Palisade weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Palisade, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Hayes Center 1nw, 20 km from Palisade; records cover 1905–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 21.5 in546 mm
- Snow a year
- 30 in77 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 2
- First fall freeze
- Oct 10
- Heating degree days
- 6,237
- Cooling degree days
- 873
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 101°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Palisade in January
Highs average 40°4° and lows 15°−10°, with 0.38 in9.7 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2015)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 1169
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Palisade in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1970)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 984
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Palisade in March
Highs average 54°12° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1910)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 791
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Palisade in April
Highs average 62°17° and lows 34°1°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1910)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 515
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Palisade in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 45°7°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2000)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 247
- Cooling degree days
- 34
Palisade in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 56°13°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1926)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 38
- Cooling degree days
- 167
Palisade in July
Highs average 89°32° and lows 61°16°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1954)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 313
Palisade in August
Highs average 87°31° and lows 59°15°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1938)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 256
Palisade in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 50°10°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1954)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 114
- Cooling degree days
- 94
Palisade in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 37°3°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1921)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 440
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Palisade in November
Highs average 52°11° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.61 in15 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1980)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 801
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Palisade in December
Highs average 41°5° and lows 17°−9°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1939)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 1122
- Cooling degree days
- 0