Kiowa, KS Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Kiowa's primary NOAA station, KIOWA.
The climate verdict for Kiowa
Kiowa, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 58°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 58°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 30.1"
- yearly precipitation total
- 206 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Kiowa: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00144341 · Kiowa, KS 58°F mean · 30.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,734
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wichita
- PRCP-MID 30.1"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,426 HDD
- STN-1 USC00144341
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Wichita, 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.
- Kiowa (this station) 58°F
- Cold Abilene, KS 58°F
- Hot Buffalo, OK 58°F
- Near Wichita, KS 58°F
- Near Medicine Lodge, KS 58°F
Climate Living Index · Kiowa
Kiowa: 53/100 · grade D
Kiowa publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Kiowa, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 30.1 in · 4.9 from 35 in | 82/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 57.8°F · 9.7° from 67.5°F | 69/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 206 days/year | 69/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 199 calendar days | 14/100 · F |
Kiowa · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Kiowa is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.9°F and warmest-month mean 82.1°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 82.1°F
- Coldest month
- 33.9°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 Kiowa sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Kiowa's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 69th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 40th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Kiowa is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Kiowa compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Kiowa's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F (8°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.8" | 29.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 1.1" | 23.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 61°F (16°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.0" | 13.2 | 0.1 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.9" | 4.1 | 1.4 |
| May | 80°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.3" | 0.2 | 6.8 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 19.7 |
| July | 94°F (35°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 24.8 |
| August | 93°F (34°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 20.2 |
| September | 85°F (30°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.2" | 0.0 | 12.3 |
| October | 73°F (23°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 2.5" | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| November | 59°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.4" | 15.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.3" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Kiowa works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 95°F by July 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 78 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 121 dates, bottoming at 20°F around January 4.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 15 through August 31, covering 78 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 14 to October 22.
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 15, then returns to freezing around November 16, 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.
The widest day
March 17 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Kiowa.
Where Kiowa Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 78 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Kiowa 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
Kiowa runs a summer-peaked wet season
38% of Kiowa'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 4.3", on a wide 48.2°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 41% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.8".
- Winter share: 11% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 31
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 8
50% probability date
Growing Season
206 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,426
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,842
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Kiowa 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 (58°F here).
- Clayton, GA 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Danbury, NC 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Gilbert, AR 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Graton, CA 58°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (30.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Chattanooga, OK 30.1" · 0.0" off
- Rice, MN 30.1" · 0.0" off
- Danbury, WI 30.1" · 0.0" off
- Mead, NE 30.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Kiowa's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Kiowa's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,426 annual heating degree days against 1,842 for cooling. Its 48.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Kiowa's frost-free season lasts about 206 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 Kiowa's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.2°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Kiowa's 30.1 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 Kiowa'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 Kiowa, 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 Kiowa's primary station: KIOWA (USC00144341). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 2037125). Match rule for Kiowa: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Kiowa 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.