Average Temperatures for Nebraska in May

Average temperatures for May at cities, communities and other locations around Nebraska are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, South - Central, North - Central and Western Nebraska.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Eastern Nebraska

Average May temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
73 51 Columbus 23 11
75 53 Falls City 24 11
73 50 Fremont 23 10
75 51 Lincoln 24 11
72 48 Norfolk 22 9
75 53 Omaha 24 12

South - Central Nebraska

Average daily temperatures in May
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
73 51 Grand Island 23 10
74 49 Harlan County Lake 23 9
73 50 Hastings 23 10
72 47 Kearney 22 9
69 47 Lake McConaughy, Kingsley Dam 21 8
74 45 McCook 24 7
73 44 North Platte 23 7
72 46 Ogallala 22 8
74 47 Swanson Reservoir, Trenton Dam 23 8

North - Central Nebraska

May temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
70 46 O'Neill 21 8
71 44 Purdum 22 7
72 44 Valentine 22 7
71 48 Valentine National Wildlife Refuge 22 9

Western Nebraska

Average May temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
69 42 Chadron 21 6
68 42 Crescent Lake Wildlife Refuge 20 6
67 40 Kimball 20 4
72 44 Scottsbluff 22 6
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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