Ashland, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Ashland's normal year runs from 19°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 23.0 inches of precipitation and 12 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.8°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 35°C, 584 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAshland
- Station IDUSC00140365
- Location37.19°N 99.76°W
- Elevation1,970 ft (601 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population734
On October 23, the normal high in Ashland is 70°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 14%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Ashland.
- Jan 48° 19°
- Feb 51° 22°
- Mar 62° 31°
- Apr 71° 40°
- May 80° 53°
- Jun 90° 64°
- Jul 95° 68°
- Aug 93° 66°
- Sep 86° 56°
- Oct 73° 42°
- Nov 60° 29°
- Dec 49° 20°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Ashland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.96 in), the least in January (0.66 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 19°F | 33.1°F | 0.66 | 2.3 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 51°F | 22°F | 36.7°F | 0.73 | 3.6 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 31°F | 46.4°F | 1.39 | 1.8 | 5 | <1 | 19 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 40°F | 55.5°F | 1.83 | 0.1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 80°F | 53°F | 66.5°F | 3.19 | 0.0 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 90°F | 64°F | 76.7°F | 3.96 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 95°F | 68°F | 81.5°F | 2.94 | 0.0 | 7 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 93°F | 66°F | 79.5°F | 2.98 | 0.0 | 8 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 86°F | 56°F | 70.8°F | 1.60 | 0.0 | 5 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 42°F | 57.5°F | 1.79 | 0.1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 29°F | 44.4°F | 0.93 | 0.5 | 3 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 49°F | 20°F | 34.3°F | 1.00 | 3.2 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 43°F | 56.9°F | 23.00 | 11.6 | 64 | 84 | 138 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −7°C | 0.6°C | 17 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 11°C | −6°C | 2.6°C | 19 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 16°C | 0°C | 8.0°C | 35 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 21°C | 5°C | 13.1°C | 46 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 12°C | 19.2°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 18°C | 24.8°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 20°C | 27.5°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 19°C | 26.4°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 13°C | 21.6°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 5°C | 14.2°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 15°C | −1°C | 6.9°C | 24 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 9°C | −7°C | 1.3°C | 25 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00140365; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Ashland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (5).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00140365.
When is the last frost in Ashland?
In Ashland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 21 in half of years and after May 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 in half of years and before October 1 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 211 year in 10 after May 4; 9 in 10 after April 7
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before October 29
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 178 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 197 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 10 in half of springs and before October 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ashland in zone 6b in ZIP code 67831, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Ashland's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (30 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Kansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00140365; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Ashland?
In a normal year in Ashland, 84 days a year reach 90°F (23 of them 100°F or more), 138 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 64 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 84a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 23a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 138a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 14high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 64a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1900) is 114°F, on June 25, 1911; the lowest is −20°F, on February 10, 2011.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1996, with 36.36 in; the snowiest season is 1911–12, with 48.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00140365; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00140365. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Ashland?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Ashland, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (77%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 2.7 |
| February | 77% | 3.5 |
| March | 78% | 4.7 |
| April | 78% | 5.7 |
| May | 81% | 6.5 |
| June | 87% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.1 |
| August | 86% | 6.2 |
| September | 85% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 3.9 |
| November | 81% | 2.9 |
| December | 78% | 2.4 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Ashland need?
A normal year in Ashland brings 4,640 heating degree days, 14% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,727 cooling degree days, 90% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,474 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 989 | 0 |
| February | 792 | 0 |
| March | 578 | 3 |
| April | 306 | 21 |
| May | 91 | 136 |
| June | 5 | 355 |
| July | 1 | 510 |
| August | 1 | 450 |
| September | 41 | 216 |
| October | 267 | 34 |
| November | 618 | 1 |
| December | 951 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,640 | 1,727 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00140365. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Ashland been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 57.1°F, 0.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.9°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 56.9°F | at normal | 12.75 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 57.4°F | +0.5°F | 29.17 | 8.2 |
| 2024 | 59.0°F | +2.1°F | 26.49 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 57.1°F | +0.3°F | 27.98 | 10.4 |
Over 96 complete years from 1889 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.1°F per century (+0.12°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00140365; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Ashland's climate compare?
Ashland is warmer than 119 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 30. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.9°F is warmer than 66%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Ashland is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Questions about Ashland's climate
What is the coldest month in Ashland?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Ashland?
Yes: 12 inches in a normal year, falling on 6 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (3.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Ashland?
June, with 3.96 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.66 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Ashland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Ashland in zone 6b in ZIP code 67831, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Ashland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Ashland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 21; in one year in ten it comes after May 4. Waiting until May 4 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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