Ness City, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Ness City's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 22.6 inches of precipitation and 15 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.2°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 34°C, 574 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNess City
- Station IDUSC00145692
- Location38.45°N 99.89°W
- Elevation2,269 ft (692 m)
- Population1,310
On October 23, the normal high in Ness City is 67°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Ness City.
- Jan 44° 16°
- Feb 48° 19°
- Mar 59° 27°
- Apr 68° 36°
- May 77° 48°
- Jun 88° 59°
- Jul 93° 65°
- Aug 91° 63°
- Sep 84° 53°
- Oct 71° 39°
- Nov 57° 26°
- Dec 46° 18°
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 Ness City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in July (3.83 in), the least in January (0.56 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 16°F | 30.0°F | 0.56 | 3.2 | 3 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 48°F | 19°F | 33.2°F | 0.74 | 3.5 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 59°F | 27°F | 42.9°F | 1.40 | 3.3 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 36°F | 51.9°F | 1.93 | 0.4 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 48°F | 62.6°F | 2.99 | 0.1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 88°F | 59°F | 73.8°F | 2.83 | 0.0 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 93°F | 65°F | 79.0°F | 3.83 | 0.0 | 7 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 91°F | 63°F | 76.7°F | 3.07 | 0.0 | 7 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 84°F | 53°F | 68.4°F | 1.84 | 0.0 | 5 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 39°F | 54.8°F | 1.76 | 0.4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 26°F | 41.6°F | 0.76 | 1.3 | 3 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 46°F | 18°F | 31.7°F | 0.88 | 3.2 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 39°F | 53.9°F | 22.59 | 15.4 | 61 | 74 | 149 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −9°C | −1.1°C | 14 mm | 8 cm |
| February | 9°C | −7°C | 0.7°C | 19 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 15°C | −3°C | 6.1°C | 36 mm | 8 cm |
| April | 20°C | 2°C | 11.1°C | 49 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 25°C | 9°C | 17.0°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 15°C | 23.2°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 18°C | 26.1°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 17°C | 24.8°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 12°C | 20.2°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 4°C | 12.7°C | 45 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 14°C | −3°C | 5.3°C | 19 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 8°C | −8°C | −0.2°C | 22 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00145692; 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 Ness City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USC00145692.
When is the last frost in Ness City?
In Ness City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 29 in half of years and after May 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 14 in half of years and before September 30 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 291 year in 10 after May 10; 9 in 10 after April 14
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 141 year in 10 before September 30; 9 in 10 before October 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 166 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 185 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 18 in half of springs and before October 22 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ness City in zone 6a in ZIP code 67560, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Ness City's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (22 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 USC00145692; 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 Ness City?
In a normal year in Ness City, 74 days a year reach 90°F (17 of them 100°F or more), 149 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 61 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 74a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 17a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 149a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 21high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 61a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 114°F, on June 8, 1985; the lowest is −25°F, on December 23, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1951, with 32.40 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 38.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00145692; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00145692. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Ness City?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Ness City, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and February the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.6 |
| February | 76% | 3.4 |
| March | 77% | 4.6 |
| April | 77% | 5.6 |
| May | 80% | 6.5 |
| June | 86% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.0 |
| August | 86% | 6.2 |
| September | 85% | 5.1 |
| October | 81% | 3.8 |
| November | 81% | 2.8 |
| December | 78% | 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 Ness City need?
A normal year in Ness City brings 5,375 heating degree days, 0% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,356 cooling degree days, 49% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,856 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,085 | 0 |
| February | 890 | 0 |
| March | 686 | 1 |
| April | 403 | 10 |
| May | 153 | 77 |
| June | 13 | 275 |
| July | 2 | 435 |
| August | 4 | 368 |
| September | 64 | 167 |
| October | 340 | 23 |
| November | 704 | 1 |
| December | 1,032 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,375 | 1,356 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00145692. 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 Ness City been warmer than normal lately?
Over 49 complete years from 1948 to 2017, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.7°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Ness City's climate compare?
Ness City is warmer than 41 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 29. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.9°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Ness 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 Ness City share this climate record?
2 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.
- Bazine, KS270 people · 11 mi E
- Utica, KS97 people · 20 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 Ness City's climate
What is the coldest month in Ness City?
January, with a normal high of 44°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in Ness City?
Yes: 15 inches in a normal year, falling on 7 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (3.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Ness City?
July, with 3.83 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.56 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Ness City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Ness City in zone 6a in ZIP code 67560, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Ness City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Ness City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 29; in one year in ten it comes after May 10. Waiting until May 10 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Brownell, KS16 miles from this station, 53.5°F a year
- Jetmore, KS18 miles from this station, 54.6°F a year
- Cedar Bluff Dam, KS25 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Bison, KS37 miles from this station, 53.5°F a year
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