Goodland, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Goodland's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 19.1 inches of precipitation and 30 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.9°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 32°C, 485 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGoodland Renner Field
- Station IDUSW00023065
- Location39.37°N 101.70°W
- Elevation3,651 ft (1,113 m)
- Population4,394
On October 24, the normal high in Goodland is 63°F and the normal low 34°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Goodland.
- Jan 43° 17°
- Feb 46° 19°
- Mar 56° 27°
- Apr 64° 35°
- May 74° 46°
- Jun 85° 56°
- Jul 90° 62°
- Aug 88° 60°
- Sep 80° 51°
- Oct 67° 37°
- Nov 54° 26°
- Dec 44° 18°
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 Goodland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in July (3.08 in), the least in January (0.32 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 | 43°F | 17°F | 30.2°F | 0.32 | 4.7 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 46°F | 19°F | 32.3°F | 0.47 | 6.3 | 5 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 56°F | 27°F | 41.4°F | 0.88 | 4.8 | 6 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 64°F | 35°F | 49.3°F | 1.69 | 3.2 | 8 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 74°F | 46°F | 59.6°F | 2.81 | 0.3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 85°F | 56°F | 70.7°F | 2.96 | 0.0 | 9 | 11 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 90°F | 62°F | 76.1°F | 3.08 | 0.0 | 10 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 88°F | 60°F | 73.6°F | 3.06 | 0.0 | 9 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 80°F | 51°F | 65.3°F | 1.40 | 0.2 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 37°F | 51.8°F | 1.41 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 54°F | 26°F | 39.6°F | 0.54 | 3.3 | 4 | <1 | 24 | 10 h |
| December | 44°F | 18°F | 30.8°F | 0.47 | 5.2 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 38°F | 51.7°F | 19.09 | 30.0 | 81 | 52 | 157 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −8°C | −1.0°C | 8 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 8°C | −7°C | 0.2°C | 12 mm | 16 cm |
| March | 13°C | −3°C | 5.2°C | 22 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 18°C | 1°C | 9.6°C | 43 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 23°C | 8°C | 15.3°C | 71 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 30°C | 13°C | 21.5°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 17°C | 24.5°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 15°C | 23.1°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 10°C | 18.5°C | 36 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 19°C | 3°C | 11.0°C | 36 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 12°C | −4°C | 4.2°C | 14 mm | 8 cm |
| December | 7°C | −8°C | −0.7°C | 12 mm | 13 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00023065; 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 Goodland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USW00023065.
When is the last frost in Goodland?
In Goodland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 2 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 11 in half of years and before September 28 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
- May 21 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 111 year in 10 before September 28; 9 in 10 before October 21
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 158 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 178 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 23 in half of springs and before October 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Goodland in zone 6a in ZIP code 67735, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Goodland's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°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 USW00023065; 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 Goodland?
In a normal year in Goodland, 52 days a year reach 90°F (6 of them 100°F or more), 157 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 81 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 52a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 157a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 25high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 81a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in Goodland's official record (kept by the National Weather Service since 1895) is 111°F, on July 25, 1940; the lowest is −27°F, on December 22, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1923, with 28.20 in; the snowiest season is 1979–80, with 102.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00023065; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), NWS threaded record GLDthr. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Goodland, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 56°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 59°F; the driest air comes in December (16°F). March is the windiest month (13.7 mph on average), and June has the most clear or nearly clear hours (81%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°F | 61% | 40% | 11.9 mph | 71% | 21% |
| February | 19°F | 56% | 34% | 12.7 mph | 71% | 22% |
| March | 29°F | 56% | 32% | 13.7 mph | 69% | 22% |
| April | 37°F | 58% | 34% | 13.0 mph | 65% | 24% |
| May | 50°F | 61% | 38% | 12.2 mph | 69% | 19% |
| June | 56°F | 55% | 31% | 11.5 mph | 81% | 9% |
| July | 59°F | 61% | 36% | 10.1 mph | 79% | 11% |
| August | 54°F | 59% | 34% | 10.9 mph | 80% | 11% |
| September | 42°F | 56% | 32% | 11.6 mph | 80% | 14% |
| October | 29°F | 58% | 35% | 11.4 mph | 76% | 18% |
| November | 19°F | 59% | 37% | 11.9 mph | 79% | 16% |
| December | 16°F | 63% | 45% | 11.6 mph | 75% | 19% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00023065. 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 Goodland?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Goodland, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 2.5 |
| February | 76% | 3.4 |
| March | 78% | 4.6 |
| April | 77% | 5.7 |
| May | 79% | 6.5 |
| June | 86% | 7.3 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 85% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 3.8 |
| November | 81% | 2.8 |
| December | 77% | 2.2 |
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 Goodland need?
A normal year in Goodland brings 5,794 heating degree days, 8% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 990 cooling degree days, 9% 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 3,275 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,080 | 0 |
| February | 914 | 0 |
| March | 732 | 0 |
| April | 474 | 3 |
| May | 213 | 44 |
| June | 30 | 201 |
| July | 3 | 346 |
| August | 8 | 276 |
| September | 100 | 111 |
| October | 418 | 10 |
| November | 762 | 0 |
| December | 1,060 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,794 | 990 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00023065. 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 Goodland been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 53.6°F, 1.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.7°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.9°F | +1.2°F | 13.21 | 17.2 |
| 2023 | 51.7°F | at normal | 22.08 | 44.0 |
| 2024 | 54.6°F | +2.9°F | 14.46 | 25.6 |
| 2025 | 53.6°F | +1.9°F | 16.67 | – |
Over 103 complete years from 1914 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.3°F per century (+0.18°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00023065; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Goodland's climate compare?
Goodland is warmer than 4 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 10. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.7°F is warmer than 48%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Goodland is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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.
Questions about Goodland's climate
What is the coldest month in Goodland?
January, with a normal high of 43°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Goodland?
Yes: 30 inches in a normal year, falling on 19 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (6.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Goodland?
July, with 3.08 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.32 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Goodland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Goodland in zone 6a in ZIP code 67735, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Goodland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Goodland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 2; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
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