Kanopolis, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Kanopolis's normal year runs from 19°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 29.6 inches of precipitation and 12 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.7°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 33°C, 752 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationKanopolis Lake
- Station IDUSC00144178
- Location38.61°N 97.96°W
- Elevation1,492 ft (455 m)
- Population432
On October 14, the normal high in Kanopolis is 70°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Kanopolis.
- Jan 42° 19°
- Feb 46° 22°
- Mar 57° 31°
- Apr 66° 40°
- May 76° 52°
- Jun 87° 63°
- Jul 92° 67°
- Aug 90° 65°
- Sep 82° 56°
- Oct 70° 44°
- Nov 55° 31°
- Dec 44° 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 Kanopolis each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.90 in), the least in January (0.71 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 19°F | 30.6°F | 0.71 | 3.2 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 46°F | 22°F | 33.9°F | 1.12 | 3.0 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 57°F | 31°F | 43.8°F | 1.69 | 1.6 | 6 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 40°F | 53.1°F | 2.54 | 0.1 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 52°F | 63.5°F | 4.90 | 0.0 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 87°F | 63°F | 74.6°F | 4.13 | 0.0 | 9 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 92°F | 67°F | 79.4°F | 3.95 | 0.0 | 9 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 90°F | 65°F | 77.2°F | 3.51 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 82°F | 56°F | 68.9°F | 2.73 | 0.0 | 7 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 44°F | 56.6°F | 2.27 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 31°F | 43.3°F | 1.09 | 0.8 | 4 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 22°F | 33.1°F | 0.97 | 2.9 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 43°F | 54.8°F | 29.61 | 11.6 | 79 | 57 | 127 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −7°C | −0.8°C | 18 mm | 8 cm |
| February | 8°C | −6°C | 1.1°C | 28 mm | 8 cm |
| March | 14°C | −1°C | 6.6°C | 43 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 19°C | 4°C | 11.7°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 11°C | 17.5°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 17°C | 23.7°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 19°C | 26.3°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 18°C | 25.1°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 13°C | 20.5°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 7°C | 13.7°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | 0°C | 6.3°C | 28 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 7°C | −5°C | 0.6°C | 25 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00144178; 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 Kanopolis?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October 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 USC00144178.
When is the last frost in Kanopolis?
In Kanopolis, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 19 in half of years and after May 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 23 in half of years and before October 8 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 191 year in 10 after May 2; 9 in 10 after April 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 231 year in 10 before October 8; 9 in 10 before November 5
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 184 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 205 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 7 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kanopolis in zone 6b in ZIP code 67454, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Kanopolis's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°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 USC00144178; 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 Kanopolis?
In a normal year in Kanopolis, 57 days a year reach 90°F (9 of them 100°F or more), 127 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 79 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 57a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 127a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 24high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 79a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 111°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −24°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 47.08 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 41.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00144178; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00144178. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Kanopolis?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Kanopolis, 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 Kanopolis need?
A normal year in Kanopolis brings 5,105 heating degree days, 5% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,432 cooling degree days, 58% 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 4,031 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,068 | 0 |
| February | 872 | 0 |
| March | 659 | 2 |
| April | 369 | 12 |
| May | 133 | 88 |
| June | 10 | 297 |
| July | 1 | 447 |
| August | 2 | 380 |
| September | 58 | 174 |
| October | 291 | 30 |
| November | 653 | 1 |
| December | 989 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,105 | 1,432 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00144178. 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 Kanopolis been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 55.6°F, 0.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 54.8°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 54.9°F | +0.1°F | 23.67 | 9.5 |
| 2023 | 56.3°F | +1.5°F | 22.25 | 7.7 |
| 2024 | 57.4°F | +2.6°F | 23.76 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 55.6°F | +0.8°F | – | 19.0 |
Over 58 complete years from 1952 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 USC00144178; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Kanopolis's climate compare?
Kanopolis is warmer than 63 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 60. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.8°F is warmer than 59%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Kanopolis 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 Kanopolis share this climate record?
4 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.
- Marquette, KS596 people · 8 mi SE
- Little River, KS468 people · 15 mi S
- Geneseo, KS226 people · 12 mi SW
- Windom, KS90 people · 16 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.
Questions about Kanopolis's climate
What is the coldest month in Kanopolis?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Kanopolis?
Yes: 12 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Kanopolis?
May, with 4.90 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.71 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Kanopolis in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Kanopolis in zone 6b in ZIP code 67454, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Kanopolis's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Kanopolis?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 19; in one year in ten it comes after May 2. Waiting until May 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Ellsworth, KS17 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Smolan, KS18 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Salina, KS21 miles from this station, 55.8°F a year
- McPherson, KS25 miles from this station, 55.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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