Greensburg, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Greensburg's normal year runs from 19°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 26.0 inches of precipitation and 16 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.7°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 33°C, 660 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGreensburg
- Station IDUSC00143239
- Location37.60°N 99.30°W
- Elevation2,243 ft (684 m)
- Population731
On October 23, the normal high in Greensburg is 67°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 14%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Greensburg.
- Jan 43° 19°
- Feb 47° 22°
- Mar 58° 30°
- Apr 67° 39°
- May 76° 51°
- Jun 86° 61°
- Jul 92° 66°
- Aug 90° 64°
- Sep 82° 56°
- Oct 70° 42°
- Nov 56° 30°
- Dec 45° 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 Greensburg each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.87 in), the least in January (0.71 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F | 19°F | 31.2°F | 0.71 | 4.5 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 47°F | 22°F | 34.7°F | 0.81 | 2.6 | 4 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 58°F | 30°F | 43.9°F | 1.92 | 3.8 | 5 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 39°F | 53.1°F | 2.41 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 51°F | 63.6°F | 3.39 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 86°F | 61°F | 73.6°F | 3.87 | 0.0 | 6 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 92°F | 66°F | 79.0°F | 3.16 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 90°F | 64°F | 77.0°F | 3.46 | 0.0 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 82°F | 56°F | 68.9°F | 2.04 | 0.0 | 5 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 42°F | 56.0°F | 2.28 | 0.4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 56°F | 30°F | 43.0°F | 0.96 | 1.4 | 3 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 45°F | 22°F | 33.2°F | 0.96 | 3.6 | 3 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 42°F | 54.8°F | 25.97 | 16.3 | 60 | 60 | 130 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −7°C | −0.4°C | 18 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 9°C | −6°C | 1.5°C | 21 mm | 7 cm |
| March | 14°C | −1°C | 6.6°C | 49 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 19°C | 4°C | 11.7°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 11°C | 17.6°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 16°C | 23.1°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 19°C | 26.1°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 18°C | 25.0°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 13°C | 20.5°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 6°C | 13.3°C | 58 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 13°C | −1°C | 6.1°C | 24 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 7°C | −6°C | 0.7°C | 24 mm | 9 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00143239; 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 Greensburg?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, 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 USC00143239.
When is the last frost in Greensburg?
In Greensburg, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 21 in half of years and after May 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 22 in half of years and before October 6 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 211 year in 10 after May 3; 9 in 10 after April 7
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 221 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before November 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 183 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 201 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 11 in half of springs and before October 31 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Greensburg in zone 6b in ZIP code 67054, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Greensburg's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°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 USC00143239; 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 Greensburg?
In a normal year in Greensburg, 60 days a year reach 90°F (11 of them 100°F or more), 130 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 60 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 60a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 130a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 21high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 60a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 6a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 113°F, on August 13, 1936; the lowest is −20°F, on January 7, 1912.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 42.21 in; the snowiest season is 1992–93, with 53.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00143239; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00143239. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Greensburg?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Greensburg, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (77%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 2.7 |
| February | 77% | 3.5 |
| March | 78% | 4.7 |
| April | 78% | 5.7 |
| May | 81% | 6.5 |
| June | 87% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.1 |
| August | 86% | 6.2 |
| September | 85% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 3.9 |
| November | 81% | 2.9 |
| December | 78% | 2.4 |
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 Greensburg need?
A normal year in Greensburg brings 5,081 heating degree days, 5% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,390 cooling degree days, 53% 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 3,976 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,046 | 0 |
| February | 848 | 0 |
| March | 654 | 2 |
| April | 370 | 13 |
| May | 135 | 91 |
| June | 13 | 271 |
| July | 2 | 437 |
| August | 3 | 376 |
| September | 58 | 173 |
| October | 305 | 26 |
| November | 662 | 1 |
| December | 986 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,081 | 1,390 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00143239. 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 Greensburg been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 55.7°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 54.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.7°F | +1.9°F | 26.62 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 56.0°F | +1.2°F | 16.61 | 14.8 |
| 2023 | 56.6°F | +1.8°F | 30.82 | 10.5 |
| 2024 | 57.8°F | +3.0°F | 35.12 | 9.6 |
| 2025 | 55.7°F | +0.9°F | 31.01 | 12.0 |
Over 73 complete years from 1907 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -0.2°F per century (−0.01°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00143239; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Greensburg's climate compare?
Greensburg is warmer than 63 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 40. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.8°F is warmer than 59%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Greensburg 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 Greensburg share this climate record?
3 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.
- Bucklin, KS696 people · 19 mi W
- Haviland, KS666 people · 11 mi E
- Mullinville, KS194 people · 10 mi W
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 Greensburg's climate
What is the coldest month in Greensburg?
January, with a normal high of 43°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Greensburg?
Yes: 16 inches in a normal year, falling on 7 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (4.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Greensburg?
June, with 3.87 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.71 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Greensburg in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Greensburg in zone 6b in ZIP code 67054, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Greensburg's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Greensburg?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 21; in one year in ten it comes after May 3. Waiting until May 3 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Kinsley, KS23 miles from this station, 55.5°F a year
- Coldwater, KS23 miles from this station, 59.3°F a year
- Pratt, KS29 miles from this station, 55.2°F a year
- Wilmore (16 mi SE), KS35 miles from this station, 55.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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