6	21	18.1	12	0.73	107	0
2019	27.5	64	41.5	61	13.6	71	0.88	96	0
2018	26.4	83	39.7	87	13	84	1.97	23	0
2017	27.3	68	41.1	68	13.5	74	2.53	11	0
2016	30.1	27	42.5	49	17.7	14	1.48	51	0
2015	28.4	54	41.4	64	15.4	36	2.31	18	0
2014	25.5	98	38.7	102	12.4	95	2.23	19	0
2013	29	45	43.9	31	14.1	62	0.73	107	0
2012	28.7	51	44.1	27	13.4	76	1.19	72	0
2011	27.7	61	40.7	74	14.7	51	1.83	30	0
2010	24.2	113	35.9	120	12.5	93	1.70	36	0
2009	28.6	53	43.2	42	14	63	1.37	62	0
2008	22.6	122	35	123	10.2	120	1.64	42	0
2007	26.4	83	39.5	89	13.2	78	1.65	40	0
2006	29.6	32	44.2	25	14.9	47	1.47	54	0
2005	31.2	15	44.5	22	17.8	13	0.97	88	0
2004	29.2	39	42.4	51	16.1	31	1.30	66	0
2003	30.2	25	44.9	19	15.2	39	0.89	94	2
2002	30.1	27	45.1	18	15.1	41	0.08	127	0
2001	26.2	87	39.5	89	13	84	0.81	102	0
2000	32.8	6	46.4	9	19.2	2	1.50	50	0
1999	31.6	10	46.1	10	17.1	18	1.15	75	0
1998	30.9	17	43.5	39	18.3	10	1.15	75	0
1997	27.4	65	40.5	79	14.2	60	0.84	100	0
1996	26.4	83	41.1	68	11.6	105	1.38	61	0
1995	29.2	39	42.5	49	16	33	2.62	9	0
1994	28.2	56	40.2	82	16.1	31	1.95	25	0
1993	19	124	30.5	127	7.6	126	2.75	6	0
1992	33.5	4	48.7	4	18.3	10	1.69	37	0
1991	26.5	82	41.3	67	11.7	104	1.21	70	0
1990	27.4	65	40.6	77	14.3	58	1.96	24	0
1989	25.8	94	40.7	74	10.9	114	1.43	57	0
1988	24.4	111	38.1	107	10.7	116	1.92	27	0
1987	30.3	23	44	28	16.7	23	2.48	13	0
1986	27	72	39.1	96	14.8	49	3.17	3	0
1985	23.7	116	38.1	107	9.2	123	1.34	64	0
1984	24.8	108	35.8	121	13.8	64	1.54	48	0
1983	32.2	8	45.9	11	18.5	9	0.90	93	0
1982	27.1	71	41.4	64	12.8	89	0.71	110	0
1981	34.1	3	49.2	3	19	4	0.98	86	0
1980	29	45	41.4	64	16.6	25	2.69	8	0
1979	18.8	125	31.3	126	6.4	128	2.38	16	0
1978	22.9	121	33.7	124	12	100	3.25	2	0
1977	29.6	32	44	28	15.2	39	0.64	113	0
1976	31.2	15	43.3	41	19.2	2	2.43	14	0
1975	26.7	79	40.7	74	12.6	92	0.96	90	0
1974	26.1	90	39.1	96	13	84	1.91	28	0
1973	24.8	108	36.8	114	12.7	90	1.78	32	0
1972	29.1	43	43.9	31	14.3	58	0.73	107	0
1971	27	72	39.2	93	14.7	51	1.06	82	0
1970	29.3	38	41.9	55	16.7	23	1.07	81	0
1969	26	91	38.1	107	13.8	64	1.79	31	0
1968	25.9	93	38.8	99	12.5	93	1.20	71	1
1967	30	30	43.6	36	16.4	27	0.39	122	0
1966	24.3	112	37.1	111	11.5	108	1.32	65	0
1965	28.1	57	41.5	61	14.7	51	1.55	47	0
1964	26.2	87	39.3	92	13.1	81	0.60	115	0
1963	26.6	81	40.4	80	12.9	88	1.68	38	0
1962	24.9	104	38.5	104	11.2	112	1.25	69	0
1961	27.4	65	41	71	13.7	69	0.84	100	0
1960	27	72	39.1	96	15	46	1.00	85	0
1959	24.9	104	36.8	114	13.1	81	1.66	39	0
1958	31.5	11	45.9	11	17.2	16	0.91	91	0
1957	29.4	37	44.2	25	14.2	60	0.38	123	2
1956	26	91	38.8	99	13.3	77	1.40	58	0
1955	25.5	98	38.6	103	12.4	95	1.48	51	1
1954	32.6	7	47.9	6	17.1	18	0.36	124	1
1953	30.9	17	43	44	18.8	5	0.97	88	0
1952	27	72	40.2	82	13.8	64	1.17	74	0
1951	29.5	34	44.5	22	14.5	55	0.61	114	0
1950	27.3	68	43.9	31	10.6	117	0.46	120	0
1949	19.3	123	32.1	125	6.6	127	1.26	68	0
1948	26.8	77	40	85	13.6	71	0.80	103	2
1947	28.1	57	43.2	42	13	84	0.49	118	2
1946	27.6	63	41.6	59	13.5	74	0.91	91	0
1945	27.7	61	39.5	89	15.7	35	1.19	72	2
1944	26.4	83	40.6	77	12.2	98	1.56	46	1
1943	32	9	47.4	8	16.8	22	0.77	106	4
1942	24.9	104	39.2	93	10	121	1.45	55	2
1941	30.5	22	45.6	13	15.4	36	0.65	112	5
1940	30.2	25	42.4	51	17.4	15			2
1939	29.2	39	41.8	57	16.5	26	1.77	33	1
1938	30.7	20	42.9	47	18.6	7	0.88	96	0
1937	23.5	117	35.8	121	11.3	111	1.65	40	0
1936	24.1	114	37.6	110	10.6	117	0.98	86	0
1935	31.3	13	47.6	7	15.1	41	0.78	105	0
1934	34.6	2	50.4	2	18.8	5	1.72	35	0
1933	24.9	104	40.8	73	9	124	0.34	125	1
1932	29.9	31	43.6	36	16.2	29	1.75	34	0
1931	33.4	5	48.2	5	18.6	7	0.70	111	1
1930	28.1	57	42.8	48	13.8	64	0.89	94	1
1929	23	120	37	113	9	124	0.86	98	0
1928	28.8	48	44.5	22	13.2	78	1.60	44	0
1927	29.2	39	43.7	35	14.8	49			1
1926	29.5	34	42.2	54	17.2	16	2.52	12	5
1925	28.7	51	43	44	14.4	56			0
1924	27.3	68	41.6	59	13.1	81	1.01	84	0
1923	29.5	34	44	28	15.1	41	0.79	104	0
1922	25.2	102	38.3	105	12.1	99	1.60	44	0
1921	30.3	23	43.5	39	17.1	18	1.52	49	1
1920	28.8	48	42.3	53	15.3	38	1.39	60	0
1919	29	45	41.9	55	16.2	29	2.74	7	0
1918	26.7	79	41.5	61	11.6	105			1
1917	25.6	96	40.1	84	11.4	109			3
1916	25.8	94	40.9	72	10.8	115			0
1915	23.2	118	36.6	117	10	121	1.44	56	1
1914	26.8	77	39.7	87	13.8	64	3.00	5	2
1913	25.2	102	39.2	93	11.6	105	1.12	78	3
1912	24	115	36.2	118	11.8	103	2.08	21	0
1911	30.6	21	44.8	20	15.9	34	1.13	77	2
1910	23.2	118	36	119	10.5	119	1.02	83	1
1909	26.2	87	40	85	12.3	97	3.01	4	0
1908	28.3	55	45.2	17	11.1	113	0.59	116	1
1907			43	44	15.1	41	1.62	43	10
1906							0.12	126	18
1905	24.8	108	38.3	105	11.4	109	1.93	26	2
1904	30.1	27	45.3	16	15.1	41	0.48	119	3
1903	25.6	96	36.8	114	14.7	51	2.32	17	3
1902					13.2	78	2.43	14	44
1901			40.3	81			1.12	78	13
1900	27	72	41.8	57	11.9	102	0.85	99	7
1899							3.99	1	16
1898					12.7	90	1.30	66	39
1897							0.52	117	19
1896	28.8	48	43.6	36	13.6	71	2.10	20	9
1895	25.5	98	38.8	99	12	100	1.36	63	4
1894							2.01	22	26
1893									32

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	35.6
1934	34.6
1981	34.1
1992	33.5
1931	33.4
2000	32.8
1954	32.6
1983	32.2
1943	32
1999	31.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	18.8
1993	19
1949	19.3
2008	22.6
1978	22.9
1929	23
1915	23.2
1910	23.2
1937	23.5
1985	23.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1899	3.99
1978	3.25
1986	3.17
1909	3.01
1914	3.00
1993	2.75
1919	2.74
1980	2.69
1995	2.62
2023	2.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	0.08
1906	0.12
1933	0.34
1954	0.36
1957	0.38
1967	0.39
2026	0.44
1950	0.46
1904	0.48
1947	0.49

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 71°F; 9 February 2026, 24 December 2025, 23 December 2025, 22 December 2025
Coldest night: -20°F; 26 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.09 in; 6 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 0.44 in of precipitation in Scottsbluff, NE, the driest winter since 2002, 7th driest of 127.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Scottsbluff, NE: 71°F on Monday 9 February 2026, Wednesday 24 December 2025, Tuesday 23 December 2025 and 1 other day.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Scottsbluff, NE: a low of -20°F on Monday 26 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Scottsbluff, NE: 0.09 in on Saturday 6 December 2025.