OMAHA- Federal climate scientists’ announcement that Earth’s average temperature in 2024 was the warmest on record may have left Nebraskans wondering where the Cornhusker State fell on the temperature scale, but their questions are now answered. Nebraska last year recorded its second-warmest year in 130 years of records, while Iowa marked its third warmest year during the same period, said Eric Hunt, an agricultural meteorology and climate resilience specialist with the University of Nebraska extension service.

Nebraska’s statewide average temperature was 52.7 degrees Fahrenheit in 2024, second only to the average of 54 degrees measured in 2012. Hunt said no individual months were the warmest on record in the state in 2024. Only January and July had temperatures below 20th-century averages. Several months were in the top five warmest: February was second warmest and both September and December came in fourth warmest.

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