July Weather in Kearney United States

Daily high temperatures are around 87°F, rarely falling below 77°F or exceeding 97°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 88°F on July 19.

Daily low temperatures are around 64°F, rarely falling below 56°F or exceeding 72°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 65°F on July 20.

For reference, on July 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kearney typically range from 65°F to 88°F, while on January 2, the coldest day of the year, they range from 17°F to 36°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on July. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

K’anak’erravan, Armenia (6,402 miles away) and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (6,657 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Kearney (view comparison).

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The month of July in Kearney experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 26% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 25% on July 12.

The clearest day of the month is July 12, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 75% of the time.

For reference, on March 3, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 48%, while on July 12, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 75%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kearney, the chance of a wet day over the course of July is essentially constant, remaining around 33% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 40% on June 6, and its lowest chance is 4% on January 11.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during July in Kearney is essentially constant, remaining about 2.9 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 5.2 inches or falling below 0.8 inches.

Over the course of July in Kearney, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 43 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 25 seconds, and weekly decrease of 9 minutes, 56 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is July 31, with 14 hours, 19 minutes of daylight and the longest day is July 1, with 15 hours, 2 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Kearney is 6:09 AM on July 1 and the latest sunrise is 23 minutes later at 6:32 AM on July 31.

The latest sunset is 9:11 PM on July 1 and the earliest sunset is 19 minutes earlier at 8:52 PM on July 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Kearney during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during July, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:05 AM and sets 15 hours, 6 minutes later, at 9:10 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:57 AM and sets 9 hours, 15 minutes later, at 5:12 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for July 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Kearney is increasing during July, rising from 24% to 34% over the course of the month.

The highest chance of a muggy day during July is 36% on July 24.

For reference, on July 23, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 36% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Kearney is gradually decreasing during July, decreasing from 10.2 miles per hour to 9.3 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on April 10, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.4 miles per hour, while on August 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.2 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Kearney throughout July is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 52% on July 3.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Kearney typically lasts for 5.6 months (171 days), from around April 24 to around October 12, rarely starting before April 6 or after May 10, and rarely ending before September 23 or after October 30.

The month of July in Kearney is reliably fully within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Kearney are rapidly increasing during July, increasing by 729°F, from 1,238°F to 1,967°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Kearney is gradually decreasing during July, falling by 0.6 kWh, from 7.4 kWh to 6.8 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kearney are 40.699 deg latitude, -99.081 deg longitude, and 2,149 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Kearney contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 148 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,166 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (305 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,184 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Kearney is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and cropland (47%), within 10 miles by cropland (71%) and grassland (27%), and within 50 miles by cropland (59%) and grassland (40%).