Hill City Muni, KS Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Hill City Muni's primary NOAA station, HILL CITY MUNI AP.
The climate verdict for Hill City Muni
Hill City Muni, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 21.5"
- precipitation, annual total
- 170 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Hill City Muni: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093990 · Hill City Muni, KS 54°F mean · 21.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,911
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wakeeney
- PRCP-DRY 21.5"
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,391 HDD
- STN-1 USW00093990
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Wakeeney, KS (+ 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.
- Hill City (this station) 54°F
- Hot Moab Canyonland, UT 54°F
- Near Wakeeney, KS 54°F
- Near Ness City, KS 54°F
- Near Webster Dam, KS 54°F
Climate Living Index · Hill City Muni
Hill City Muni: 39/100 · grade F
Hill City Muni publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Hill City Muni, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 53.9°F · 13.6° from 67.5°F | 56/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 21.5 in · 13.5 from 35 in | 53/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 170 days/year | 42/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 201 calendar days | 13/100 · F |
Hill City Muni · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Hill City Muni is a continental Köppen climate: Dwa
Coldest-month mean 30.0°F and warmest-month mean 79.7°F place this station in continental, dry-winter, hot summer climates (Dwa). Class Dwa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-winter, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dwa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 79.7°F
- Coldest month
- 30.0°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 Hill City Muni sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Hill City Muni's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 57th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 70%
- Hill City Muni's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Hill City Muni is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Hill City Muni compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Hill City Muni'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
Hill City Muni's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 80 complete annual observations from 1912 to 2025, HILL CITY MUNI AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.16°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Hill City Muni primary station fitted change +0.16 °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 | 43°F (6°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.3" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.5" | 25.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.1" | 20.1 | 0.1 |
| April | 66°F (19°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.0" | 8.0 | 0.5 |
| May | 76°F (25°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.3" | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 2.8" | 0.0 | 14.5 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 22.1 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.0" | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 2.1" | 0.1 | 9.1 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.6" | 6.2 | 1.1 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.7" | 21.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 0.7" | 29.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Hill City Muni works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 94°F by July 13 and hold at or above 90°F on 57 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 144 dates, bottoming at 17°F around January 6.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 21 through August 16, covering 57 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 30 to October 13.
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 25, then returns to freezing around November 3, covering 144 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 June 4, when 33% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 1 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 78 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Hill City Muni.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
3.1 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
3.5 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
Hill City Muni runs a summer-peaked wet season
43% of Hill City Muni'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 3.6", on a wide 49.7°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, August, taking 46% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.3".
- Winter share: 7% 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.
How Hill City Muni's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 78 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 21.5" between them, or roughly 0.27 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 27
50% probability date
Growing Season
170 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,391
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,392
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Hill City Muni 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 (54°F here).
- Brookings, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Dayton, OH 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Glenville, WV 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Hanksville, UT 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (21.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hayes Center, NE 21.5" · 0.0" off
- Vallejo, CA 21.5" · 0.0" off
- Placerville, CO 21.5" · 0.0" off
- Kaltag, AK 21.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Hill City Muni's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Hill City Muni's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,391 annual heating degree days against 1,392 for cooling. Its 49.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Hill City Muni's frost-free season lasts about 170 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 Hill City Muni's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 49.7°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Hill City Muni's 21.5 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 Hill City Muni'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 Hill City Muni, 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 Hill City Muni's primary station: HILL CITY MUNI AP (USW00093990). 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 Hill City Muni; 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 Hill City Muni 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.