Fairfield weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Fairfield, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Clay Center, 11 km from Fairfield; records cover 1971–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 29.8 in756 mm
- Snow a year
- 19 in47 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 21
- First fall freeze
- Oct 13
- Heating degree days
- 5,933
- Cooling degree days
- 1,096
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 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Fairfield in January
Highs average 35°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation and 5 in11 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1990)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 1217
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fairfield in February
Highs average 40°4° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.82 in21 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1995)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 990
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fairfield in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 1.5 in3.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2026)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 768
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Fairfield in April
Highs average 63°17° and lows 39°4°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1989)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 438
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Fairfield in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 50°10°, with 5.3 in136 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2005)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 172
- Cooling degree days
- 67
Fairfield in June
Highs average 84°29° and lows 61°16°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1988)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 243
Fairfield in July
Highs average 87°31° and lows 66°19°, with 4.2 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1974)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 356
Fairfield in August
Highs average 85°30° and lows 63°17°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1983)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 289
Fairfield in September
Highs average 78°26° and lows 54°12°, with 2.3 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1975)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 85
- Cooling degree days
- 120
Fairfield in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 41°5°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2015)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 378
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Fairfield in November
Highs average 51°11° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 1.5 in3.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2006)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 756
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fairfield in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.97 in25 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1995)
- Record low
- −39° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1108
- Cooling degree days
- 0