Cambridge weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Cambridge, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Cambridge, 2 km from Cambridge; records cover 1898–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 23.4 in595 mm
- Snow a year
- 24 in61 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 6
- First fall freeze
- Oct 3
- Heating degree days
- 6,074
- Cooling degree days
- 1,030
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −6°−21° (heating, 99%) and 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Cambridge in January
Highs average 41°5° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.41 in10 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1951)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 1178
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cambridge in February
Highs average 45°7° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1970)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 977
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cambridge in March
Highs average 56°13° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2026)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 763
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cambridge in April
Highs average 65°18° and lows 35°2°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation and 1.7 in4.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1910)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 464
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Cambridge in May
Highs average 74°23° and lows 46°8°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2006)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 203
- Cooling degree days
- 51
Cambridge in June
Highs average 85°29° and lows 58°14°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 112°44° (2012)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 27
- Cooling degree days
- 214
Cambridge in July
Highs average 89°32° and lows 63°17°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 116°47° (1936)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 354
Cambridge in August
Highs average 87°31° and lows 61°16°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1983)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 286
Cambridge in September
Highs average 81°27° and lows 50°10°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1985)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 102
- Cooling degree days
- 112
Cambridge in OctoberThis month
Highs average 68°20° and lows 35°2°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1916)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 421
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Cambridge in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1990)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 789
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cambridge in December
Highs average 43°6° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.67 in17 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1964)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1141
- Cooling degree days
- 0