Humboldt, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Humboldt's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 42.3 inches of precipitation and 9 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.4°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,074 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHumboldt
- Station IDUSC00143867
- Location37.81°N 95.45°W
- Elevation940 ft (287 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population1,817
On October 23, the normal high in Humboldt is 67°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Humboldt.
- Jan 42° 21°
- Feb 47° 25°
- Mar 57° 34°
- Apr 67° 43°
- May 75° 55°
- Jun 85° 65°
- Jul 90° 69°
- Aug 89° 67°
- Sep 81° 58°
- Oct 70° 46°
- Nov 57° 35°
- Dec 45° 25°
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 Humboldt each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.83 in), the least in January (1.30 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 21°F | 31.8°F | 1.30 | 3.5 | 6 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 47°F | 25°F | 36.3°F | 1.63 | 1.4 | 6 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 57°F | 34°F | 45.7°F | 2.83 | 1.0 | 9 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 43°F | 55.1°F | 4.18 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 55°F | 65.0°F | 5.83 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 85°F | 65°F | 74.7°F | 5.33 | 0.0 | 10 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 90°F | 69°F | 79.3°F | 4.77 | 0.0 | 7 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 89°F | 67°F | 77.7°F | 4.38 | 0.0 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 58°F | 69.5°F | 4.34 | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 46°F | 57.9°F | 3.45 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 35°F | 45.6°F | 2.41 | 0.4 | 6 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 45°F | 25°F | 35.3°F | 1.85 | 3.0 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 45°F | 56.2°F | 42.30 | 9.3 | 90 | 50 | 111 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −6°C | −0.1°C | 33 mm | 9 cm |
| February | 8°C | −4°C | 2.4°C | 41 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 14°C | 1°C | 7.6°C | 72 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 19°C | 6°C | 12.8°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 13°C | 18.3°C | 148 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 18°C | 23.7°C | 135 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 21°C | 26.3°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 19°C | 25.4°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 14°C | 20.8°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 8°C | 14.4°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | 1°C | 7.6°C | 61 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 7°C | −4°C | 1.8°C | 47 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00143867; 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 Humboldt?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00143867.
When is the last frost in Humboldt?
In Humboldt, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 11 in half of years and after April 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 27 in half of years and before October 10 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 111 year in 10 after April 29; 9 in 10 after March 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 271 year in 10 before October 10; 9 in 10 before November 9
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 195 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 215 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 2 in half of springs and before November 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Humboldt in zone 6b in ZIP code 66748, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Humboldt's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (21 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 USC00143867; 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 Humboldt?
In a normal year in Humboldt, 50 days a year reach 90°F (6 of them 100°F or more), 111 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 90 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 50a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 111a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 18high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 90a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1992) is 108°F, on August 3, 2011; the lowest is −19°F, on February 10, 2011.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 61.28 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 27.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00143867; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00143867. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Humboldt?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Humboldt, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.4 |
| February | 70% | 3.1 |
| March | 70% | 4.1 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 74% | 5.8 |
| June | 83% | 6.7 |
| July | 84% | 6.6 |
| August | 83% | 5.9 |
| September | 82% | 4.9 |
| October | 77% | 3.6 |
| November | 76% | 2.6 |
| December | 72% | 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 Humboldt need?
A normal year in Humboldt brings 4,666 heating degree days, 13% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,480 cooling degree days, 63% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,223 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,029 | 0 |
| February | 804 | 0 |
| March | 602 | 4 |
| April | 317 | 20 |
| May | 102 | 102 |
| June | 6 | 296 |
| July | 1 | 446 |
| August | 2 | 395 |
| September | 43 | 178 |
| October | 256 | 37 |
| November | 584 | 2 |
| December | 921 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,666 | 1,480 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00143867. 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 Humboldt been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 56.6°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.2°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57.1°F | +0.9°F | 52.07 | 7.8 |
| 2022 | 56.5°F | +0.3°F | 32.77 | 9.6 |
| 2023 | 58.1°F | +1.9°F | 29.46 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 58.9°F | +2.6°F | 50.70 | 0.5 |
| 2025 | 56.6°F | +0.4°F | 48.08 | 18.6 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00143867. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Humboldt's climate compare?
Humboldt is warmer than 109 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 128. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.2°F is warmer than 64%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Humboldt 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 Humboldt 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.
- Savonburg, KS76 people · 17 mi E
- Stark, KS66 people · 19 mi SE
- Elsmore, KS52 people · 16 mi E
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 Humboldt's climate
What is the coldest month in Humboldt?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Humboldt?
Yes: 9 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Humboldt?
May, with 5.83 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.30 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Humboldt in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Humboldt in zone 6b in ZIP code 66748, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Humboldt's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Humboldt?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 11; in one year in ten it comes after April 29. Waiting until April 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Iola, KS8 miles from this station, 55.9°F a year
- Chanute, KS10 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- Yates Center, KS16 miles from this station, 55.9°F a year
- Fredonia, KS29 miles from this station, 56.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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