Herington, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Herington's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 34.3 inches of precipitation and 13 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.2°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 32°C, 870 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHerington
- Station IDUSC00143594
- Location38.67°N 96.95°W
- Elevation1,338 ft (408 m)
- Population2,116
On October 23, the normal high in Herington is 66°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Herington.
- Jan 40° 17°
- Feb 45° 21°
- Mar 56° 31°
- Apr 66° 41°
- May 75° 52°
- Jun 85° 63°
- Jul 90° 67°
- Aug 89° 65°
- Sep 81° 56°
- Oct 69° 42°
- Nov 55° 30°
- Dec 43° 21°
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 Herington 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 May (5.11 in), the least in January (0.82 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 17°F | 28.3°F | 0.82 | 3.6 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 45°F | 21°F | 32.6°F | 1.22 | 3.6 | 4 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 56°F | 31°F | 43.3°F | 2.27 | 1.8 | 7 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 41°F | 53.2°F | 3.45 | 0.2 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 52°F | 63.5°F | 5.11 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 85°F | 63°F | 73.7°F | 4.61 | 0.0 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 90°F | 67°F | 78.7°F | 4.18 | 0.0 | 9 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 89°F | 65°F | 76.8°F | 4.28 | 0.0 | 8 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 56°F | 68.1°F | 3.00 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 42°F | 55.5°F | 2.42 | 0.1 | 6 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 30°F | 42.4°F | 1.58 | 0.8 | 5 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 43°F | 21°F | 31.6°F | 1.33 | 3.0 | 4 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 42°F | 54.0°F | 34.27 | 13.1 | 80 | 47 | 129 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −8°C | −2.1°C | 21 mm | 9 cm |
| February | 7°C | −6°C | 0.3°C | 31 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 13°C | −1°C | 6.3°C | 58 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 19°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 88 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 24°C | 11°C | 17.5°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 18°C | 24.9°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 13°C | 20.1°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 6°C | 13.1°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | −1°C | 5.8°C | 40 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 6°C | −6°C | −0.2°C | 34 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00143594; 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 Herington?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, October 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 USC00143594.
When is the last frost in Herington?
In Herington, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 24 in half of years and after May 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 14 in half of years and before September 29 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 241 year in 10 after May 8; 9 in 10 after April 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 141 year in 10 before September 29; 9 in 10 before October 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 173 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 192 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 13 in half of springs and before October 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Herington in zone 6a in ZIP code 67449, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Herington's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (28 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 USC00143594; 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 Herington?
In a normal year in Herington, 47 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 129 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 80 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 47a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 129a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 26high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 80a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1926) is 112°F, on August 13, 1936; the lowest is −23°F, on December 22, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1951, with 54.30 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 59.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00143594; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00143594. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Herington?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Herington, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and March the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.4 |
| February | 72% | 3.1 |
| March | 72% | 4.1 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 75% | 5.9 |
| June | 83% | 6.8 |
| July | 84% | 6.6 |
| August | 84% | 5.9 |
| September | 82% | 4.8 |
| October | 79% | 3.6 |
| November | 78% | 2.6 |
| December | 73% | 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 Herington need?
A normal year in Herington brings 5,342 heating degree days, 1% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,360 cooling degree days, 50% 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 3,928 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,136 | 0 |
| February | 906 | 0 |
| March | 676 | 2 |
| April | 370 | 15 |
| May | 136 | 90 |
| June | 11 | 272 |
| July | 1 | 424 |
| August | 3 | 369 |
| September | 68 | 163 |
| October | 320 | 26 |
| November | 679 | 1 |
| December | 1,035 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,342 | 1,360 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00143594. 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 Herington been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 56.2°F, 2.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 54.0°F. 2 of the 3 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 53.9°F | −0.1°F | 29.89 | 9.0 |
| 2023 | 55.6°F | +1.6°F | 25.65 | 11.7 |
| 2024 | 56.2°F | +2.2°F | 31.91 | 8.2 |
Over 78 complete years from 1931 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.8°F per century (+0.04°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00143594; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Herington's climate compare?
Herington is warmer than 45 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 81. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.0°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Herington 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 Herington 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.
- White City, KS437 people · 15 mi NE
- Hope, KS313 people · 7 mi W
- Woodbine, KS162 people · 9 mi N
- Ramona, KS79 people · 8 mi SW
- Lost Springs, KS56 people · 7 mi S
- Latimer, KS30 people · 8 mi NE
- Burdick, KS28 people · 9 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 Herington's climate
What is the coldest month in Herington?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Herington?
Yes: 13 inches in a normal year, falling on 8 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Herington?
May, with 5.11 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.82 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Herington in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Herington in zone 6a in ZIP code 67449, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Herington's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Herington?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 24; in one year in ten it comes after May 8. Waiting until May 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Chapman, KS21 miles from this station, 54.5°F a year
- Marion, KS21 miles from this station, 56.6°F a year
- Abilene, KS23 miles from this station, 57.5°F a year
- Council Grove, KS24 miles from this station, 55.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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