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Brainard, NE Weather & Growing Conditions

Today
76°F
Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Patchy smoke before 8am, then patchy smoke and a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and 10am, then patchy smoke between noon and 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 1pm and 3pm, then patchy smoke and a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 4pm, then patchy smoke and a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny. High near 76, with temperatures falling to around 74 in the afternoon. North northeast wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

7-day forecast

WhenTempForecastWindPrecip
Today 76°F Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 13 to 16 mph NNE 59%
Tonight 59°F Patchy Smoke 7 to 15 mph NNE 58%
Wednesday 73°F Patchy Smoke then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 9 mph NE 60%
Wednesday Night 56°F Mostly Clear 2 to 7 mph ESE 1%
Thursday 80°F Sunny 2 to 8 mph ESE 1%
Thursday Night 64°F Mostly Clear 8 mph SSE 7%
Friday 86°F Sunny 6 to 9 mph S 5%
Friday Night 68°F Mostly Clear 8 mph S 2%
Saturday 91°F Sunny 6 to 17 mph S 2%
Saturday Night 71°F Mostly Clear 13 to 17 mph S 4%
Sunday 91°F Mostly Sunny 12 to 15 mph S 4%
Sunday Night 72°F Partly Cloudy 16 mph S 11%
Monday 92°F Mostly Sunny 17 mph S 11%
Monday Night 72°F Partly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 13 to 17 mph SE 17%

Forecast source: National Weather Service (api.weather.gov). Updated through the day.

Growing snapshot for Brainard, NE

Last spring frost
Apr 26
First fall frost
Oct 11
Growing season
168 days
Hardiness zone
5b

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Climate data from the nearest NOAA station, David City, Ne (9.2 mi). Frost dates are 1991–2020 averages, not a forecast. Page updated Aug 4, 2026.