Cedar Bluff Dam, Kansas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Cedar Bluff Dam's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 22.6 inches of precipitation and 17 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.2°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 34°C, 575 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCedar Bluff Dam
- Station IDUSC00141383
- Location38.80°N 99.72°W
- Elevation2,135 ft (651 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Cedar Bluff Dam is 66°F and the normal low 37°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cedar Bluff Dam.
- Jan 43° 17°
- Feb 47° 20°
- Mar 57° 29°
- Apr 66° 38°
- May 76° 50°
- Jun 87° 61°
- Jul 92° 66°
- Aug 90° 64°
- Sep 83° 55°
- Oct 69° 41°
- Nov 55° 28°
- Dec 44° 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 at Cedar Bluff Dam each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.46 in), the least in January (0.45 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F | 17°F | 29.9°F | 0.45 | 3.2 | 2 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 47°F | 20°F | 33.1°F | 0.70 | 5.2 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 57°F | 29°F | 43.0°F | 1.23 | 2.7 | 4 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 38°F | 52.1°F | 1.99 | 0.8 | 6 | <1 | 9 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 50°F | 62.8°F | 3.46 | 0.1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 87°F | 61°F | 73.8°F | 3.36 | 0.0 | 8 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 92°F | 66°F | 79.1°F | 3.38 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 90°F | 64°F | 76.7°F | 3.01 | 0.0 | 7 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 55°F | 68.8°F | 1.77 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 41°F | 55.2°F | 1.65 | 0.6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 28°F | 41.8°F | 0.85 | 1.1 | 3 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 20°F | 31.8°F | 0.80 | 3.6 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 41°F | 54.0°F | 22.65 | 17.3 | 61 | 67 | 143 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −8°C | −1.2°C | 11 mm | 8 cm |
| February | 8°C | −7°C | 0.6°C | 18 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 14°C | −2°C | 6.1°C | 31 mm | 7 cm |
| April | 19°C | 3°C | 11.2°C | 51 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 25°C | 10°C | 17.1°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 16°C | 23.2°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 19°C | 26.2°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 18°C | 24.8°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 13°C | 20.4°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 5°C | 12.9°C | 42 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 13°C | −2°C | 5.4°C | 22 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 7°C | −7°C | −0.1°C | 20 mm | 9 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00141383; 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.
Which months are mildest at Cedar Bluff Dam?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September 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 USC00141383.
When is the last frost at Cedar Bluff Dam?
In Cedar Bluff Dam, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 25 in half of years and after May 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 17 in half of years and before October 3 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 251 year in 10 after May 7; 9 in 10 after April 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 171 year in 10 before October 3; 9 in 10 before October 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 174 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 194 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 15 in half of springs and before October 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cedar Bluff Dam in zone 6a in ZIP code 67521, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (23 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Kansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00141383; 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 at Cedar Bluff Dam?
In a normal year in Cedar Bluff Dam, 67 days a year reach 90°F (14 of them 100°F or more), 143 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 61 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 67a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 14a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 143a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 22high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 61a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 7a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1949) is 110°F, on June 29, 2012; the lowest is −24°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 29.74 in; the snowiest season is 1992–93, with 50.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00141383; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00141383. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Cedar Bluff Dam?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Cedar Bluff Dam, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.6 |
| February | 76% | 3.4 |
| March | 77% | 4.6 |
| April | 77% | 5.6 |
| May | 80% | 6.5 |
| June | 86% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.0 |
| August | 86% | 6.2 |
| September | 85% | 5.1 |
| October | 81% | 3.8 |
| November | 81% | 2.8 |
| December | 78% | 2.3 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Cedar Bluff Dam record?
A normal year at Cedar Bluff Dam brings 5,344 heating degree days, 1% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,373 cooling degree days, 51% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,889 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,088 | 0 |
| February | 893 | 0 |
| March | 684 | 1 |
| April | 399 | 10 |
| May | 148 | 81 |
| June | 13 | 277 |
| July | 1 | 438 |
| August | 4 | 366 |
| September | 61 | 175 |
| October | 329 | 24 |
| November | 696 | 0 |
| December | 1,027 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,344 | 1,373 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00141383. 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.
Have recent years at Cedar Bluff Dam been warmer than normal?
Over 31 complete years from 1953 to 2018, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.9°F per century (+0.11°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cedar Bluff Dam's climate compare?
Cedar Bluff Dam is warmer than 45 of the 137 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 54.0°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cedar Bluff Dam is Dfa: continental, 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.
Which places near Cedar Bluff Dam share this climate record?
Ellis has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Ellis, KS1,918 people · 13 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Cedar Bluff Dam's climate
What is the coldest month at Cedar Bluff Dam?
January, with a normal high of 43°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow at Cedar Bluff Dam?
Yes: 17 inches in a normal year, falling on 9 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (5.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Cedar Bluff Dam?
May, with 3.46 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.45 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cedar Bluff Dam in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cedar Bluff Dam in zone 6a in ZIP code 67521, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Cedar Bluff Dam?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 25; in one year in ten it comes after May 7. Waiting until May 7 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Brownell, KS9 miles from this station, 53.5°F a year
- WaKeeney, KS17 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Hays, KS22 miles from this station, 55.6°F a year
- Ness City, KS25 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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