Mound City, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Mound City's normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 41.3 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.8°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,048 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMound City
- Station IDUSC00145528
- Location38.14°N 94.82°W
- Elevation840 ft (256 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population640
On October 23, the normal high in Mound City is 66°F and the normal low 42°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Mound City.
- Jan 41° 20°
- Feb 46° 24°
- Mar 56° 34°
- Apr 66° 43°
- May 74° 54°
- Jun 84° 64°
- Jul 89° 69°
- Aug 87° 66°
- Sep 79° 56°
- Oct 69° 45°
- Nov 55° 34°
- Dec 44° 24°
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 Mound City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.33 in), the least in January (1.32 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F | 20°F | 30.5°F | 1.32 | 6 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 46°F | 24°F | 34.7°F | 1.95 | 5 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 56°F | 34°F | 44.9°F | 2.65 | 8 | <1 | 17 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 43°F | 54.5°F | 4.44 | 10 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 74°F | 54°F | 64.0°F | 5.33 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 84°F | 64°F | 74.0°F | 5.29 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 89°F | 69°F | 78.6°F | 4.60 | 9 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 87°F | 66°F | 76.8°F | 3.55 | 7 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 79°F | 56°F | 67.9°F | 3.97 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 45°F | 56.6°F | 3.57 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 34°F | 44.2°F | 2.71 | 7 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 24°F | 34.1°F | 1.88 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 44°F | 55.1°F | 41.26 | 93 | 33 | 118 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −7°C | −0.8°C | 34 mm |
| February | 8°C | −5°C | 1.5°C | 50 mm |
| March | 13°C | 1°C | 7.2°C | 67 mm |
| April | 19°C | 6°C | 12.5°C | 113 mm |
| May | 24°C | 12°C | 17.8°C | 135 mm |
| June | 29°C | 18°C | 23.3°C | 134 mm |
| July | 31°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 117 mm |
| August | 31°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 90 mm |
| September | 26°C | 14°C | 19.9°C | 101 mm |
| October | 20°C | 7°C | 13.7°C | 91 mm |
| November | 13°C | 1°C | 6.8°C | 69 mm |
| December | 7°C | −4°C | 1.2°C | 48 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Garnett (23 miles away), gets 13 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00145528; 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 Mound City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00145528.
When is the last frost in Mound City?
In Mound City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 13 in half of years and after May 1 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 131 year in 10 after May 1; 9 in 10 after March 29
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 231 year in 10 before October 8; 9 in 10 before November 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 192 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 212 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 2 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Mound City in zone 6b in ZIP code 66056, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Mound City's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (15 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Kansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00145528; 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 Mound City?
In a normal year in Mound City, 33 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 118 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 93 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 33a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 118a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 19high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 93a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1949) is 117°F, on July 14, 1954; the lowest is −27°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1951, with 65.87 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 35.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00145528; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00145528. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Mound City?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Mound City, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) and March the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.3 |
| February | 70% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 4.0 |
| April | 71% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.7 |
| June | 81% | 6.6 |
| July | 83% | 6.5 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 82% | 4.8 |
| October | 76% | 3.5 |
| November | 74% | 2.5 |
| December | 71% | 2.0 |
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 Mound City need?
A normal year in Mound City brings 4,941 heating degree days, 8% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,355 cooling degree days, 49% 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 4,013 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,069 | 0 |
| February | 848 | 0 |
| March | 625 | 3 |
| April | 335 | 19 |
| May | 117 | 86 |
| June | 9 | 281 |
| July | 0 | 422 |
| August | 3 | 367 |
| September | 63 | 150 |
| October | 289 | 27 |
| November | 626 | 2 |
| December | 958 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,941 | 1,355 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00145528. 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.
How does Mound City's climate compare?
Mound City is warmer than 77 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 122. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.1°F is warmer than 61%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Mound City 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 Mound City 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.
- Pleasanton, KS1,185 people · 7 mi E
- Hume, MO288 people · 14 mi E
- Amsterdam, MO223 people · 19 mi NE
- Blue Mound, KS220 people · 11 mi W
- Prescott, KS213 people · 9 mi SE
- Fulton, KS169 people · 11 mi SE
- Amoret, MO134 people · 15 mi NE
- Mapleton, KS98 people · 9 mi S
- Foster, MO78 people · 17 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Mound City's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Mound City. This page uses Mound City; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mound City (1 mi SSW) USC00145530 | in town | 912 ft | 54.9°F | 18°F | 89°F | – | – | April 15 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Mound City's climate
What is the coldest month in Mound City?
January, with a normal high of 41°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Mound City?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Mound City's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Garnett (23 miles away), records 13 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Mound City?
May, with 5.33 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.32 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Mound City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Mound City in zone 6b in ZIP code 66056, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Mound City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Mound City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 13; in one year in ten it comes after May 1. Waiting until May 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Garnett, KS24 miles from this station, 55.2°F a year
- Fort Scott, KS24 miles from this station, 57.0°F a year
- Butler, MO24 miles from this station, 55.6°F a year
- Osawatomie, KS26 miles from this station, 55.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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