Average Precipitation for Nebraska in October

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during October at cities, communities and other locations in Nebraska.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

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

Eastern Nebraska

Average monthly precipitation in October
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
7 Columbus 2.4 60
8 Falls City 2.7 69
7 Fremont 2.2 57
7 Lincoln 2.1 54
7 Norfolk 2.2 55
7 Omaha 2.3 59

South - Central Nebraska

October averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
7 Grand Island 2.0 51
5 Harlan County Lake 2.0 50
7 Hastings 2.0 51
7 Kearney 2.1 54
6 Lake McConaughy, Kingsley Dam 1.4 34
5 McCook 1.7 42
7 North Platte 1.7 42
6 Ogallala 1.3 32
6 Swanson Reservoir, Trenton Dam 1.6 39

North - Central Nebraska

Average amount of rain and snow in October
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
7 O'Neill 2.3 58
7 Valentine 1.4 36
6 Valentine National Wildlife Refuge 1.6 41

Western Nebraska

Precipitation totals for October
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
6 Chadron 1.4 35
8 Crescent Lake Wildlife Refuge 1.3 32
6 Kimball 1.2 30
7 Scottsbluff 1.2 31
Reference

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

Nebraska Precipitation
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