Holton, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Holton's normal year runs from 15°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 37.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.4°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 31°C, 949 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHolton
- Station IDUSC00143759
- Location39.46°N 95.75°W
- Elevation1,050 ft (320 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population3,422
On October 23, the normal high in Holton is 64°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Holton.
- Jan 37° 15°
- Feb 43° 20°
- Mar 54° 29°
- Apr 64° 40°
- May 74° 51°
- Jun 83° 62°
- Jul 88° 66°
- Aug 86° 64°
- Sep 79° 55°
- Oct 67° 41°
- Nov 53° 30°
- Dec 41° 20°
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 Holton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 15°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.98 in), the least in January (0.79 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F | 15°F | 26.2°F | 0.79 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 43°F | 20°F | 31.2°F | 1.33 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 29°F | 41.7°F | 2.17 | 7 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 64°F | 40°F | 52.1°F | 3.72 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 74°F | 51°F | 62.5°F | 4.98 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 83°F | 62°F | 72.3°F | 4.88 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 88°F | 66°F | 76.8°F | 4.76 | 10 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 86°F | 64°F | 75.0°F | 4.35 | 9 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 79°F | 55°F | 66.8°F | 3.77 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 41°F | 54.1°F | 3.33 | 7 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 53°F | 30°F | 41.3°F | 1.84 | 6 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| December | 41°F | 20°F | 30.3°F | 1.46 | 4 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 41°F | 52.5°F | 37.38 | 91 | 38 | 131 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −9°C | −3.2°C | 20 mm |
| February | 6°C | −7°C | −0.4°C | 34 mm |
| March | 12°C | −2°C | 5.4°C | 55 mm |
| April | 18°C | 4°C | 11.2°C | 94 mm |
| May | 23°C | 11°C | 16.9°C | 126 mm |
| June | 28°C | 17°C | 22.4°C | 124 mm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 121 mm |
| August | 30°C | 18°C | 23.9°C | 110 mm |
| September | 26°C | 13°C | 19.3°C | 96 mm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 12.3°C | 85 mm |
| November | 12°C | −1°C | 5.2°C | 47 mm |
| December | 5°C | −7°C | −0.9°C | 37 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Valley Falls (18 miles away), gets 14 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00143759; 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 Holton?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00143759.
When is the last frost in Holton?
In Holton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 24 in half of years and after May 7 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 7; 9 in 10 after April 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 141 year in 10 before September 29; 9 in 10 before October 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 172 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 Holton in zone 6a in ZIP code 66436, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Holton's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (17 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 USC00143759; 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 Holton?
In a normal year in Holton, 38 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 131 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 91 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 38a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 131a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 27high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 91a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1902) is 110°F, on July 14, 1980; the lowest is −23°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 59.91 in; the snowiest season is 1925–26, with 49.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00143759; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00143759. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Holton?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Holton, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) and March the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.2 |
| February | 72% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 3.9 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 74% | 5.8 |
| June | 81% | 6.6 |
| July | 83% | 6.5 |
| August | 82% | 5.8 |
| September | 82% | 4.8 |
| October | 77% | 3.5 |
| November | 76% | 2.5 |
| December | 72% | 1.9 |
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 Holton need?
A normal year in Holton brings 5,661 heating degree days, 5% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,146 cooling degree days, 26% 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 3,610 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,203 | 0 |
| February | 945 | 0 |
| March | 726 | 2 |
| April | 397 | 10 |
| May | 147 | 70 |
| June | 12 | 231 |
| July | 1 | 367 |
| August | 4 | 314 |
| September | 80 | 133 |
| October | 359 | 19 |
| November | 710 | 1 |
| December | 1,077 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,661 | 1,146 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00143759. 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 Holton been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 52.9°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.5°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.9°F | +1.4°F | 32.16 |
| 2022 | 52.1°F | −0.4°F | 28.34 |
| 2023 | 53.5°F | +1.0°F | 29.72 |
| 2024 | 54.5°F | +2.0°F | 38.91 |
| 2025 | 52.9°F | +0.4°F | 32.42 |
Over 37 complete years from 1954 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.2°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 USC00143759; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Holton's climate compare?
Holton is warmer than 17 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 98. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.5°F is warmer than 52%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Holton 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 Holton 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.
- Mayetta, KS359 people · 8 mi S
- Wetmore, KS339 people · 13 mi N
- Circleville, KS154 people · 6 mi NW
- Delia, KS153 people · 19 mi SW
- Denison, KS147 people · 8 mi SE
- Netawaka, KS141 people · 10 mi N
- Soldier, KS104 people · 12 mi NW
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 Holton's climate
What is the coldest month in Holton?
January, with a normal high of 37°F and a normal low of 15°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Holton?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Holton's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Valley Falls (18 miles away), records 14 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Holton?
May, with 4.98 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.79 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Holton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Holton in zone 6a in ZIP code 66436, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Holton's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Holton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 24; in one year in ten it comes after May 7. Waiting until May 7 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Valley Falls, KS18 miles from this station, 54.8°F a year
- Horton, KS19 miles from this station, 53.2°F a year
- Centralia, KS27 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Topeka, KS27 miles from this station, 55.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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