Concordia, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Concordia's normal year runs from 19°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 28.4 inches of precipitation and 19 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.3°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 32°C, 721 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationConcordia Asos
- Station IDUSW00013984
- Location39.55°N 97.65°W
- Elevation1,469 ft (448 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population4,926
On October 23, the normal high in Concordia is 64°F and the normal low 41°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Concordia.
- Jan 39° 19°
- Feb 44° 22°
- Mar 55° 32°
- Apr 65° 41°
- May 75° 52°
- Jun 86° 63°
- Jul 90° 67°
- Aug 88° 65°
- Sep 80° 57°
- Oct 68° 44°
- Nov 53° 31°
- Dec 41° 22°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Concordia each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.34 in), the least in January (0.67 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F | 19°F | 28.8°F | 0.67 | 5.4 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 44°F | 22°F | 32.8°F | 0.86 | 5.2 | 5 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 55°F | 32°F | 43.5°F | 1.53 | 1.6 | 7 | <1 | 17 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 41°F | 53.1°F | 2.53 | 0.4 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 52°F | 63.5°F | 4.34 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 86°F | 63°F | 74.4°F | 3.83 | 0.0 | 10 | 11 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 90°F | 67°F | 78.9°F | 4.15 | 0.0 | 9 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 88°F | 65°F | 76.4°F | 3.49 | 0.0 | 9 | 13 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 80°F | 57°F | 68.5°F | 2.80 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 44°F | 55.6°F | 1.98 | 0.3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 53°F | 31°F | 42.1°F | 1.16 | 1.9 | 5 | <1 | 16 | 10 h |
| December | 41°F | 22°F | 31.5°F | 1.04 | 4.5 | 5 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 43°F | 54.1°F | 28.38 | 19.3 | 90 | 50 | 121 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −7°C | −1.8°C | 17 mm | 14 cm |
| February | 6°C | −5°C | 0.4°C | 22 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 13°C | 0°C | 6.4°C | 39 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 18°C | 5°C | 11.7°C | 64 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 24°C | 11°C | 17.5°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 17°C | 23.6°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 26.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 18°C | 24.7°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 14°C | 20.3°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 7°C | 13.1°C | 50 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 12°C | 0°C | 5.6°C | 29 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 5°C | −6°C | −0.3°C | 26 mm | 11 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013984; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Concordia?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USW00013984.
When is the last frost in Concordia?
In Concordia, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 18 in half of years and after May 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 19 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 181 year in 10 after May 2; 9 in 10 after April 3
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 191 year in 10 before October 3; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 183 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 203 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 7 in half of springs and before October 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Concordia in zone 6b in ZIP code 66901, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Concordia's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (30 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Kansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00013984; 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 in Concordia?
In a normal year in Concordia, 50 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 121 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 90 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 50a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 121a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 28high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 90a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 6a normal year
The highest temperature in Concordia's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1885) is 116°F, on August 12, 1936; the lowest is −33°F, on January 8, 1886.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1993, with 44.79 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 59.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013984; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record CNKthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Concordia, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 63°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 65°F; the driest air comes in December (19°F). March is the windiest month (12.7 mph on average), and August has the most clear or nearly clear hours (80%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20°F | 67% | 51% | 10.2 mph | 65% | 27% |
| February | 23°F | 62% | 44% | 11.5 mph | 65% | 26% |
| March | 35°F | 60% | 42% | 12.7 mph | 64% | 26% |
| April | 45°F | 64% | 47% | 11.7 mph | 61% | 26% |
| May | 57°F | 68% | 48% | 10.2 mph | 70% | 16% |
| June | 63°F | 63% | 44% | 10.6 mph | 80% | 8% |
| July | 65°F | 67% | 48% | 9.0 mph | 80% | 8% |
| August | 62°F | 67% | 46% | 9.4 mph | 80% | 10% |
| September | 48°F | 62% | 41% | 10.5 mph | 79% | 14% |
| October | 35°F | 61% | 41% | 10.7 mph | 73% | 21% |
| November | 25°F | 66% | 49% | 10.7 mph | 72% | 22% |
| December | 19°F | 70% | 54% | 10.3 mph | 68% | 26% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00013984. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Concordia?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Concordia, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (85%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.3 |
| February | 73% | 3.1 |
| March | 73% | 4.2 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 75% | 6.0 |
| June | 84% | 6.9 |
| July | 85% | 6.7 |
| August | 84% | 5.9 |
| September | 83% | 4.9 |
| October | 79% | 3.6 |
| November | 79% | 2.6 |
| December | 74% | 2.0 |
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 much heating and cooling does Concordia need?
A normal year in Concordia brings 5,314 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 3,939 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,122 | 0 |
| February | 902 | 0 |
| March | 667 | 2 |
| April | 371 | 12 |
| May | 134 | 87 |
| June | 10 | 292 |
| July | 1 | 430 |
| August | 3 | 356 |
| September | 64 | 167 |
| October | 318 | 26 |
| November | 686 | 1 |
| December | 1,038 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,314 | 1,373 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013984. 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.
Has Concordia been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 55.8°F, 1.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 54.1°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 55.7°F | +1.6°F | 21.12 | – |
| 2023 | 57.5°F | +3.4°F | 24.62 | – |
| 2024 | 57.7°F | +3.6°F | 26.56 | – |
| 2025 | 55.8°F | +1.6°F | 19.90 | – |
Over 140 complete years from 1886 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.6°F per century (+0.09°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00013984; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Concordia's climate compare?
Concordia is warmer than 47 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 55. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.1°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Concordia 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 Concordia share this climate record?
4 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their 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.
- Clyde, KS669 people · 14 mi E
- Jamestown, KS233 people · 12 mi W
- Aurora, KS52 people · 9 mi SE
- Ames, KS0 people · 11 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Concordia's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Concordia. This page uses Concordia Asos; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia (1 mi W) USC00141761 | 1 mi SW | 1,481 ft | 52.9°F | 17°F | 90°F | 30.3 | 18 | April 21 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Concordia's climate
What is the coldest month in Concordia?
January, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Concordia?
Yes: 19 inches in a normal year, falling on 12 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (5.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Concordia?
May, with 4.34 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.67 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Concordia in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Concordia in zone 6b in ZIP code 66901, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Concordia's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Concordia?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 18; in one year in ten it comes after May 2. Waiting until May 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Concordia in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Belleville, KS19 miles from this station, 52.7°F a year
- Courtland, KS21 miles from this station, 54.8°F a year
- Beloit, KS25 miles from this station, 54.3°F a year
- Minneapolis, KS30 miles from this station, 55.0°F a year
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