Hutchinson, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hutchinson's normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 28.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.4°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 34°C, 719 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHutchinson Municipal Airport
- Station IDUSW00013986
- Location38.07°N 97.86°W
- Elevation1,543 ft (470 m)
- Population39,561
On October 23, the normal high in Hutchinson is 68°F and the normal low 41°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 Hutchinson.
- Jan 44° 20°
- Feb 48° 23°
- Mar 59° 33°
- Apr 68° 42°
- May 78° 53°
- Jun 88° 64°
- Jul 93° 68°
- Aug 91° 66°
- Sep 83° 57°
- Oct 71° 44°
- Nov 57° 31°
- Dec 45° 22°
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 Hutchinson each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.75 in), the least in January (0.58 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 20°F | 31.6°F | 0.58 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 48°F | 23°F | 35.7°F | 1.12 | 5 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 59°F | 33°F | 45.7°F | 1.96 | 7 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 42°F | 55.1°F | 2.34 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 78°F | 53°F | 65.5°F | 4.75 | 11 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 88°F | 64°F | 76.0°F | 4.20 | 9 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 93°F | 68°F | 80.5°F | 3.33 | 9 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 91°F | 66°F | 78.4°F | 3.42 | 8 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 57°F | 69.9°F | 2.01 | 7 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 44°F | 57.2°F | 2.32 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 31°F | 43.9°F | 1.12 | 5 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 45°F | 22°F | 33.7°F | 1.16 | 5 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 44°F | 56.1°F | 28.31 | 85 | 67 | 124 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −7°C | −0.2°C | 15 mm |
| February | 9°C | −5°C | 2.1°C | 28 mm |
| March | 15°C | 0°C | 7.6°C | 50 mm |
| April | 20°C | 6°C | 12.8°C | 59 mm |
| May | 26°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 121 mm |
| June | 31°C | 18°C | 24.4°C | 107 mm |
| July | 34°C | 20°C | 26.9°C | 85 mm |
| August | 33°C | 19°C | 25.8°C | 87 mm |
| September | 28°C | 14°C | 21.1°C | 51 mm |
| October | 21°C | 7°C | 14.0°C | 59 mm |
| November | 14°C | 0°C | 6.6°C | 28 mm |
| December | 7°C | −5°C | 0.9°C | 29 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Hutchinson's own co-op station Hutchinson station does: 7 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013986; 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 Hutchinson?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, 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 USW00013986.
When is the last frost in Hutchinson?
In Hutchinson, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 21 in half of years and after May 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 18 in half of years and before October 2 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 211 year in 10 after May 4; 9 in 10 after April 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 181 year in 10 before October 2; 9 in 10 before October 31
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 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hutchinson in zone 6b in ZIP code 67502. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hutchinson's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (23 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 USW00013986; 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 Hutchinson?
In a normal year in Hutchinson, 67 days a year reach 90°F (14 of them 100°F or more), 124 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 85 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 67a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 14a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 124a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 18high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 85a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 113°F, on July 27, 2011; the lowest is −19°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1958, with 44.64 in; the snowiest season is 1948–49, with 22.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00013986; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00013986. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hutchinson?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hutchinson, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (85%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.4 |
| February | 73% | 3.2 |
| March | 73% | 4.3 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 76% | 6.1 |
| June | 84% | 6.9 |
| July | 85% | 6.7 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 83% | 4.9 |
| October | 79% | 3.7 |
| November | 79% | 2.7 |
| December | 75% | 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 Hutchinson need?
A normal year in Hutchinson brings 4,812 heating degree days, 10% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,607 cooling degree days, 77% 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 4,307 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,034 | 0 |
| February | 820 | 0 |
| March | 600 | 3 |
| April | 317 | 20 |
| May | 101 | 118 |
| June | 6 | 336 |
| July | 1 | 481 |
| August | 1 | 416 |
| September | 48 | 196 |
| October | 279 | 35 |
| November | 634 | 1 |
| December | 972 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,812 | 1,607 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00013986. 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 Hutchinson been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 56.5°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.1°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58.1°F | +2.0°F | 25.77 |
| 2022 | 56.1°F | at normal | 19.57 |
| 2024 | 58.1°F | +2.0°F | 24.76 |
| 2025 | 56.5°F | +0.4°F | 31.47 |
Over 37 complete years from 1948 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.3°F per century (+0.13°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00013986; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hutchinson's climate compare?
Hutchinson is warmer than 108 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 54. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.1°F is warmer than 64%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson share this climate record?
10 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.
- South Hutchinson, KS2,506 people · 5 mi SW
- Inman, KS1,328 people · 12 mi NE
- Buhler, KS1,315 people · 7 mi NE
- Haven, KS1,168 people · 12 mi S
- Burrton, KS846 people · 11 mi E
- Mount Hope, KS804 people · 17 mi SE
- The Highlands, KS349 people · 8 mi NW
- Partridge, KS211 people · 14 mi SW
- Willowbrook, KS70 people · 8 mi W
- Yoder, KS43 people · 8 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Hutchinson's other NOAA stations record?
2 more NOAA stations keep 1991-2020 normals in or near Hutchinson. This page uses Hutchinson Municipal Airport; the others differ by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson (10 mi SW) USC00143930 | 13 mi SW | 1,549 ft | 55.1°F | 19°F | 92°F | 30.3 | 9 | April 20 |
| Hutchinson station USC00143929 | 3 mi NW | 1,540 ft | 56.6°F | 19°F | 94°F | 32.9 | 7 | April 18 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Hutchinson's climate
What is the coldest month in Hutchinson?
January, with a normal high of 44°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Hutchinson?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Hutchinson's NOAA station; Hutchinson's own co-op station Hutchinson station records 7 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Hutchinson?
May, with 4.75 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.58 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hutchinson in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hutchinson in zone 6b in ZIP code 67502. By the same method at Hutchinson's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Hutchinson?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 21; in one year in ten it comes after May 4. Waiting until May 4 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Sterling, KS22 miles from this station, 55.5°F a year
- McPherson, KS25 miles from this station, 55.7°F a year
- Newton, KS27 miles from this station, 56.2°F a year
- Kingman, KS32 miles from this station, 55.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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