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Hayes Center

224 people, 3,060 ft above sea level in Hayes County.

3,060 ftElevation, city center
224People, 2024 estimate
0 sq miLand area
Sunny 45°
Sunny now Dew point 31° · SE 15 mph · high 45°
City of Hayes Center River Interstate 2 miles
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The Hayes Center plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Hayes Center

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW McCook Municipal Airport (KMCK) · 2:53 PM
Sunny
45° Sunny Feels like 38° · high of 45° near 3 PM
WindSE 15 mphgusts 21
Humidity58%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure30.03 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 31° · Dry41° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Showers
Friday50% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 30.01 in · 11 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Hayes County
NWS North Platte and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:29 AM5:27 PM ↓
9 h 58 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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Air quality index ·
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 31 to 41° More humid: 41° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 54° / 26°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
45° 32°
10% rain — SSE 18, gusts 31 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
50° 34°
0% rain — S 12 B
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
54° 35°
0% rain — S 15, gusts 29 C
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
57° 42°
0% rain — S 17, gusts 35 C
WED Nov. 18 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
63° 32°
10% rain — NW 12 C
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
56° 41°
10% rain — SE 10 C
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers; warmer Chance of showers; warmer
64° 40°
50% rain up to 0.3″ S 17, gusts 33 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Hayes Center about 5,000 feet above the ground has hardly traveled: three days ago it was within 60 miles of here, drifting in light winds. It came down from about 9,400 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

THIS WEEK, ONE YEAR AGO Nov. 15, 2025

The hottest this week has been

82° on Nov. 15, 2025, the hottest reading for this week of the year since 1894. Next is 80° in 1905.

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Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Hayes Center 1 NW record since 1894.
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THE GROUND

What Hayes Center stands on

Hayes Center’s center stands about 3,060 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,870 ft to 3,130 ft, a difference of 260 ft: rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Ogallala Group or Formation (siltstone-mudstone, conglomerate-sandstone), from the Miocene, 5.3 to 23 million years old.

Hayes Center, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
2,800 ft3,000 ft3,200 ft HAYES CENTER3,060 ftHigh point of the line3,220 ftRed Willow Creekabout 2,660 ft ← NWSE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 35×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Ogallala Group or Formation

Siltstone-mudstone, conglomerate-sandstone. Age: Miocene, 5.3 to 23 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Hayes Center’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Hayes Center reaches the Gulf of America by way of Little Blackwood Creek, Blackwood Creek, the Republican, the Kansas, the Missouri and the Mississippi: about 2,100 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Hayes Center≈ 2,100 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF HAYES CENTER ≈ 2,100 mi to the Gulf of America Little Blackwood Creek → Blackwood Creek → Republican → Kansas → Missouri → Mississippi

Lake on the way: Harlan County Lake.

1,170 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Hayes Center; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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THE ALMANAC

Hayes Center’s year

1991–2020 normals · records since 1894 · Hayes Center 1 NW

Hayes Center has a hot-summer humid continental climate. Summer afternoons average 89° in July; winter nights fall to about 15° in January. A normal year brings about 30 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 22 inches of water.

40°15°43°17°54°25°62°34°72°45°83°56°89°61°87°59°79°50°66°37°52°25°41°17° JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 TODAY HAYES CENTER 21.5 in rain and snowmelt
Normal high to low, by month Record high to low, by day Rain by month Freezing
July, average89° / 61°high / low, the warmest month
January, average40° / 15°high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow21.5 inwettest months: May and June
Snow a year30.2 insnowiest: February
Hottest on record114°FJuly 12, 1954
Coldest on record−30°FDecember 9, 1919
Wettest day on record5.28 inJuly 20, 1973
Snowiest day on record18.0 inMarch 28, 1980
90° days a year41about 6 of them 100° or more
Nights at or below 32°157and 32 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeHot-summer humid continentalKöppen Dfa

AROUND THE RING

1Freeze seasonfrom the first fall freeze, about Oct. 10, to the last in spring, about May 4 (median dates)
2Highs of 90° and upJuly 15 to July 27; normal highs reach 90°
3Lows below freezingOct. 26 to April 11; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretchMay through July: 10.1 of the year’s 21.5 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Hayes Center normally reaches 53° and falls to 25°. The record high is 80°, in 1999; the record low −7°, in 1940. The most rain on this date, 0.40 in, fell in 1922.

MONTH BY MONTH
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal high40°43°54°62°72°83°89°87°79°66°52°41°
Normal low15°17°25°34°45°56°61°59°50°37°25°17°
Rain and melt, in0.380.531.132.093.563.273.262.821.711.670.610.48
Snow, inches5.16.34.23.70.20.00.00.00.12.23.54.9
Record high76° (2015)80° (1970)96° (1910)97° (1910)101° (2000)110° (1926)114° (1954)111° (1938)105° (1954)96° (2015)85° (2006)78° (1939)
Record low−30° (1918)−25° (1936)−18° (1948)2° (1936)18° (1909)34° (1935)41° (1952)34° (1910)22° (1926)2° (2020)−12° (1919)−30° (1919)

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1894 at Hayes Center 1 NW, here. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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Hayes Center

224 people, 3,060 ft above sea level in Hayes County.

3,060 ftElevation
224People
0 sq miLand
Sunny 45°
SunnyDew point 31°
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Today in Hayes Center

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 45° 5%
6p overcast 42° 9%
9p mostly cloudy night 38° 6%
12a partly cloudy night 36° 4%
3a mostly cloudy night 35° 3%
6a partly cloudy night 35° 1%
Showers
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK, ONE YEAR AGO · NOV. 15, 2025

82°, the hottest this week of the year has been since 1894.

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What Hayes Center stands on

Hayes Center’s center stands about 3,060 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,870 ft to 3,130 ft, a difference of 260 ft: rolling country.

Hayes Center, northwest to southeast Hayes Center3,060 ftRed Willow Creekabout 2,660 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 66×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center3,060 ft
Within 3 miles2,870 to 3,130 ft
Lie of the landRolling (260 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceOgallala Group or Formation
Its ageMiocene, 5.3 to 23 million years old
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Hayes Center’s year

Hayes Center has a hot-summer humid continental climate. Summer afternoons average 89° in July; winter nights fall to about 15° in January. A normal year brings about 30 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 22 inches of water.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1234 21.5 in
July, average89° / 61° · high / low, the warmest month
January, average40° / 15° · high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow21.5 in · wettest months: May and June
Snow a year30.2 in · snowiest: February
Hottest on record114°F · July 12, 1954
Coldest on record−30°F · December 9, 1919
Wettest day on record5.28 in · July 20, 1973
Snowiest day on record18.0 in · March 28, 1980
90° days a year41 · about 6 of them 100° or more
Nights at or below 32°157 · and 32 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeHot-summer humid continental · Köppen Dfa
1Freeze season · from the first fall freeze, about Oct. 10, to the last in spring, about May 4 (median dates)
2Highs of 90° and up · July 15 to July 27; normal highs reach 90°
3Lows below freezing · Oct. 26 to April 11; normal lows fall below 32°
4Wettest stretch · May through July: 10.1 of the year’s 21.5 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Hayes Center normally reaches 53° and falls to 25°. The record high is 80°, in 1999; the record low −7°, in 1940. The most rain on this date, 0.40 in, fell in 1922.

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1894 at Hayes Center 1 NW, here. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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Where the rain goes

≈ 2,100 mito the Gulf of AmericaLittle Blackwood Creek → Blackwood Creek → Republican → Kansas → Missouri → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Hayes Center reaches the Gulf of America by way of Little Blackwood Creek, Blackwood Creek, the Republican, the Kansas, the Missouri and the Mississippi: about 2,100 river miles.

Lake on the way: Harlan County Lake.

1,170 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.