Beaver City, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Beaver City's normal year runs from 12°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 24.6 inches of precipitation and 21 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.0°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 34°C, 624 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBeaver City
- Station IDUSC00250640
- Location40.13°N 99.83°W
- Elevation2,148 ft (655 m)
- Population513
On October 21, the normal high in Beaver City is 68°F and the normal low 33°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Beaver City.
- Jan 42° 12°
- Feb 46° 15°
- Mar 58° 24°
- Apr 66° 35°
- May 76° 47°
- Jun 87° 58°
- Jul 92° 63°
- Aug 90° 60°
- Sep 83° 50°
- Oct 70° 35°
- Nov 55° 23°
- Dec 43° 13°
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 Beaver City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 12°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.64 in), the least in January (0.51 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 12°F | 26.9°F | 0.51 | 4.2 | 3 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 46°F | 15°F | 30.3°F | 0.81 | 6.0 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 58°F | 24°F | 40.9°F | 1.36 | 2.6 | 5 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 35°F | 50.5°F | 2.42 | 1.3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 47°F | 61.3°F | 3.64 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 87°F | 58°F | 72.4°F | 3.47 | 0.0 | 9 | 13 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 92°F | 63°F | 77.7°F | 3.54 | 0.0 | 8 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 90°F | 60°F | 75.2°F | 3.06 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 83°F | 50°F | 66.7°F | 2.01 | 0.0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 35°F | 52.8°F | 1.97 | 0.4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 55°F | 23°F | 39.0°F | 0.99 | 2.2 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 10 h |
| December | 43°F | 13°F | 28.3°F | 0.80 | 4.6 | 3 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 36°F | 51.8°F | 24.58 | 21.3 | 70 | 70 | 161 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −11°C | −2.8°C | 13 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 8°C | −10°C | −0.9°C | 21 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 14°C | −4°C | 4.9°C | 35 mm | 7 cm |
| April | 19°C | 1°C | 10.3°C | 61 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 24°C | 8°C | 16.3°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 14°C | 22.4°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 17°C | 25.4°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 16°C | 24.0°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 10°C | 19.3°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 2°C | 11.6°C | 50 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 13°C | −5°C | 3.9°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| December | 6°C | −10°C | −2.1°C | 20 mm | 12 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00250640; 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 Beaver City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00250640.
When is the last frost in Beaver City?
In Beaver City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 4 in half of years and after May 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 4 in half of years and before September 22 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
- May 41 year in 10 after May 20; 9 in 10 after April 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 41 year in 10 before September 22; 9 in 10 before October 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 150 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 168 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 26 in half of springs and before October 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Beaver City in zone 5b in ZIP code 68926, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Beaver City's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (29 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Nebraska · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00250640; 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 Beaver City?
In a normal year in Beaver City, 70 days a year reach 90°F (14 of them 100°F or more), 161 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 70 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 70a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 14a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 161a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 23high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 70a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 117°F, on July 13, 1934; the lowest is −35°F, on February 12, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1965, with 36.06 in; the snowiest season is 1983–84, with 68.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00250640; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00250640. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Beaver City?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Beaver City, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.3 |
| February | 73% | 3.1 |
| March | 75% | 4.3 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 76% | 6.1 |
| June | 84% | 7.0 |
| July | 87% | 7.0 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 83% | 4.9 |
| October | 79% | 3.5 |
| November | 79% | 2.6 |
| December | 74% | 2.0 |
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 Beaver City need?
A normal year in Beaver City brings 5,934 heating degree days, 10% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,165 cooling degree days, 28% 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 3,532 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,180 | 0 |
| February | 973 | 0 |
| March | 746 | 0 |
| April | 442 | 6 |
| May | 178 | 63 |
| June | 18 | 238 |
| July | 1 | 393 |
| August | 5 | 321 |
| September | 81 | 132 |
| October | 392 | 12 |
| November | 780 | 0 |
| December | 1,139 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,934 | 1,165 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00250640. 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.
Has Beaver City been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 52.5°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.8°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.4°F | +0.6°F | 24.01 | 20.0 |
| 2022 | 51.4°F | −0.4°F | 15.91 | 11.5 |
| 2023 | 51.9°F | +0.1°F | 25.20 | 32.0 |
| 2024 | 53.4°F | +1.6°F | 25.87 | 10.0 |
| 2025 | 52.5°F | +0.7°F | 23.90 | 16.5 |
Over 98 complete years from 1893 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.1°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00250640; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Beaver City's climate compare?
Beaver City is warmer than 122 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 46. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.8°F is warmer than 49%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Beaver City 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 Beaver City share this climate record?
3 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.
- Almena, KS352 people · 18 mi S
- Stamford, NE155 people · 12 mi E
- Hendley, NE21 people · 8 mi W
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 Beaver City's climate
What is the coldest month in Beaver City?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 12°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Beaver City?
Yes: 21 inches in a normal year, falling on 10 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (6.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Beaver City?
May, with 3.64 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.51 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Beaver City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Beaver City in zone 5b in ZIP code 68926, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Beaver City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Beaver City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 4; in one year in ten it comes after May 20. Waiting until May 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Edison, NE11 miles from this station, 51.1°F a year
- Oxford, NE17 miles from this station, 50.5°F a year
- Cambridge, NE20 miles from this station, 51.1°F a year
- Norton, KS23 miles from this station, 51.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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