Harvard weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Harvard, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at HASTINGS 4N, 24 km from Harvard; records cover 1907–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 27.8 in707 mm
- Snow a year
- 29 in73 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 27
- First fall freeze
- Oct 10
- Heating degree days
- 6,083
- Cooling degree days
- 1,016
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 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Harvard in January
Highs average 36°2° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1990)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1229
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Harvard in February
Highs average 40°4° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1972)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1002
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Harvard in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2026)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 773
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Harvard in April
Highs average 63°17° and lows 38°3°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 1.7 in4.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1989)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 454
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Harvard in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 50°10°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 183
- Cooling degree days
- 60
Harvard in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 60°16°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1936)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 219
Harvard in July
Highs average 87°30° and lows 65°18°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 116°47° (1936)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 334
Harvard in August
Highs average 85°29° and lows 62°17°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1934)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 267
Harvard in September
Highs average 78°26° and lows 53°12°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1945)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 93
- Cooling degree days
- 115
Harvard in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 40°5°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1947)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 400
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Harvard in November
Highs average 50°10° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1945)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 784
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Harvard in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.9 in23 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1964)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1139
- Cooling degree days
- 0