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    When is the first snow in Nebraska?

    Nebraska’s first snow usually lands first in Omaha, around November 15, and last in Lincoln, around November 22.

    Nebraska’s first snow arrives in mid-November and gets blown straight through to the next state over.
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    That makes Nebraska number 18 of the 36 states we track, earliest first.

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    Snow in the next 5 days?

    • No. There’s no snow in the Omaha forecast for the next 5 days.
    • No. There’s no snow in the Lincoln forecast for the next 5 days.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    First snow, city by city

    CityUsually around8 winters in 10Snow a winter
    OmahaNovember 15October 24 to December 15about 28 in
    LincolnNovember 22October 24 to December 18about 27 in

    Usually around is the middle date across 30 winters. In 8 winters out of 10, the first snow lands inside the range.

    States on the same snow schedule

    • Indiana: from around November 16 in Fort Wayne
    • Illinois: from around November 17 in Chicago
    • Washington: from around November 13 in Spokane

    Every state’s first snow, earliest first

    Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for each city’s official station, winters 1991 to 2020, via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.