Hutchinson Muni, KS Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Hutchinson Muni's primary NOAA station, HUTCHINSON MUNI AP.
The climate verdict for Hutchinson Muni
Hutchinson Muni, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 56°F. It scores 75/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 69% of them.
- 56°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 75/100
- comfort score, above 69% of station-mapped location scores
- 28.3"
- annual precipitation
- 180 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Hutchinson Muni: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00013986 · Hutchinson Muni, KS 56°F mean · 28.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,391
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tallgrass Prair…
- PRCP-MID 28.3"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-TOP 75/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,812 HDD
- STN-1 USW00013986
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Tallgrass Prairie National Park, KS ( -0.1 °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.
- Hutchinson (this station) 56°F
- Cold Dodge City, KS 56°F
- Hot Newton, KS 56°F
- Near Tallgrass Prair…, KS 56°F
- Near Kingman, KS 56°F
Climate Living Index · Hutchinson Muni
Hutchinson Muni: 51/100 · grade D
Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson Muni, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 75/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 28.3 in · 6.7 from 35 in | 76/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 56.1°F · 11.4° from 67.5°F | 63/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 180 days/year | 50/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 184 calendar days | 23/100 · F |
Hutchinson Muni · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Hutchinson Muni is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 31.6°F and warmest-month mean 80.5°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 80.5°F
- Coldest month
- 31.6°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 Hutchinson Muni sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Hutchinson Muni's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 64th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 38th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 77%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Hutchinson Muni is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Hutchinson Muni compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Hutchinson Muni's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
75 Top 31% score exceeds 69% 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%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Hutchinson Muni's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 37 complete annual observations from 1948 to 2025, HUTCHINSON MUNI AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.13°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Hutchinson Muni primary station fitted change +0.13 °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 | 44°F (6°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.6" | 28.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.1" | 23.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.0" | 15.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.3" | 5.5 | 0.5 |
| May | 78°F (26°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.8" | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 14.7 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 3.3" | 0.0 | 21.1 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 17.1 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.0" | 0.1 | 8.9 |
| October | 71°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.3" | 4.8 | 1.2 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.1" | 17.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 45°F (7°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.2" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Hutchinson Muni works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by July 16 and hold at or above 90°F on 63 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 121 dates, bottoming at 20°F around January 8.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 21 through August 22, covering 63 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 23 to October 17.
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 13, then returns to freezing around November 14, covering 121 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 May 25, when 35% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 4 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 85 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Hutchinson Muni.
Where Hutchinson Muni Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 63 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Hutchinson Muni earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
3.7 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
Hutchinson Muni runs a summer-peaked wet season
39% of Hutchinson 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 May at 4.8", on a wide 48.9°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: May, June, August, taking 44% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.6".
- Winter share: 10% 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 Hutchinson Muni's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 85 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 28.3" between them, or roughly 0.33 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 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
180 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,812
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,607
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Hutchinson 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 (56°F here).
- Bushland, TX 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Colorado City, AZ 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Cullowhee, NC 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Eldon, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (28.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Surprise, NE 28.3" · 0.0" off
- Harper, TX 28.3" · 0.0" off
- Sonoma, CA 28.4" · 0.0" off
- Poteet, TX 28.4" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Hutchinson Muni's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Hutchinson Muni's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,812 annual heating degree days against 1,607 for cooling. Its 48.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Hutchinson Muni's frost-free season lasts about 180 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 Hutchinson Muni's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.9°F. The annual average is 56°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Hutchinson Muni's 28.3 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 Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson Muni's primary station: HUTCHINSON MUNI AP (USW00013986). 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 Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson 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.