Beatrice, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Beatrice's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 31.3 inches of precipitation and 19 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.8°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 31°C, 795 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBeatrice (1 mi N)
- Station IDUSC00250622
- Location40.30°N 96.75°W
- Elevation1,297 ft (395 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population12,290
On October 23, the normal high in Beatrice is 63°F and the normal low 37°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Beatrice.
- Jan 35° 14°
- Feb 40° 17°
- Mar 52° 27°
- Apr 63° 38°
- May 74° 50°
- Jun 84° 61°
- Jul 88° 66°
- Aug 86° 63°
- Sep 79° 53°
- Oct 67° 40°
- Nov 51° 27°
- Dec 39° 18°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Beatrice each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.05 in), the least in January (0.69 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F | 14°F | 24.2°F | 0.69 | 6.4 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 40°F | 17°F | 28.5°F | 0.90 | 4.9 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 52°F | 27°F | 39.8°F | 1.73 | 2.2 | 7 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 38°F | 50.5°F | 2.88 | 0.9 | 9 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 74°F | 50°F | 61.9°F | 5.05 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 84°F | 61°F | 72.5°F | 4.60 | 0.0 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 88°F | 66°F | 77.0°F | 4.06 | 0.0 | 9 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 86°F | 63°F | 74.6°F | 3.77 | 0.0 | 9 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 79°F | 53°F | 66.3°F | 2.99 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 40°F | 53.5°F | 2.33 | 0.4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 27°F | 39.3°F | 1.32 | 1.0 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| December | 39°F | 18°F | 28.4°F | 0.98 | 3.0 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 40°F | 51.4°F | 31.30 | 18.8 | 86 | 40 | 145 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −10°C | −4.3°C | 18 mm | 16 cm |
| February | 4°C | −8°C | −1.9°C | 23 mm | 12 cm |
| March | 11°C | −3°C | 4.3°C | 44 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 17°C | 3°C | 10.3°C | 73 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 23°C | 10°C | 16.6°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 16°C | 22.5°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 25.0°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 17°C | 23.7°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 12°C | 19.1°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 11.9°C | 59 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 11°C | −3°C | 4.1°C | 34 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 4°C | −8°C | −2.0°C | 25 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00250622; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Beatrice?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (6).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00250622.
When is the last frost in Beatrice?
In Beatrice, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 24 in half of years and after May 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 15 in half of years and before September 30 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 241 year in 10 after May 6; 9 in 10 after April 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 151 year in 10 before September 30; 9 in 10 before October 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 172 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 192 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 14 in half of springs and before October 23 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Beatrice in zone 6a in ZIP code 68310, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Beatrice's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (21 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nebraska · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00250622; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Beatrice?
In a normal year in Beatrice, 40 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 145 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 86 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 40a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 145a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 37high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 86a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1984) is 108°F, on July 3, 1990; the lowest is −26°F, on December 22, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1993, with 43.47 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 50.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00250622; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00250622. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Beatrice?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Beatrice, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and March the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.2 |
| February | 74% | 3.1 |
| March | 72% | 4.0 |
| April | 72% | 5.1 |
| May | 74% | 5.9 |
| June | 81% | 6.6 |
| July | 84% | 6.6 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.7 |
| October | 77% | 3.4 |
| November | 77% | 2.4 |
| December | 72% | 1.9 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Beatrice need?
A normal year in Beatrice brings 6,062 heating degree days, 13% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,135 cooling degree days, 25% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,536 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,265 | 0 |
| February | 1,023 | 0 |
| March | 781 | 1 |
| April | 442 | 7 |
| May | 163 | 66 |
| June | 17 | 241 |
| July | 2 | 372 |
| August | 6 | 305 |
| September | 84 | 124 |
| October | 374 | 17 |
| November | 772 | 1 |
| December | 1,134 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,062 | 1,135 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00250622. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Beatrice's climate compare?
Beatrice is warmer than 114 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 109. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.4°F is warmer than 47%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Beatrice is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Beatrice share this climate record?
5 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- De Witt, NE514 people · 11 mi NW
- Plymouth, NE365 people · 13 mi W
- Pickrell, NE191 people · 6 mi N
- Swanton, NE77 people · 18 mi W
- Holmesville, NE73 people · 8 mi SE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Beatrice's climate
What is the coldest month in Beatrice?
January, with a normal high of 35°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Beatrice?
Yes: 19 inches in a normal year, falling on 11 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (6.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Beatrice?
May, with 5.05 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.69 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Beatrice in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Beatrice in zone 6a in ZIP code 68310, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Beatrice's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Beatrice?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 24; in one year in ten it comes after May 6. Waiting until May 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Virginia, NE14 miles from this station, 51.2°F a year
- Crete, NE22 miles from this station, 51.1°F a year
- Fairbury, NE27 miles from this station, 51.6°F a year
- Tecumseh, NE30 miles from this station, 51.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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