Hastings, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hastings's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 26.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.1°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 31°C, 671 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHastings Municipal Airport
- Station IDUSW00094949
- Location40.60°N 98.43°W
- Elevation1,940 ft (591 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population25,152
On October 22, the normal high in Hastings is 62°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hastings.
- Jan 36° 16°
- Feb 41° 19°
- Mar 53° 29°
- Apr 63° 39°
- May 73° 51°
- Jun 84° 62°
- Jul 88° 66°
- Aug 85° 64°
- Sep 79° 54°
- Oct 65° 41°
- Nov 51° 28°
- Dec 39° 19°
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 Hastings each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.35 in), the least in January (0.55 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F | 16°F | 26.4°F | 0.55 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 41°F | 19°F | 30.0°F | 0.75 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 53°F | 29°F | 40.9°F | 1.33 | 7 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 63°F | 39°F | 51.0°F | 2.70 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 73°F | 51°F | 61.8°F | 4.35 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 84°F | 62°F | 72.7°F | 3.67 | 11 | 8 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 88°F | 66°F | 77.0°F | 3.62 | 8 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 85°F | 64°F | 74.5°F | 3.42 | 10 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 79°F | 54°F | 66.4°F | 2.06 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 41°F | 53.2°F | 1.96 | 7 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 28°F | 39.7°F | 1.13 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| December | 39°F | 19°F | 29.2°F | 0.86 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 41°F | 51.9°F | 26.40 | 92 | 36 | 139 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −9°C | −3.1°C | 14 mm |
| February | 5°C | −7°C | −1.1°C | 19 mm |
| March | 12°C | −2°C | 4.9°C | 34 mm |
| April | 17°C | 4°C | 10.6°C | 69 mm |
| May | 23°C | 10°C | 16.6°C | 110 mm |
| June | 29°C | 16°C | 22.6°C | 93 mm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 25.0°C | 92 mm |
| August | 30°C | 18°C | 23.6°C | 87 mm |
| September | 26°C | 12°C | 19.1°C | 52 mm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 50 mm |
| November | 11°C | −2°C | 4.3°C | 29 mm |
| December | 4°C | −7°C | −1.6°C | 22 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Hastings's own co-op station Hastings (4 mi N) does: 29 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094949; 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 Hastings?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USW00094949.
When is the last frost in Hastings?
In Hastings, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 22 in half of years and after May 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 16 in half of years and before October 2 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 221 year in 10 after May 5; 9 in 10 after April 8
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 161 year in 10 before October 2; 9 in 10 before October 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 176 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 196 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 12 in half of springs and before October 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hastings in zone 6a in ZIP code 68901, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hastings's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −10°F (23 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 USW00094949; 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 Hastings?
In a normal year in Hastings, 36 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 139 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 92 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 36a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 139a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 37high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 92a normal year
The highest temperature in Hastings's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1907) is 116°F, on July 24, 1936; the lowest is −30°F, on January 12, 1912.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 39.53 in; the snowiest season is 1983–84, with 58.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00094949; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record HSIthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Hastings, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 62°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 64°F; the driest air comes in December (17°F). March is the windiest month (12.2 mph on average), and June has the most clear or nearly clear hours (78%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°F | 69% | 55% | 10.3 mph | 65% | 24% |
| February | 21°F | 64% | 46% | 11.5 mph | 64% | 26% |
| March | 32°F | 61% | 42% | 12.2 mph | 61% | 24% |
| April | 42°F | 62% | 45% | 11.8 mph | 57% | 27% |
| May | 55°F | 65% | 48% | 10.1 mph | 64% | 18% |
| June | 62°F | 64% | 46% | 9.2 mph | 78% | 7% |
| July | 64°F | 70% | 52% | 7.9 mph | 74% | 9% |
| August | 60°F | 68% | 47% | 8.5 mph | 77% | 11% |
| September | 46°F | 61% | 40% | 9.8 mph | 78% | 13% |
| October | 32°F | 61% | 41% | 10.1 mph | 73% | 19% |
| November | 22°F | 67% | 49% | 10.3 mph | 72% | 21% |
| December | 17°F | 71% | 57% | 10.3 mph | 69% | 24% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00094949. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Hastings?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hastings, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (86%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.3 |
| February | 73% | 3.1 |
| March | 73% | 4.2 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 75% | 6.1 |
| June | 84% | 6.9 |
| July | 86% | 6.8 |
| August | 84% | 5.9 |
| September | 82% | 4.8 |
| October | 78% | 3.5 |
| November | 78% | 2.5 |
| December | 73% | 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 Hastings need?
A normal year in Hastings brings 5,871 heating degree days, 9% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,136 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 3,535 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,197 | 0 |
| February | 978 | 0 |
| March | 748 | 1 |
| April | 427 | 7 |
| May | 167 | 66 |
| June | 16 | 247 |
| July | 2 | 373 |
| August | 4 | 298 |
| September | 83 | 127 |
| October | 382 | 16 |
| November | 759 | 0 |
| December | 1,108 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,871 | 1,136 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094949. 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 Hastings been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 52.9°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.9°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.9°F | +1.0°F | 28.06 |
| 2022 | 51.9°F | at normal | 16.09 |
| 2023 | 52.8°F | +0.9°F | 20.81 |
| 2024 | 53.9°F | +2.0°F | 24.63 |
| 2025 | 52.9°F | +1.0°F | 22.48 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00094949. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hastings's climate compare?
Hastings is warmer than 126 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 60. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.9°F is warmer than 49%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hastings 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 Hastings share this climate record?
9 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.
- Wood River, NE1,164 people · 18 mi NW
- Kenesaw, NE921 people · 12 mi W
- Doniphan, NE813 people · 12 mi N
- Juniata, NE745 people · 4 mi W
- Roseland, NE260 people · 12 mi SW
- Trumbull, NE198 people · 10 mi NE
- Holstein, NE188 people · 15 mi SW
- Ayr, NE85 people · 12 mi S
- Prosser, NE79 people · 10 mi NW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Hastings's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Hastings. This page uses Hastings Municipal Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings (4 mi N) USC00253660 | 4 mi N | 1,938 ft | 51.0°F | 15°F | 87°F | 27.8 | 29 | April 25 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Hastings's climate
What is the coldest month in Hastings?
January, with a normal high of 36°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Hastings?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Hastings's NOAA station; Hastings's own co-op station Hastings (4 mi N) records 29 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Hastings?
May, with 4.35 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.55 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hastings in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hastings in zone 6a in ZIP code 68901, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hastings's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −10°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Hastings?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 22; in one year in ten it comes after May 5. Waiting until May 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Hastings in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Clay Center, NE21 miles from this station, 51.6°F a year
- Grand Island, NE25 miles from this station, 51.8°F a year
- Minden, NE28 miles from this station, 50.5°F a year
- Aurora, NE29 miles from this station, 51.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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