Healy, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Healy's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 22.4 inches of precipitation and 22 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.2°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 34°C, 568 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHealy
- Station IDUSC00143554
- Location38.60°N 100.62°W
- Elevation2,850 ft (869 m)
- Population (census place)419
On October 23, the normal high in Healy is 67°F and the normal low 36°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 Healy.
- Jan 45° 17°
- Feb 48° 19°
- Mar 58° 28°
- Apr 67° 37°
- May 77° 49°
- Jun 88° 59°
- Jul 93° 64°
- Aug 91° 62°
- Sep 83° 53°
- Oct 70° 39°
- Nov 56° 27°
- Dec 46° 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 Healy each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.25 in), the least in January (0.44 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F | 17°F | 30.5°F | 0.44 | 3.8 | 2 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 48°F | 19°F | 33.7°F | 0.67 | 5.5 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 58°F | 28°F | 43.2°F | 1.29 | 3.9 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 37°F | 51.9°F | 2.07 | 1.3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 49°F | 62.6°F | 3.25 | 0.5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 88°F | 59°F | 73.6°F | 3.03 | 0.0 | 8 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 93°F | 64°F | 78.7°F | 3.20 | 0.0 | 7 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 91°F | 62°F | 76.4°F | 3.21 | 0.0 | 8 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 53°F | 68.2°F | 2.04 | 0.0 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 39°F | 54.8°F | 1.66 | 1.1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 56°F | 27°F | 41.7°F | 0.76 | 2.3 | 3 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 46°F | 18°F | 32.1°F | 0.76 | 4.0 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 39°F | 53.9°F | 22.38 | 22.4 | 65 | 71 | 147 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −9°C | −0.8°C | 11 mm | 10 cm |
| February | 9°C | −7°C | 0.9°C | 17 mm | 14 cm |
| March | 15°C | −2°C | 6.2°C | 33 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 20°C | 3°C | 11.1°C | 53 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 25°C | 9°C | 17.0°C | 83 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 31°C | 15°C | 23.1°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 18°C | 25.9°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 17°C | 24.7°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 12°C | 20.1°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 4°C | 12.7°C | 42 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 14°C | −3°C | 5.4°C | 19 mm | 6 cm |
| December | 8°C | −8°C | 0.1°C | 19 mm | 10 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00143554; 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 Healy?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October 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 USC00143554.
When is the last frost in Healy?
In Healy, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 28 in half of years and after May 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 15 in half of years and before October 1 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 281 year in 10 after May 10; 9 in 10 after April 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 151 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before October 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 169 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 187 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 18 in half of springs and before October 23 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Healy in zone 6a in ZIP code 67850, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Healy's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°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 USC00143554; 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 Healy?
In a normal year in Healy, 71 days a year reach 90°F (15 of them 100°F or more), 147 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 65 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 71a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 15a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 147a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 22high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 65a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1901) is 116°F, on July 13, 1913; the lowest is −31°F, on January 11, 1918.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1923, with 36.71 in; the snowiest season is 1957–58, with 73.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00143554; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00143554. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Healy?
Over a year 83% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Healy, 4.9 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 | 78% | 2.6 |
| February | 76% | 3.5 |
| March | 79% | 4.7 |
| April | 78% | 5.7 |
| May | 80% | 6.6 |
| June | 87% | 7.3 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 86% | 5.2 |
| October | 81% | 3.9 |
| November | 81% | 2.9 |
| December | 78% | 2.3 |
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 Healy need?
A normal year in Healy brings 5,325 heating degree days, 1% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,330 cooling degree days, 47% 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 3,841 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,070 | 0 |
| February | 876 | 0 |
| March | 678 | 1 |
| April | 402 | 9 |
| May | 154 | 80 |
| June | 17 | 275 |
| July | 2 | 425 |
| August | 4 | 357 |
| September | 66 | 162 |
| October | 338 | 22 |
| November | 699 | 0 |
| December | 1,020 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,325 | 1,330 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00143554. 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 Healy been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 55.7°F, 1.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.9°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.5°F | +1.6°F | 19.74 | 10.5 |
| 2022 | 54.4°F | +0.5°F | 8.75 | 29.5 |
| 2023 | 55.0°F | +1.1°F | 21.02 | 25.5 |
| 2024 | 56.8°F | +2.9°F | 23.51 | 17.0 |
| 2025 | 55.7°F | +1.8°F | 24.13 | 12.0 |
Over 101 complete years from 1903 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.9°F per century (+0.11°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00143554; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Healy's climate compare?
Healy is warmer than 41 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 28. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.9°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Healy 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 Healy share this climate record?
Dighton has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Dighton, KS907 people · 12 mi SE
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 Healy's climate
What is the coldest month in Healy?
January, with a normal high of 45°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Healy?
Yes: 22 inches in a normal year, falling on 10 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (5.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Healy?
May, with 3.25 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.44 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Healy in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Healy in zone 6a in ZIP code 67850, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Healy's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Healy?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 28; in one year in ten it comes after May 10. Waiting until May 10 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Scott City, KS18 miles from this station, 53.1°F a year
- Quinter, KS38 miles from this station, 52.4°F a year
- Russell Springs, KS39 miles from this station, 52.6°F a year
- Oakley, KS40 miles from this station, 51.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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