Fredonia, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Fredonia's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 41.8 inches of precipitation and 7 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.8°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,061 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFredonia
- Station IDUSC00142894
- Location37.53°N 95.83°W
- Elevation893 ft (272 m)
- Population2,071
On October 23, the normal high in Fredonia is 67°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Fredonia.
- Jan 43° 22°
- Feb 49° 26°
- Mar 58° 35°
- Apr 68° 44°
- May 76° 56°
- Jun 85° 65°
- Jul 90° 69°
- Aug 90° 67°
- Sep 82° 59°
- Oct 70° 46°
- Nov 58° 35°
- Dec 46° 26°
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 Fredonia each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in June (6.11 in), the least in January (1.19 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F | 22°F | 32.3°F | 1.19 | 2.9 | 4 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 49°F | 26°F | 37.0°F | 1.48 | 0.8 | 3 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 58°F | 35°F | 46.3°F | 2.76 | 0.4 | 6 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 44°F | 56.1°F | 4.31 | 0.1 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 56°F | 66.0°F | 5.80 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 85°F | 65°F | 75.2°F | 6.11 | 0.0 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 90°F | 69°F | 79.9°F | 4.08 | 0.0 | 7 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 90°F | 67°F | 78.4°F | 4.15 | 0.0 | 6 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 82°F | 59°F | 70.2°F | 4.20 | 0.0 | 5 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 46°F | 58.0°F | 3.58 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 58°F | 35°F | 46.1°F | 2.31 | 0.0 | 4 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 46°F | 26°F | 35.8°F | 1.80 | 2.3 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 46°F | 56.8°F | 41.77 | 6.5 | 69 | 54 | 110 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −6°C | 0.2°C | 30 mm | 7 cm |
| February | 9°C | −4°C | 2.8°C | 38 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 14°C | 1°C | 7.9°C | 70 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 20°C | 7°C | 13.4°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 13°C | 18.9°C | 147 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 19°C | 24.0°C | 155 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 15°C | 21.2°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 8°C | 14.4°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | 2°C | 7.8°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 8°C | −3°C | 2.1°C | 46 mm | 6 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00142894; 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 Fredonia?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00142894.
When is the last frost in Fredonia?
In Fredonia, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 12 in half of years and after April 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 26 in half of years and before October 13 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 121 year in 10 after April 26; 9 in 10 after March 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 261 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 197 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 217 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 1 in half of springs and before November 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Fredonia in zone 7a in ZIP code 66736, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Kansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00142894; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Fredonia?
In a normal year in Fredonia, 54 days a year reach 90°F (6 of them 100°F or more), 110 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 69 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 54a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 110a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 14high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 69a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1902) is 121°F, on July 18, 1936; the lowest is −21°F, on January 12, 1918.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2008, with 62.96 in; the snowiest season is 1948–49, with 34.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00142894; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00142894. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Fredonia?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Fredonia, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.4 |
| February | 70% | 3.1 |
| March | 70% | 4.1 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 74% | 5.8 |
| June | 83% | 6.7 |
| July | 84% | 6.6 |
| August | 83% | 5.9 |
| September | 82% | 4.9 |
| October | 77% | 3.6 |
| November | 76% | 2.6 |
| December | 72% | 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 Fredonia need?
A normal year in Fredonia brings 4,525 heating degree days, 16% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,554 cooling degree days, 71% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,353 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,013 | 0 |
| February | 784 | 0 |
| March | 583 | 4 |
| April | 289 | 21 |
| May | 83 | 114 |
| June | 4 | 309 |
| July | 0 | 460 |
| August | 1 | 416 |
| September | 40 | 194 |
| October | 251 | 34 |
| November | 569 | 2 |
| December | 907 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,525 | 1,554 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00142894. 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 Fredonia been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 57.4°F, 0.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57.9°F | +1.1°F | 54.54 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 57.3°F | +0.5°F | 34.42 | 7.9 |
| 2023 | 58.4°F | +1.6°F | 35.94 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 59.3°F | +2.5°F | – | – |
| 2025 | 57.4°F | +0.6°F | 35.22 | 3.0 |
Over 78 complete years from 1909 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.0°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00142894; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Fredonia's climate compare?
Fredonia is warmer than 117 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 125. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.8°F is warmer than 66%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Fredonia is Cfa: temperate, 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 Fredonia share this climate record?
7 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.
- Neodesha, KS2,210 people · 11 mi SE
- Altoona, KS343 people · 9 mi E
- Fall River, KS127 people · 12 mi NW
- Benedict, KS71 people · 8 mi NE
- New Albany, KS59 people · 6 mi W
- Coyville, KS56 people · 11 mi N
- Lafontaine, KS51 people · 9 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 Fredonia's climate
What is the coldest month in Fredonia?
January, with a normal high of 43°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Fredonia?
Yes: 7 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Fredonia?
June, with 6.11 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.19 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Fredonia in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Fredonia in zone 7a in ZIP code 66736, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Fredonia?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 12; in one year in ten it comes after April 26. Waiting until April 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Chanute, KS21 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- Independence, KS22 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Parsons, KS23 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- Yates Center, KS25 miles from this station, 55.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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