Hemingford, Nebraska climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hemingford's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 18.0 inches of precipitation and 45 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.9°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 30°C, 457 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHemingford
- Station IDUSC00253755
- Location42.32°N 103.07°W
- Elevation4,270 ft (1,302 m)
- Population766
On October 23, the normal high in Hemingford is 58°F and the normal low 33°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hemingford.
- Jan 38° 16°
- Feb 39° 18°
- Mar 49° 26°
- Apr 57° 33°
- May 67° 43°
- Jun 79° 53°
- Jul 87° 59°
- Aug 85° 58°
- Sep 76° 49°
- Oct 61° 36°
- Nov 48° 25°
- Dec 38° 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 Hemingford each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.00 in), the least in January (0.31 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F | 16°F | 26.9°F | 0.31 | 5.3 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 39°F | 18°F | 28.6°F | 0.54 | 7.6 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 49°F | 26°F | 37.5°F | 0.96 | 6.1 | 6 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 33°F | 45.0°F | 2.14 | 7.2 | 9 | <1 | 14 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 67°F | 43°F | 54.8°F | 3.00 | 1.6 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 79°F | 53°F | 65.8°F | 2.94 | 0.0 | 11 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 87°F | 59°F | 73.0°F | 2.61 | 0.0 | 9 | 13 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 85°F | 58°F | 71.1°F | 1.83 | 0.0 | 7 | 10 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 76°F | 49°F | 62.1°F | 1.48 | 0.6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 61°F | 36°F | 48.2°F | 1.22 | 2.9 | 7 | <1 | 11 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 48°F | 25°F | 36.6°F | 0.51 | 5.6 | 5 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 38°F | 17°F | 27.3°F | 0.47 | 8.5 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 60°F | 36°F | 48.1°F | 18.01 | 45.4 | 84 | 31 | 160 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −9°C | −2.8°C | 8 mm | 13 cm |
| February | 4°C | −8°C | −1.9°C | 14 mm | 19 cm |
| March | 10°C | −4°C | 3.1°C | 24 mm | 15 cm |
| April | 14°C | 1°C | 7.2°C | 54 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 19°C | 6°C | 12.7°C | 76 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 26°C | 12°C | 18.8°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 15°C | 22.8°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 14°C | 21.7°C | 46 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 9°C | 16.7°C | 38 mm | 2 cm |
| October | 16°C | 2°C | 9.0°C | 31 mm | 7 cm |
| November | 9°C | −4°C | 2.6°C | 13 mm | 14 cm |
| December | 3°C | −9°C | −2.6°C | 12 mm | 22 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00253755; 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 Hemingford?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August and September. Of those, September 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 USC00253755.
When is the last frost in Hemingford?
In Hemingford, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 8 in half of years and after May 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 5 in half of years and before September 23 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 81 year in 10 after May 24; 9 in 10 after April 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 51 year in 10 before September 23; 9 in 10 before October 19
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 149 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 169 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 28 in half of springs and before October 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hemingford in zone 5a in ZIP code 69348, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hemingford's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (24 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 USC00253755; 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 Hemingford?
In a normal year in Hemingford, 31 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 160 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 84 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 31a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 160a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 38high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 84a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 18a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1964) is 107°F, on July 9, 1989; the lowest is −31°F, on December 22, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1977, with 25.88 in; the snowiest season is 1979–80, with 87.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00253755; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00253755. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hemingford?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hemingford, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and April the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.2 |
| February | 74% | 3.0 |
| March | 75% | 4.2 |
| April | 73% | 5.3 |
| May | 74% | 6.1 |
| June | 83% | 7.2 |
| July | 87% | 7.2 |
| August | 87% | 6.2 |
| September | 84% | 5.0 |
| October | 78% | 3.4 |
| November | 78% | 2.4 |
| December | 74% | 1.8 |
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 Hemingford need?
A normal year in Hemingford brings 6,800 heating degree days, 27% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 658 cooling degree days, 28% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,625 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,183 | 0 |
| February | 1,019 | 0 |
| March | 854 | 0 |
| April | 602 | 1 |
| May | 331 | 15 |
| June | 80 | 104 |
| July | 11 | 258 |
| August | 22 | 211 |
| September | 155 | 68 |
| October | 524 | 3 |
| November | 851 | 0 |
| December | 1,170 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,800 | 658 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00253755. 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 Hemingford been warmer than normal lately?
Over 43 complete years from 1964 to 2017, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.5°F per century (+0.31°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hemingford's climate compare?
Hemingford is warmer than 22 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Nebraska, and wetter than 13. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.1°F is warmer than 32%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hemingford is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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 Hemingford share this climate record?
Berea 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.
- Berea, NE13 people · 9 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 Hemingford's climate
What is the coldest month in Hemingford?
January, with a normal high of 38°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow in Hemingford?
Yes: 45 inches in a normal year, falling on 24 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (8.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hemingford?
May, with 3.00 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.31 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hemingford in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hemingford in zone 5a in ZIP code 69348, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hemingford's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Hemingford?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 8; in one year in ten it comes after May 24. Waiting until May 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Nebraska climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Alliance, NE23 miles from this station, 46.2°F a year
- Plainsview Ranch, NE23 miles from this station, 48.2°F a year
- Fort Robinson, NE31 miles from this station, 48.0°F a year
- Hay Springs, NE32 miles from this station, 46.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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