Valentine, NE: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 32°F in Valentine, NE, the warmest winter on record, in 136 years since 1890 (winter 1893 excluded: 50 of 90 days missing); provisional.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 32°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 136, provisional
Precipitation: 0.86 in; Driest since 2025; 36th driest of 136

A normal winter in Valentine, NE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 24.8°F, between 20.7°F and 29.2°F in eight years of ten and 1.34 in of precipitation, between 0.63 in and 2.28 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Valentine, NE since 1890: 32°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 20.7 to 29.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Valentine, NE from 1890 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	32	1	47.1	1	16.9	8	0.86	101	0
2025	23	79	36.9	54	9.2	98	0.81	104	0
2024	28.8	13	41.5	15	16.1	15	2.14	24	0
2023	20.7	106	31.5	113	9.9	90	4.99	1	0
2022	28.9	12	43.5	6	14.3	35	0.96	89	0
2021	27.2	26	39	28	15.5	17	1.67	37	0
2020	29	11	41	18	16.9	8	1.58	43	0
2019	22.9	81	34.6	90	11.2	75	2.11	25	0
2018	22.6	86	34.9	86	10.3	86	1.61	40	0
2017	24.2	61	37.2	50	11.2	75	3.01	7	0
2016	27.5	25	38.5	37	16.4	11	1.72	33	0
2015	25.6	42	38.8	31	12.4	55	1.52	49	0
2014	21.2	104	34.1	99	8.4	105	1.37	63	0
2013	26.4	32	38.6	36	14.2	36	1.50	51	0
2012	28.5	14	42.5	9	14.4	32	2.66	11	0
2011	20.7	106	32.9	107	8.4	105	2.47	16	0
2010	20.4	110	30.6	122	10.1	88	0.99	87	0
2009	23.9	69	37.7	46	10.2	87	1.55	47	0
2008	22.5	88	35.3	77	9.7	94	1.63	38	0
2007	22.8	84	34.6	90	11	80	2.26	21	0
2006	28.2	17	41.1	17	15.2	21	0.65	121	0
2005	28.1	19	41.6	14	14.6	28	0.77	107	0
2004	26.1	34	38.2	42	14	40	1.46	57	0
2003	25.4	48	38.7	35	12.1	59	0.78	106	0
2002	28.2	17	41.9	12	14.4	32	0.26	135	0
2001	23.5	74	35.8	72	11.2	75	0.91	93	0
2000	29.9	7	44.2	3	15.7	16	1.50	51	0
1999	29.6	9	43.8	5	15.5	17	0.91	93	0
1998	29.2	10	40.6	21	17.8	3	0.37	134	0
1997	20.7	106	31.8	112	9.6	96	0.65	121	0
1996	24.2	61	36.9	54	11.6	65	0.47	128	0
1995	28.5	14	42.4	10	14.6	28	1.21	75	0
1994	21.5	99	33.2	106	9.8	91	1.26	72	0
1993	18.3	126	31.1	116	5.5	129	1.31	69	0
1992	31	3	44.6	2	17.4	7	0.75	110	0
1991	22.4	90	37	52	7.7	115	1.01	84	0
1990	25.3	50	39.1	27	11.5	68	0.88	98	0
1989	22.9	81	37.5	47	8.3	109	0.94	91	0
1988	20.1	112	34.1	99	6.1	126	3.25	3	0
1987	30.2	5	44.1	4	16.2	13	1.46	57	0
1986	22.2	92	33.9	102	10.5	85	1.01	84	0
1985	20.1	112	34.3	95	5.9	128	0.74	111	0
1984	19	121	31.1	116	6.8	120	1.01	84	0
1983	30	6	42.1	11	17.8	3	0.69	114	0
1982	19.6	117	32.3	110	6.8	120	1.33	67	0
1981	27.8	24	41.4	16	14.2	36	0.64	124	0
1980	25.1	52	38.8	31	11.4	69	1.08	80	0
1979	9.8	136	22.3	136	-2.6	136	1.79	31	0
1978	12.8	135	25.1	134	0.5	135	2.47	16	0
1977	21.7	97	35.2	79	8.2	110	1.35	66	0
1976	26.7	29	38.9	30	14.5	30	0.82	103	0
1975	23.6	73	36	71	11.3	70	0.69	114	0
1974	24.2	61	36.6	61	11.8	63	0.47	128	0
1973	22.1	93	34.3	95	9.8	91	1.24	73	0
1972	21.6	98	35.3	77	7.8	113	0.81	104	0
1971	19.3	119	31.5	113	7.1	117	1.44	60	0
1970	24	68	36.9	54	11	80	0.40	133	0
1969	17	133	27.6	133	6.3	124	1.59	41	0
1968	21.8	96	34.4	93	9.2	98	0.91	93	0
1967	25.5	45	38.8	31	12.2	58	0.66	120	0
1966	20.1	112	31.9	111	8.2	110	0.96	89	0
1965	22.3	91	35.7	75	9	102	0.76	108	0
1964	24.3	60	36.8	57	11.9	62	0.54	126	0
1963	22.1	93	36.4	63	7.8	113	0.67	119	0
1962	20.5	109	34.1	99	6.9	119	1.56	46	0
1961	25.7	41	38.4	39	13	51	0.47	128	0
1960	22.8	84	34.3	95	11.3	70	1.27	71	0
1959	21	105	35.2	79	6.7	122	0.65	121	0
1958	27	28	40.5	22	13.5	44	0.69	114	0
1957	23	79	36.4	63	9.7	94	0.15	136	0
1956	18.9	122	30.5	123	7.2	116	0.97	88	0
1955	24.2	61	35.2	79	13.2	47	1.72	33	0
1954	30.3	4	42.6	8	17.9	2	1.03	82	0
1953	26.3	33	36.5	62	16.2	13	2.92	9	0
1952	21.5	99	32.5	109	10.6	84	2.58	13	0
1951	24.9	55	38.5	37	11.3	70	0.69	114	0
1950	21.5	99	34.6	90	8.4	105	1.37	63	0
1949	17.5	129	29.1	130	6	127	1.47	54	0
1948	24.7	56	36.2	67	13.2	47	0.64	124	0
1947	25.8	40	37.5	47	14.1	39	0.90	96	0
1946	26.5	30	39.3	25	13.6	42	0.47	128	0
1945	24.6	58	34.8	87	14.4	32	1.32	68	0
1944	25.3	50	37.8	45	12.8	53	3.58	2	0
1943	25	54	38.3	41	11.7	64	0.53	127	0
1942	25.9	37	37	52	14.8	26	1.58	43	0
1941	26.5	30	36.7	59	16.3	12	1.93	29	0
1940	23.2	76	33.9	102	12.6	54	1.72	33	0
1939	25.5	45	37.4	49	13.5	44	2.08	26	0
1938	25.1	52	36.7	59	13.6	42	1.13	76	0
1937	18.4	125	29.7	128	7	118	0.71	112	0
1936	13.9	134	25	135	2.7	134	2.27	20	0
1935	27.2	26	39.2	26	15.2	21	1.10	79	0
1934	29.8	8	43	7	16.5	10	1.22	74	0
1933	24.1	66	36.8	57	11.3	70	0.46	132	0
1932	24.6	58	35	84	14.2	36	0.92	92	0
1931	31.3	2	41.9	12	20.7	1	0.88	98	0
1930	23.7	71	35.4	76	12.1	59	1.88	30	0
1929	18.5	124	30.8	119	6.2	125	2.82	10	0
1928	23.2	76	35.2	79	11.2	75	1.94	28	0
1927	25.9	37	38.1	43	13.8	41	1.47	54	0
1926	28	20	38.4	39	17.5	6	2.49	14	0
1925	21.4	103	32.7	108	10	89	2.23	22	0
1924	23.8	70	36.2	67	11.3	70	1.57	45	0
1923	24.2	61	36.1	70	12.3	56	1.02	83	0
1922	20	116	31.5	113	8.5	104	2.06	27	0
1921	28.4	16	39	28	17.8	3	1.54	48	0
1920	24.1	66	34.7	89	13.5	44	0.68	118	0
1919	25.6	42	35.8	72	15.4	20	1.59	41	0
1918	17.3	131	29.3	129	5.3	131	1.37	63	0
1917	17.5	129	30.2	126	4.8	133	1.38	61	0
1916	19.4	118	30.8	119	8	112	1.50	51	0
1915	18.7	123	29	131	8.4	105	2.60	12	0
1914	26	35	38.8	31	13.2	47	1.51	50	0
1913	21.9	95	34.8	87	9.1	100	0.83	102	0
1912	20.2	111	30.7	121	9.8	91	1.13	76	0
1911	25.6	42	38.1	43	13.1	50	2.33	19	0
1910	17.2	132	27.7	132	6.7	122	3.02	5	0
1909	22.6	86	34.2	98	11	80	2.99	8	0
1908	28	20	40.5	22	15.5	17	1.13	76	0
1907	23.3	75	35	84	11.6	65	1.06	81	0
1906	27.9	23	40.8	19	14.9	25	0.88	98	0
1905	17.9	127	30.3	124	5.5	129	1.68	36	0
1904	22.9	81	35.2	79	10.7	83	0.90	96	0
1903	19.3	119	30	127	8.7	103	2.23	22	0
1902	22.5	88	33.8	104	11.2	75	1.47	54	0
1901	25.9	37	39.5	24	12.3	56	1.38	61	0
1900	23.7	71	35.8	72	11.6	65	0.70	113	0
1899	17.8	128	30.3	124	5.3	131	1.29	70	0
1898	25.5	45	36.2	67	14.8	26	1.79	31	0
1897	26	35	37.1	51	15	24	3.08	4	0
1896	28	20	40.8	19	15.2	21	0.76	108	0
1895	21.5	99	33.6	105	9.4	97	1.62	39	0
1894	20.1	112	31.1	116	9.1	100	2.45	18	0
1893									50
1892	25.4	48	36.4	63	14.5	30	1.46	57	0
1891	24.7	56	36.3	66	13	51	2.48	15	0
1890	23.2	76	34.4	93	12	61	3.02	5	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	32
1931	31.3
1992	31
1954	30.3
1987	30.2
1983	30
2000	29.9
1934	29.8
1999	29.6
1998	29.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	9.8
1978	12.8
1936	13.9
1969	17
1910	17.2
1918	17.3
1949	17.5
1917	17.5
1899	17.8
1905	17.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	4.99
1944	3.58
1988	3.25
1897	3.08
1910	3.02
1890	3.02
2017	3.01
1909	2.99
1953	2.92
1929	2.82

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1957	0.15
2002	0.26
1998	0.37
1970	0.40
1933	0.46
1996	0.47
1974	0.47
1961	0.47
1946	0.47
1943	0.53

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 76°F; 22 December 2025
Coldest night: -12°F; 26 January 2026, 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.29 in; 13 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 0.86 in of precipitation in Valentine, NE, the driest winter since 2025, 36th driest of 136.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Valentine, NE: 76°F on Monday 22 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Valentine, NE: a low of -12°F on Monday 26 January 2026 and Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Valentine, NE: 0.29 in on Tuesday 13 January 2026.