Cheney, NE Climate

Cheney, NE has a continental climate featuring hot summers and cold winters. Summers in Cheney are typically warm with temperatures reaching the mid-80s during the peak of the season. Winters can be quite cold with temperatures often dipping below freezing overnight. The winter months also bring an average of 30 inches of snowfall annually. During spring and fall, temperatures average in the mid-50s to low 60s, creating pleasant weather for outdoor activities.

Climate	Cheney, Nebraska	United States
Rainfall		38.1

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.