Glen Elder Lake, KS Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Glen Elder Lake's primary NOAA station, GLEN ELDER LAKE.
The climate verdict for Glen Elder Lake
Glen Elder Lake, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 53°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 53°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 26.3"
- annual precipitation
- 169 days
- frost-free growing season
Glen Elder Lake: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00143100 · Glen Elder Lake, KS 53°F mean · 26.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,568
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Trenton
- PRCP-MID 26.3"
- SWING-WIDE 52°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,673 HDD
- STN-1 USC00143100
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Trenton, MO (+ 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.
- Glen Elder Lake (this station) 53°F
- Cold Russell Springs, KS 53°F
- Hot Concordia, KS 53°F
- Near Trenton, MO 53°F
- Near Oregon, MO 53°F
Climate Living Index · Glen Elder Lake
Glen Elder Lake: 41/100 · grade D
Glen Elder 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 Glen Elder Lake, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 26.3 in · 8.7 from 35 in | 69/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.8°F · 14.7° from 67.5°F | 52/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 169 days/year | 41/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 201 calendar days | 13/100 · F |
Glen Elder Lake · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Glen Elder Lake is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 27.0°F and warmest-month mean 78.6°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
- 78.6°F
- Coldest month
- 27.0°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 Glen Elder Lake sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Glen Elder Lake's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 52nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 36th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 85%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Glen Elder Lake is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Glen Elder Lake compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Glen Elder Lake's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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
Glen Elder Lake's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 37 complete annual observations from 1965 to 2025, GLEN ELDER LAKE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.20°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Glen Elder Lake primary station fitted change +0.20 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (5°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.7" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.7" | 26.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.3" | 21.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 67°F (19°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.2" | 8.6 | 0.2 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.9" | 0.8 | 2.1 |
| June | 87°F (30°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 11.3 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 19.6 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 14.8 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 2.3" | 0.1 | 7.6 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.9" | 6.2 | 1.0 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.1" | 21.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 1.0" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Glen Elder Lake works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by July 16 and hold at or above 90°F on 50 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 151 dates, bottoming at 13°F around January 17.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 25 through August 13, covering 50 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 30 to October 16.
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 31, then returns to freezing around November 2, covering 151 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 17, when 31% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 2 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 72 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 31°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Glen Elder Lake.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
3.0 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
Glen Elder Lake runs a summer-peaked wet season
42% of Glen Elder 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 July at 4.3", on a wide 51.6°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: July, May, June, taking 45% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.7".
- Winter share: 9% 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 Glen Elder Lake, it arrives in quantity
26.3" of precipitation falls across only about 73 wet days here, averaging 0.36 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 73 a year, 20% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- January, about 3
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 15
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
169 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,673
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,250
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Glen Elder 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 (53°F here).
- Alderson, WV 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Anacortes, WA 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Bentley, IL 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Biglerville, PA 53°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (26.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Fowlerton, TX 26.3" · 0.0" off
- Mason City, NE 26.3" · 0.0" off
- Arlington, SD 26.2" · 0.0" off
- Stanton, NE 26.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Glen Elder Lake's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Glen Elder Lake's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,673 annual heating degree days against 1,250 for cooling. Its 51.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Glen Elder Lake's frost-free season lasts about 169 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 Glen Elder Lake's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 51.6°F. The annual average is 53°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Glen Elder Lake's 26.3 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 Glen Elder 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 Glen Elder 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 Glen Elder Lake's primary station: GLEN ELDER LAKE (USC00143100). 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 Glen Elder 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 Glen Elder 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.