Lawrence 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 Lawrence Muni's primary NOAA station, LAWRENCE MUNI AP.
The climate verdict for Lawrence Muni
Lawrence Muni, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 55°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.
- 55°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 75/100
- comfort score, above 69% of station-mapped location scores
- 35.6"
- yearly precipitation total
- 179 days
- frost-free growing season
Lawrence Muni: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00003997 · Lawrence Muni, KS 55°F mean · 35.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 55°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,185
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pratt
- PRCP-MID 35.6"
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-TOP 75/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,005 HDD
- STN-1 USW00003997
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Pratt, KS (+ 0 °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.
- Lawrence (this station) 55°F
- Cold Saverton L&d, MO 55°F
- Hot Wilmore, KS 55°F
- Near Pratt, KS 55°F
- Near Cimarron, KS 55°F
Climate Living Index · Lawrence Muni
Lawrence Muni: 57/100 · grade C
Lawrence 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 Lawrence Muni, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 75/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 35.6 in · 0.6 from 35 in | 95/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.2°F · 12.3° from 67.5°F | 60/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 179 days/year | 49/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 166 calendar days | 35/100 · F |
Lawrence Muni · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lawrence Muni is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 29.3°F and warmest-month mean 79.0°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
- 79.0°F
- Coldest month
- 29.3°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 Lawrence Muni sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lawrence Muni's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 61st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 49th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Lawrence Muni is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lawrence Muni compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lawrence 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 0.9" | 28.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.3" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 2.2" | 16.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.0" | 5.4 | 0.2 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.7" | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 17.4 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 14.9 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 3.6" | 0.1 | 5.9 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.9" | 4.7 | 0.5 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.8" | 16.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.4" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Lawrence Muni works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 27 and hold at or above 90°F on 43 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 123 dates, bottoming at 17°F around January 16.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 7 through August 18, covering 43 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 24 to October 14.
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 14, then returns to freezing around November 13, covering 123 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 26, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 7 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 106 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 17 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 Lawrence Muni.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.0 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
Lawrence Muni runs a summer-peaked wet season
36% of Lawrence 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 June at 4.8", on a wide 49.7°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: June, May, August, taking 38% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.9".
- 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 Lawrence Muni's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 106 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 35.6" between them, or roughly 0.34 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 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
179 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,005
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,463
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Lawrence 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 (55°F here).
- Augusta, KY 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Ava, MO 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Brandenburg, KY 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Brevard, NC 55°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (35.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Sparta, WI 35.6" · 0.0" off
- Blair, WI 35.6" · 0.0" off
- Greenland, MI 35.6" · 0.0" off
- Markesan, WI 35.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Lawrence Muni's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Lawrence Muni's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,005 annual heating degree days against 1,463 for cooling. Its 49.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Lawrence Muni's frost-free season lasts about 179 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 Lawrence Muni's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 49.7°F. The annual average is 55°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Lawrence Muni's 35.6 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence Muni's primary station: LAWRENCE MUNI AP (USW00003997). 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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.