Big Hill Lake, KS Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Big Hill Lake's primary NOAA station, BIG HILL LAKE.
The climate verdict for Big Hill Lake
Big Hill Lake, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 57°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 57°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 41.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 209 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Big Hill Lake: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00140810 · Big Hill Lake, KS 57°F mean · 41.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 57°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,597
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Columbus
- PRCP-MID 41.1"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,369 HDD
- STN-1 USC00140810
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Columbus, KS (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every KS station list.
- Big Hill Lake (this station) 57°F
- Cold Fairfield Radio…, IL 57°F
- Hot Valley of The G…, UT 57°F
- Near Columbus, KS 57°F
- Near Ash Grove, MO 57°F
Climate Living Index · Big Hill Lake
Big Hill Lake: 68/100 · grade C
Big Hill Lake publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Big Hill Lake, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 41.1 in · 6.1 from 35 in | 78/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 209 days/year | 71/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 57.2°F · 10.3° from 67.5°F | 67/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 125 calendar days | 62/100 · C |
Big Hill Lake · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Big Hill Lake is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.0°F and warmest-month mean 79.5°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 79.5°F
- Coldest month
- 33.0°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Big Hill Lake sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Big Hill Lake's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 67th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 60th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 66th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Big Hill Lake compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Big Hill Lake's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.5" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 1.4" | 21.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.8" | 11.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.2" | 1.9 | 0.2 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 6.7" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 4.3 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 15.1 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 16.8 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 5.5 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.9" | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.4" | 10.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 1.6" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Big Hill Lake works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 31 and hold at or above 90°F on 23 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 102 dates, bottoming at 23°F around January 18.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 22 through August 13, covering 23 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 24 to October 17.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 6, then returns to freezing around November 26, covering 102 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 10, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 14 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 81 wet dates a year.
The widest day
February 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Big Hill Lake.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
3.6 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
Big Hill Lake spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 11%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Big Hill Lake has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.5°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 6.7" and February 1.4". The three wettest months together take 38% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Big Hill Lake, it arrives in quantity
41.1" of precipitation falls across only about 80 wet days here, averaging 0.51 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 80 a year, 22% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.51 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- January, about 4
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 31
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 5
50% probability date
Growing Season
209 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,369
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,550
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Big Hill Lake on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (57°F here).
- Anderson, MO 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Christiana, TN 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Farmville, VA 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Hooker, OK 57°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (41.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Fredonia, NY 41.1" · 0.0" off
- Havana, IL 41.0" · 0.0" off
- Byars, OK 41.0" · 0.0" off
- Cleveland, OH 41.0" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Big Hill Lake's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Big Hill Lake's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,369 annual heating degree days against 1,550 for cooling. Its 46.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Big Hill Lake's frost-free season lasts about 209 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Big Hill Lake's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.5°F. The annual average is 57°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Big Hill Lake's 41.1 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Big Hill Lake's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Big Hill Lake, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Big Hill Lake's primary station: BIG HILL LAKE (USC00140810). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Big Hill Lake; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Big Hill Lake comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.