Brewster, 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 Brewster's primary NOAA station, BREWSTER 4W.
The climate verdict for Brewster
Brewster, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 50°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 50°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 20.3"
- annual precipitation · 17" snow
- 148 days
- frost-free growing season
Brewster: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00141029 · Brewster, KS 50°F mean · 20.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,882
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grant City
- PRCP-DRY 20.3"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,199 HDD
- STN-1 USC00141029
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Grant City, MO (+ 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.
- Brewster (this station) 50°F
- Cold Rock Island L&d, IL 50°F
- Hot Illinois City D…, IL 50°F
- Near Grant City, MO 50°F
- Near Knoxville, IL 50°F
Climate Living Index · Brewster
Brewster: 31/100 · grade F
Brewster publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Brewster, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 16.9 inches/year | 53/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 20.3 in · 14.8 from 35 in | 48/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.4°F · 17.1° from 67.5°F | 42/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 148 days/year | 24/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 225 calendar days | 3/100 · F |
Brewster · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Brewster is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 27.8°F and warmest-month mean 75.9°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 75.9°F
- Coldest month
- 27.8°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 Brewster sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Brewster's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 42nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 72%
- Brewster's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Brewster is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Brewster compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Brewster's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Brewster's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 31 complete annual observations from 1964 to 2020, BREWSTER 4W warmed at a fitted rate of 0.18°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Brewster primary station fitted change +0.18 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (6°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.4" | 4.0" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.5" | 4.3" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 0.9" | 1.8" | 26.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.7" | 0.5" | 16.2 | 0.3 |
| May | 74°F (23°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| June | 87°F (30°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.7 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.7 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.5" | 0.2" | 0.9 | 7.8 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 1.6" | 0.4" | 11.9 | 1.0 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.7" | 3.1" | 26.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 43°F (6°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 0.5" | 2.6" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Brewster works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by July 14 and hold at or above 90°F on 46 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 179 dates, bottoming at 14°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 26 through August 10, covering 46 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 7 to October 10.
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 April 18, then returns to freezing around October 23, covering 179 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 21, when 35% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 2 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 76 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Brewster.
Where Brewster Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 179 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 34°F between the normal high and low.
Brewster earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 4.0"
3.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.3"
4.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
5.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
7.0 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
6.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
5.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.1"
3.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.6"
2.9 days with precipitation
Brewster runs a summer-peaked wet season
48% of Brewster's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is July at 3.5", on a wide 48.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: July, August, June, taking 48% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.4".
- Winter share: 7% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
How Brewster's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 75 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 20.3" between them, or roughly 0.27 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Brewster
Brewster averages 16.9 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 9 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 16.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 9 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 8% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
148 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,199
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
930
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Brewster 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 (50°F here).
- Alcalde, NM 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Beaver Falls, PA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Colorado Springs, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Crawfordsville, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (20.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Eureka, SD 20.3" · 0.0" off
- Richmond, UT 20.3" · 0.0" off
- Petersburg, ND 20.2" · 0.0" off
- Rolette, ND 20.2" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Brewster
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Brewster's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,199 annual heating degree days against 930 for cooling. Its 48.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 148 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Brewster coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 28°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Brewster typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Brewster snow peak
February
Brewster averages 16.9 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Brewster's primary station: BREWSTER 4W (USC00141029). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 2008425). Match rule for Brewster: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Brewster 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.