Waterbury weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Waterbury, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Wakefield 3nw, 22 km from Waterbury; records cover 1897–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 30.7 in780 mm
- Snow a year
- 36 in90 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 3
- Heating degree days
- 6,824
- Cooling degree days
- 815
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −11°−24° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Waterbury in January
Highs average 32°0° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2002)
- Record low
- −41° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1376
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Waterbury in February
Highs average 37°3° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.95 in24 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2026)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1112
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Waterbury in March
Highs average 50°10° and lows 24°−5°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2026)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 877
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Waterbury in April
Highs average 63°17° and lows 34°1°, with 3.3 in85 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1910)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 501
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Waterbury in May
Highs average 73°23° and lows 46°8°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1934)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 214
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Waterbury in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 57°14°, with 5 in128 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 181
Waterbury in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 61°16°, with 3.1 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 115°46° (1936)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 269
Waterbury in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 59°15°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1930)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 15
- Cooling degree days
- 211
Waterbury in September
Highs average 78°26° and lows 50°10°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1939)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 117
- Cooling degree days
- 86
Waterbury in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 37°3°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1938)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 440
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Waterbury in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 24°−5°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1945)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 875
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Waterbury in December
Highs average 35°2° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1939)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1260
- Cooling degree days
- 0