Eskridge, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Eskridge's normal year runs from 18°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 37.3 inches of precipitation and 18 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.1°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 32°C, 948 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationEskridge
- Station IDUSC00142602
- Location38.86°N 96.11°W
- Elevation1,411 ft (430 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population437
On October 23, the normal high in Eskridge is 65°F and the normal low 41°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Eskridge.
- Jan 38° 18°
- Feb 44° 21°
- Mar 55° 31°
- Apr 65° 41°
- May 75° 53°
- Jun 84° 62°
- Jul 89° 66°
- Aug 88° 64°
- Sep 80° 56°
- Oct 68° 44°
- Nov 53° 32°
- Dec 42° 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 Eskridge each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.49 in), the least in January (0.97 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F | 18°F | 28.0°F | 0.97 | 4.8 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 44°F | 21°F | 32.6°F | 1.28 | 5.9 | 6 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 55°F | 31°F | 42.9°F | 2.61 | 1.8 | 9 | <1 | 17 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 41°F | 52.9°F | 3.68 | 0.3 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 53°F | 63.6°F | 5.49 | 0.1 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 84°F | 62°F | 73.1°F | 5.25 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 89°F | 66°F | 77.7°F | 4.02 | 0.0 | 10 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 88°F | 64°F | 76.1°F | 4.43 | 0.0 | 9 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 80°F | 56°F | 67.9°F | 3.38 | 0.0 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 44°F | 55.8°F | 2.74 | 0.1 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 53°F | 32°F | 42.5°F | 1.91 | 1.9 | 5 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 42°F | 22°F | 32.0°F | 1.58 | 3.3 | 6 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 43°F | 53.8°F | 37.34 | 18.2 | 96 | 33 | 122 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −8°C | −2.2°C | 25 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 7°C | −6°C | 0.3°C | 33 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 13°C | −1°C | 6.1°C | 66 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 18°C | 5°C | 11.6°C | 93 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 24°C | 12°C | 17.6°C | 139 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 19°C | 25.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 18°C | 24.5°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 13°C | 19.9°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 7°C | 13.2°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 12°C | 0°C | 5.8°C | 49 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 5°C | −5°C | 0.0°C | 40 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00142602; 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 Eskridge?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00142602.
When is the last frost in Eskridge?
In Eskridge, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 16 in half of years and after April 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 23 in half of years and before October 9 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 161 year in 10 after April 30; 9 in 10 after April 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 231 year in 10 before October 9; 9 in 10 before November 5
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 189 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 209 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 6 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Eskridge in zone 6b in ZIP code 66423, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Eskridge's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (22 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 USC00142602; 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 Eskridge?
In a normal year in Eskridge, 33 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 122 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 96 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 33a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 122a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 31high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 96a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 6a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1897) is 115°F, on July 18, 1936; the lowest is −25°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1951, with 58.88 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 44.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00142602; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00142602. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Eskridge?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Eskridge, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and March the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.4 |
| February | 72% | 3.1 |
| March | 72% | 4.1 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 75% | 5.9 |
| June | 83% | 6.8 |
| July | 84% | 6.6 |
| August | 84% | 5.9 |
| September | 82% | 4.8 |
| October | 79% | 3.6 |
| November | 78% | 2.6 |
| December | 73% | 2.1 |
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 Eskridge need?
A normal year in Eskridge brings 5,321 heating degree days, 1% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,262 cooling degree days, 39% 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 3,844 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,147 | 0 |
| February | 906 | 0 |
| March | 687 | 2 |
| April | 372 | 11 |
| May | 128 | 85 |
| June | 9 | 251 |
| July | 1 | 393 |
| August | 2 | 348 |
| September | 61 | 149 |
| October | 307 | 24 |
| November | 677 | 1 |
| December | 1,024 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,321 | 1,262 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00142602. 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 Eskridge been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 55.0°F, 1.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.8°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.4°F | +1.6°F | 41.31 | – |
| 2022 | 53.6°F | −0.2°F | 34.61 | – |
| 2023 | 56.0°F | +2.2°F | 32.00 | – |
| 2024 | 56.5°F | +2.7°F | 38.30 | 14.4 |
| 2025 | 55.0°F | +1.3°F | 33.90 | 24.6 |
Over 79 complete years from 1908 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.8°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00142602; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Eskridge's climate compare?
Eskridge is warmer than 39 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 97. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.8°F is warmer than 56%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Eskridge 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 Eskridge 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.
- Maple Hill, KS639 people · 16 mi N
- Harveyville, KS178 people · 9 mi SE
- Allen, KS165 people · 15 mi S
- Admire, KS137 people · 15 mi S
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 Eskridge's climate
What is the coldest month in Eskridge?
January, with a normal high of 38°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Eskridge?
Yes: 18 inches in a normal year, falling on 10 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (5.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Eskridge?
May, with 5.49 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.97 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Eskridge in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Eskridge in zone 6b in ZIP code 66423, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Eskridge's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Eskridge?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 16; in one year in ten it comes after April 30. Waiting until April 30 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Osage City, KS22 miles from this station, 54.3°F a year
- Council Grove, KS25 miles from this station, 55.5°F a year
- Wamego, KS29 miles from this station, 54.5°F a year
- Topeka, KS30 miles from this station, 55.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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