Bayard weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Bayard, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Minatare Dam (usbr), 22 km from Bayard; records cover 1925–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 15.6 in396 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Oct 3
- Heating degree days
- 6,478
- Cooling degree days
- 744
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −5°−21° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Bayard in January
Highs average 40°4° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.3 in7.6 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2015)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 1158
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bayard in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.34 in8.6 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1950)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 988
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bayard in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.98 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2026)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 817
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bayard in April
Highs average 60°16° and lows 34°1°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2023)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 546
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Bayard in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 43°6°, with 2.7 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1934)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 293
- Cooling degree days
- 19
Bayard in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 54°12°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1937)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 46
- Cooling degree days
- 126
Bayard in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 60°16°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 283
Bayard in August
Highs average 87°30° and lows 58°14°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 236
Bayard in September
Highs average 78°25° and lows 48°9°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2020)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 135
- Cooling degree days
- 75
Bayard in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 35°2°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1934)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 502
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Bayard in November
Highs average 50°10° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2020)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 831
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bayard in December
Highs average 40°4° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.35 in8.9 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2021)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 1146
- Cooling degree days
- 0