Cimarron, KS Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Cimarron's primary NOAA station, CIMARRON.
The climate verdict for Cimarron
Cimarron, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 55°F. It scores 78/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 72% of them.
- 55°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 78/100
- comfort score, above 72% of station-mapped location scores
- 21.6"
- annual precipitation · 17" snow
- 183 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Cimarron: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00141522 · Cimarron, KS 55°F mean · 21.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 55°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,185
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lawrence
- PRCP-DRY 21.6"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-TOP 78/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,031 HDD
- STN-1 USC00141522
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lawrence Muni, 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.
- Cimarron (this station) 55°F
- Cold Manhattan, KS 55°F
- Hot Wilmore, KS 55°F
- Near Lawrence, KS 55°F
- Near Saverton L&d, MO 55°F
Climate Living Index · Cimarron
Cimarron: 45/100 · grade D
Cimarron publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Cimarron, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 78/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 55.2°F · 12.3° from 67.5°F | 60/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 21.6 in · 13.4 from 35 in | 53/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 183 days/year | 52/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 17.3 inches/year | 52/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 188 calendar days | 21/100 · F |
Cimarron · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Cimarron is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 31.5°F and warmest-month mean 79.8°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
- 79.8°F
- Coldest month
- 31.5°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 Cimarron sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Cimarron's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 61st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 70%
- Cimarron'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 Cimarron is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Cimarron compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Cimarron's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
78 Top 28% score exceeds 72% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Cimarron's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 72 complete annual observations from 1927 to 2024, CIMARRON warmed at a fitted rate of 0.04°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Cimarron primary station fitted change +0.04 °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 | 45°F (7°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.6" | 3.9" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (9°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.6" | 3.8" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.4" | 3.1" | 19.6 | 0.1 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.8" | 0.7" | 7.8 | 0.9 |
| May | 78°F (25°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.8" | 0.1" | 0.5 | 4.9 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.7 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 22.1 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.1 |
| September | 83°F (29°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 8.7 |
| October | 71°F (21°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 1.9" | 0.5" | 5.8 | 1.5 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.7" | 1.4" | 20.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 0.9" | 3.8" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Cimarron works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by July 17 and hold at or above 90°F on 55 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 133 dates, bottoming at 18°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 24 through August 17, covering 55 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 25 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 20, then returns to freezing around November 9, covering 133 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 June 1, when 28% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 15 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 63 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 10 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Cimarron.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 3.9"
2.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.8"
3.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.1"
4.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
6.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
8.1 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
5.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
3.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.8"
3.7 days with precipitation
Cimarron runs a summer-peaked wet season
45% of Cimarron'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 June at 3.5", on a wide 48.3°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: June, July, August, taking 45% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.6".
- Winter share: 10% 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 Cimarron's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 63 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 21.6" between them, or roughly 0.34 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 Cimarron
Cimarron averages 17.3 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 10 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: 17.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 10 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 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
183 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,031
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,485
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Cimarron 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 (55°F here).
- Augusta, KY 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Ava, MO 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Brandenburg, KY 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Brevard, NC 55°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (21.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Raynesford, MT 21.6" · 0.0" off
- Johnson Siding, SD 21.6" · 0.0" off
- Soldotna, AK 21.6" · 0.0" off
- Mertzon, TX 21.6" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Cimarron
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Cimarron's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,031 annual heating degree days against 1,485 for cooling. Its 48.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Cimarron's frost-free season lasts about 183 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Cimarron coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 32°F (0°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Cimarron typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Cimarron snow peak
January
Cimarron averages 17.3 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Cimarron's primary station: CIMARRON (USC00141522). 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 2013275). Match rule for Cimarron: 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 Cimarron 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.