Fairbury weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Fairbury, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Fairbury 7s, 11 km from Fairbury; records cover 1895–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 32.4 in823 mm
- Snow a year
- 21 in53 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 24
- First fall freeze
- Oct 12
- Heating degree days
- 5,967
- Cooling degree days
- 1,103
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 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Fairbury in January
Highs average 36°2° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.77 in20 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1990)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1237
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fairbury in February
Highs average 41°5° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.96 in24 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2024)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 997
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fairbury in March
Highs average 53°12° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2026)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 767
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Fairbury in April
Highs average 64°18° and lows 38°3°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1902)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 436
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Fairbury in May
Highs average 74°23° and lows 49°10°, with 5.1 in130 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1934)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 173
- Cooling degree days
- 63
Fairbury in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 60°16°, with 5 in127 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1911)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 19
- Cooling degree days
- 226
Fairbury in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 65°18°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1936)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1898)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 362
Fairbury in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 63°17°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1936)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 299
Fairbury in September
Highs average 80°26° and lows 53°12°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1947)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 87
- Cooling degree days
- 128
Fairbury in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°19° and lows 40°5°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1947)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 371
- Cooling degree days
- 16
Fairbury in November
Highs average 52°11° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1950)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 755
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fairbury in December
Highs average 40°4° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1964)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1116
- Cooling degree days
- 0