Hayes Center, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hayes Center's normal year runs from 15°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 21.5 inches of precipitation and 30 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.1°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 32°C, 546 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHayes Center (1 mi NW)
- Station IDUSW00024020
- Location40.52°N 101.03°W
- Elevation3,045 ft (928 m)
- Population224
On October 23, the normal high in Hayes Center is 62°F and the normal low 33°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hayes Center.
- Jan 40° 15°
- Feb 43° 17°
- Mar 54° 25°
- Apr 62° 34°
- May 72° 45°
- Jun 83° 56°
- Jul 89° 61°
- Aug 87° 59°
- Sep 79° 50°
- Oct 66° 37°
- Nov 52° 25°
- Dec 41° 17°
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 Hayes Center each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 15°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.56 in), the least in January (0.38 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 15°F | 27.3°F | 0.38 | 5.1 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 43°F | 17°F | 29.8°F | 0.53 | 6.3 | 5 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 25°F | 39.5°F | 1.13 | 4.2 | 6 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 34°F | 47.9°F | 2.09 | 3.7 | 8 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 72°F | 45°F | 58.2°F | 3.56 | 0.2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 83°F | 56°F | 69.3°F | 3.27 | 0.0 | 9 | 8 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 89°F | 61°F | 74.9°F | 3.26 | 0.0 | 9 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 87°F | 59°F | 72.9°F | 2.82 | 0.0 | 7 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 79°F | 50°F | 64.3°F | 1.71 | 0.1 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 37°F | 51.0°F | 1.67 | 2.2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 52°F | 25°F | 38.3°F | 0.61 | 3.5 | 4 | <1 | 24 | 10 h |
| December | 41°F | 17°F | 28.8°F | 0.48 | 4.9 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 37°F | 50.2°F | 21.51 | 30.2 | 77 | 42 | 157 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −10°C | −2.6°C | 10 mm | 13 cm |
| February | 6°C | −8°C | −1.2°C | 13 mm | 16 cm |
| March | 12°C | −4°C | 4.2°C | 29 mm | 11 cm |
| April | 17°C | 1°C | 8.8°C | 53 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 22°C | 7°C | 14.6°C | 90 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 28°C | 13°C | 20.7°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 16°C | 23.8°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 15°C | 22.7°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 10°C | 17.9°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 3°C | 10.6°C | 42 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 11°C | −4°C | 3.5°C | 15 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 5°C | −9°C | −1.8°C | 12 mm | 12 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00024020; 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 Hayes Center?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, September 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 USW00024020.
When is the last frost in Hayes Center?
In Hayes Center, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 3 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 10 in half of years and before September 27 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 31 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 101 year in 10 before September 27; 9 in 10 before October 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 159 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 179 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 22 in half of springs and before October 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hayes Center in zone 5b in ZIP code 69032, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hayes Center's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (28 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 USW00024020; 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 Hayes Center?
In a normal year in Hayes Center, 42 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 157 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 77 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 42a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 157a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 33high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 77a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 12a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1905) is 114°F, on July 12, 1954; the lowest is −30°F, on January 11, 1918.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1915, with 44.83 in; the snowiest season is 1979–80, with 83.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00024020; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00024020. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hayes Center?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hayes Center, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and April the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.4 |
| February | 76% | 3.3 |
| March | 77% | 4.5 |
| April | 76% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.3 |
| June | 85% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.1 |
| August | 87% | 6.2 |
| September | 85% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 3.7 |
| November | 80% | 2.6 |
| December | 76% | 2.1 |
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 Hayes Center need?
A normal year in Hayes Center brings 6,236 heating degree days, 16% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 874 cooling degree days, 4% fewer 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 3,069 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,169 | 0 |
| February | 984 | 0 |
| March | 791 | 0 |
| April | 515 | 2 |
| May | 247 | 35 |
| June | 38 | 167 |
| July | 5 | 313 |
| August | 11 | 256 |
| September | 114 | 94 |
| October | 440 | 7 |
| November | 801 | 0 |
| December | 1,122 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,236 | 874 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00024020. 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 Hayes Center been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 52.0°F, 1.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.2°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.3°F | +1.1°F | 16.17 | 23.3 |
| 2023 | 50.7°F | +0.5°F | 22.09 | 41.3 |
| 2024 | 52.8°F | +2.6°F | 24.26 | 24.2 |
| 2025 | 52.0°F | +1.8°F | 27.57 | 14.0 |
Over 89 complete years from 1909 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.7°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00024020; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hayes Center's climate compare?
Hayes Center is warmer than 79 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 31. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.2°F is warmer than 41%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hayes Center 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 Hayes Center share this climate record?
Hamlet has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Hamlet, NE28 people · 14 mi SW
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 Hayes Center's climate
What is the coldest month in Hayes Center?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 15°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Hayes Center?
Yes: 30 inches in a normal year, falling on 16 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (6.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hayes Center?
May, with 3.56 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.38 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hayes Center in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hayes Center in zone 5b in ZIP code 69032, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hayes Center's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Hayes Center?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 3; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Red Willow Dam, NE23 miles from this station, 49.5°F a year
- Culbertson, NE23 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Trenton, NE23 miles from this station, 51.9°F a year
- Wallace, NE24 miles from this station, 49.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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