Kingman, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Kingman's normal year runs from 19°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 33.2 inches of precipitation and 9 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.3°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 34°C, 844 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationKingman
- Station IDUSC00144313
- Location37.65°N 98.13°W
- Elevation1,547 ft (472 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population2,866
On October 23, the normal high in Kingman is 67°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Kingman.
- Jan 44° 19°
- Feb 48° 23°
- Mar 58° 32°
- Apr 68° 42°
- May 77° 53°
- Jun 87° 63°
- Jul 93° 68°
- Aug 91° 66°
- Sep 83° 57°
- Oct 70° 43°
- Nov 57° 32°
- 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 Kingman each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.88 in), the least in January (0.89 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 19°F | 31.5°F | 0.89 | 1.5 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 48°F | 23°F | 35.7°F | 1.33 | 2.1 | 4 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 58°F | 32°F | 45.2°F | 2.47 | 1.7 | 7 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 42°F | 54.7°F | 3.10 | 0.2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 53°F | 64.9°F | 4.88 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 87°F | 63°F | 75.3°F | 4.40 | 0.0 | 7 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 93°F | 68°F | 80.5°F | 4.06 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 91°F | 66°F | 78.3°F | 3.67 | 0.0 | 7 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 57°F | 70.0°F | 2.82 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 43°F | 56.9°F | 2.93 | 0.1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 32°F | 44.3°F | 1.38 | 0.7 | 4 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 45°F | 22°F | 33.4°F | 1.29 | 2.6 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 43°F | 55.9°F | 33.22 | 8.9 | 73 | 67 | 117 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −7°C | −0.3°C | 23 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 9°C | −5°C | 2.1°C | 34 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 15°C | 0°C | 7.3°C | 63 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 20°C | 5°C | 12.6°C | 79 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 25°C | 12°C | 18.3°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 17°C | 24.1°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 20°C | 26.9°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 19°C | 25.7°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 14°C | 21.1°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 6°C | 13.8°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | 0°C | 6.8°C | 35 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 7°C | −6°C | 0.8°C | 33 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00144313; 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 Kingman?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, 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 USC00144313.
When is the last frost in Kingman?
In Kingman, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 15 in half of years and after April 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 21 in half of years and before October 5 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 151 year in 10 after April 30; 9 in 10 after April 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 211 year in 10 before October 5; 9 in 10 before November 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 187 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 207 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 5 in half of springs and before October 31 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kingman in zone 6b in ZIP code 67068, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Kingman's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°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 USC00144313; 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 Kingman?
In a normal year in Kingman, 67 days a year reach 90°F (13 of them 100°F or more), 117 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 73 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 67a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 117a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 18high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 73a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 4a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1907) is 116°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −22°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2025, with 48.15 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 40.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00144313; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00144313. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Kingman?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Kingman, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 2.6 |
| February | 75% | 3.4 |
| March | 76% | 4.5 |
| April | 77% | 5.6 |
| May | 79% | 6.3 |
| June | 86% | 7.1 |
| July | 87% | 7.0 |
| August | 86% | 6.1 |
| September | 84% | 5.1 |
| October | 81% | 3.9 |
| November | 81% | 2.9 |
| December | 77% | 2.3 |
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 Kingman need?
A normal year in Kingman brings 4,844 heating degree days, 10% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,558 cooling degree days, 72% 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 4,245 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,038 | 0 |
| February | 822 | 0 |
| March | 617 | 2 |
| April | 324 | 16 |
| May | 106 | 105 |
| June | 6 | 314 |
| July | 1 | 481 |
| August | 1 | 415 |
| September | 46 | 196 |
| October | 282 | 29 |
| November | 622 | 1 |
| December | 979 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,844 | 1,558 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00144313. 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 Kingman been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 56.5°F, 0.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 55.9°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.5°F | +0.6°F | 31.82 | 6.1 |
| 2022 | 55.7°F | −0.2°F | 22.30 | 15.0 |
| 2023 | 57.0°F | +1.1°F | 31.21 | 13.9 |
| 2024 | 58.4°F | +2.5°F | 35.96 | 8.0 |
| 2025 | 56.5°F | +0.6°F | 48.15 | 18.9 |
Over 61 complete years from 1952 to 2025, 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: observed years: ACIS, station USC00144313; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Kingman's climate compare?
Kingman is warmer than 101 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 74. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.9°F is warmer than 63%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Kingman 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 Kingman share this climate record?
9 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.
- Pretty Prairie, KS651 people · 11 mi NE
- Arlington, KS427 people · 18 mi N
- Cunningham, KS403 people · 17 mi W
- Turon, KS306 people · 20 mi NW
- Zenda, KS66 people · 16 mi SW
- Spivey, KS56 people · 14 mi S
- Langdon, KS44 people · 18 mi NW
- Murdock, KS39 people · 11 mi E
- Penalosa, KS17 people · 12 mi NW
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 Kingman's climate
What is the coldest month in Kingman?
January, with a normal high of 44°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Kingman?
Yes: 9 inches in a normal year, falling on 7 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (2.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Kingman?
May, with 4.88 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.89 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Kingman in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Kingman in zone 6b in ZIP code 67068, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Kingman's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Kingman?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 15; in one year in ten it comes after April 30. Waiting until April 30 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Norwich, KS20 miles from this station, 56.8°F a year
- Hutchinson, KS32 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Medicine Lodge, KS34 miles from this station, 57.9°F a year
- Anthony, KS34 miles from this station, 57.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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