Hoxie, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hoxie's normal year runs from 19°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 22.0 inches of precipitation and 24 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.9°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 32°C, 559 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHoxie
- Station IDUSC00143837
- Location39.36°N 100.44°W
- Elevation2,713 ft (827 m)
- Population1,176
On October 23, the normal high in Hoxie is 64°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hoxie.
- Jan 42° 19°
- Feb 45° 21°
- Mar 56° 29°
- Apr 65° 39°
- May 74° 50°
- Jun 85° 61°
- Jul 90° 66°
- Aug 88° 64°
- Sep 80° 55°
- Oct 67° 41°
- Nov 54° 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 Hoxie each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in July (3.70 in), the least in January (0.45 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 19°F | 30.3°F | 0.45 | 4.2 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 45°F | 21°F | 33.0°F | 0.59 | 6.2 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 56°F | 29°F | 42.5°F | 1.18 | 3.9 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 39°F | 51.6°F | 2.20 | 0.8 | 8 | <1 | 10 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 74°F | 50°F | 62.0°F | 3.21 | 0.3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 85°F | 61°F | 73.2°F | 2.73 | 0.0 | 8 | 10 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 90°F | 66°F | 78.1°F | 3.70 | 0.0 | 9 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 88°F | 64°F | 75.9°F | 3.16 | 0.0 | 8 | 13 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 80°F | 55°F | 67.6°F | 1.54 | 0.2 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 41°F | 54.2°F | 1.76 | 1.4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 54°F | 30°F | 41.6°F | 0.81 | 1.5 | 4 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| December | 43°F | 21°F | 32.1°F | 0.68 | 5.2 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 41°F | 53.5°F | 22.01 | 23.7 | 73 | 51 | 148 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −7°C | −0.9°C | 11 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 7°C | −6°C | 0.6°C | 15 mm | 16 cm |
| March | 13°C | −1°C | 5.8°C | 30 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 18°C | 4°C | 10.9°C | 56 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 23°C | 10°C | 16.7°C | 82 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 30°C | 16°C | 22.9°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 19°C | 25.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 18°C | 24.4°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 13°C | 19.8°C | 39 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 20°C | 5°C | 12.3°C | 45 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 12°C | −1°C | 5.3°C | 21 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 6°C | −6°C | 0.1°C | 17 mm | 13 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00143837; 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 Hoxie?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00143837.
When is the last frost in Hoxie?
In Hoxie, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 20 in half of years and after May 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 20 in half of years and before October 4 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 201 year in 10 after May 5; 9 in 10 after April 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 201 year in 10 before October 4; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 180 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 200 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 9 in half of springs and before October 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hoxie in zone 6a in ZIP code 67740, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hoxie's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (26 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 USC00143837; 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 Hoxie?
In a normal year in Hoxie, 51 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 148 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 73 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 51a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 148a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 28high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 73a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1897) is 114°F, on July 25, 1940; the lowest is −30°F, on February 12, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1993, with 36.13 in; the snowiest season is 1983–84, with 69.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00143837; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00143837. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hoxie?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hoxie, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.5 |
| February | 76% | 3.3 |
| March | 78% | 4.6 |
| April | 77% | 5.6 |
| May | 78% | 6.4 |
| June | 86% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.1 |
| August | 86% | 6.2 |
| September | 84% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 3.8 |
| November | 80% | 2.8 |
| December | 77% | 2.2 |
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 Hoxie need?
A normal year in Hoxie brings 5,417 heating degree days, 1% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,262 cooling degree days, 39% 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 3,738 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,076 | 0 |
| February | 897 | 0 |
| March | 698 | 1 |
| April | 409 | 8 |
| May | 164 | 71 |
| June | 18 | 264 |
| July | 2 | 406 |
| August | 4 | 343 |
| September | 75 | 151 |
| October | 352 | 18 |
| November | 702 | 0 |
| December | 1,021 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,417 | 1,262 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00143837. 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 Hoxie been warmer than normal lately?
Over 84 complete years from 1901 to 2018, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.7°F per century (+0.09°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hoxie's climate compare?
Hoxie is warmer than 33 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 26. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.5°F is warmer than 55%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hoxie 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 Hoxie 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.
- Rexford, KS197 people · 18 mi NW
- Selden, KS181 people · 14 mi NW
- Menlo, KS30 people · 15 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 Hoxie's climate
What is the coldest month in Hoxie?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Hoxie?
Yes: 24 inches in a normal year, falling on 10 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (6.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hoxie?
July, with 3.70 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.45 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hoxie in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hoxie in zone 6a in ZIP code 67740, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hoxie's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Hoxie?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 20; in one year in ten it comes after May 5. Waiting until May 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Quinter, KS23 miles from this station, 52.4°F a year
- Oakley, KS32 miles from this station, 51.7°F a year
- Oberlin, KS32 miles from this station, 52.1°F a year
- Hill City, KS33 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
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