Clinton Lake, KS Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Clinton Lake's primary NOAA station, CLINTON LAKE.
The climate verdict for Clinton Lake
Clinton Lake, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 37.7"
- annual precipitation
- 190 days
- frost-free growing season
Clinton Lake: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00141612 · Clinton Lake, KS 54°F mean · 37.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Great Bend
- PRCP-MID 37.7"
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,212 HDD
- STN-1 USC00141612
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Great Bend, KS (+ 0.1 °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.
- Clinton Lake (this station) 54°F
- Cold Salisbury, MO 54°F
- Hot Osage City, KS 54°F
- Near Great Bend, KS 54°F
- Near Brunswick, MO 54°F
Climate Living Index · Clinton Lake
Clinton Lake: 67/100 · grade C
Clinton 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 Clinton Lake, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 37.7 in · 2.7 from 35 in | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 117 calendar days | 66/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.2°F · 13.3° from 67.5°F | 57/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 190 days/year | 57/100 · C |
Clinton Lake · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Clinton Lake is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 28.2°F and warmest-month mean 77.9°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
- 77.9°F
- Coldest month
- 28.2°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 Clinton Lake sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Clinton Lake's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 58th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 53rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Clinton Lake is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Clinton Lake compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Clinton Lake's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F (3°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.8" | 28.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.3" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 2.0" | 16.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.9" | 4.4 | 0.1 |
| May | 74°F (23°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 5.0" | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 5.5" | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 13.0 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 12.3 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| October | 67°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.3" | 3.4 | 0.2 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.9" | 15.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 1.5" | 26.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 117 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 18°F near January 16.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 14, then returns to freezing around November 19, covering 117 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 8, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 23 at 16%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 96 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 10 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 Clinton Lake.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.1 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
Clinton Lake runs a summer-peaked wet season
37% of Clinton Lake'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 5.5", on a wide 49.7°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, May, August, taking 40% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.8".
- 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.
When it rains in Clinton Lake, it arrives in quantity
37.7" of precipitation falls across only about 96 wet days here, averaging 0.39 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 96 a year, 26% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.39 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 5
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 22
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
190 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,212
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,300
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Clinton 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 (54°F here).
- Boston, VA 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Glennville, CA 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Kim, CO 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Meadows of Dan, VA 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (37.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Prairie Du Chien, WI 37.7" · 0.0" off
- Gibson City, IL 37.7" · 0.0" off
- Lake Arrowhead, CA 37.7" · 0.0" off
- Tahoma, CA 37.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Clinton Lake's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Clinton Lake's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,212 annual heating degree days against 1,300 for cooling. Its 49.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Clinton Lake's frost-free season lasts about 190 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 Clinton Lake's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 49.7°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Clinton Lake's 37.7 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 Clinton 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 Clinton 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 Clinton Lake's primary station: CLINTON LAKE (USC00141612). 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 Clinton 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 Clinton 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.