Newton, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Newton's normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 33.8 inches of precipitation and 9 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.4°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 33°C, 858 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNewton
- Station IDUSC00145744
- Location38.02°N 97.36°W
- Elevation1,441 ft (439 m)
- Population18,320
On October 23, the normal high in Newton is 67°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Newton.
- Jan 42° 20°
- Feb 47° 24°
- Mar 57° 33°
- Apr 67° 43°
- May 76° 55°
- Jun 87° 65°
- Jul 92° 70°
- Aug 90° 68°
- Sep 83° 59°
- Oct 70° 46°
- Nov 56° 33°
- 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 Newton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.01 in), the least in January (0.80 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 20°F | 31.0°F | 0.80 | 2.1 | 4 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 47°F | 24°F | 35.2°F | 1.25 | 1.3 | 5 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 57°F | 33°F | 45.2°F | 2.38 | 1.2 | 7 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 43°F | 54.9°F | 2.92 | 0.3 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 55°F | 65.5°F | 4.89 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 87°F | 65°F | 76.0°F | 5.01 | 0.0 | 9 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 92°F | 70°F | 80.9°F | 4.20 | 0.0 | 8 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 90°F | 68°F | 79.0°F | 3.89 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 59°F | 70.7°F | 2.98 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 46°F | 57.7°F | 2.64 | 0.1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 56°F | 33°F | 44.4°F | 1.65 | 0.6 | 5 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 24°F | 33.9°F | 1.16 | 3.2 | 5 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 45°F | 56.2°F | 33.77 | 8.8 | 81 | 62 | 115 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −6°C | −0.6°C | 20 mm | 5 cm |
| February | 8°C | −5°C | 1.8°C | 32 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 14°C | 1°C | 7.3°C | 60 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 19°C | 6°C | 12.7°C | 74 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 25°C | 13°C | 18.6°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 18°C | 24.4°C | 127 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 27.2°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 26.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 15°C | 21.5°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 8°C | 14.3°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | 1°C | 6.9°C | 42 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 7°C | −5°C | 1.1°C | 29 mm | 8 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00145744; 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 Newton?
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 USC00145744.
When is the last frost in Newton?
In Newton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 14 in half of years and after April 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 25 in half of years and before October 12 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 141 year in 10 after April 27; 9 in 10 after March 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 251 year in 10 before October 12; 9 in 10 before November 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 193 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 212 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 4 in half of springs and before November 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Newton in zone 6b in ZIP code 67117, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Newton's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (27 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 USC00145744; 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 Newton?
In a normal year in Newton, 62 days a year reach 90°F (11 of them 100°F or more), 115 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 81 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 62a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 115a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 21high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 81a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1897) is 117°F, on July 18, 1936; the lowest is −28°F, on February 13, 1905.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1951, with 51.50 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 47.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00145744; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00145744. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Newton?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Newton, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (85%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.4 |
| February | 73% | 3.2 |
| March | 73% | 4.3 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 76% | 6.1 |
| June | 84% | 6.9 |
| July | 85% | 6.7 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 83% | 4.9 |
| October | 79% | 3.7 |
| November | 79% | 2.7 |
| December | 75% | 2.1 |
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 Newton need?
A normal year in Newton brings 4,826 heating degree days, 10% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,657 cooling degree days, 83% 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 4,379 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,054 | 0 |
| February | 834 | 0 |
| March | 617 | 3 |
| April | 322 | 19 |
| May | 102 | 118 |
| June | 5 | 335 |
| July | 0 | 493 |
| August | 1 | 434 |
| September | 43 | 215 |
| October | 266 | 39 |
| November | 618 | 1 |
| December | 964 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,826 | 1,657 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00145744. 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 Newton been warmer than normal lately?
2022 averaged 56.5°F, 0.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.2°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57.7°F | +1.5°F | 34.94 | 11.5 |
| 2022 | 56.5°F | +0.3°F | 28.48 | 16.5 |
Over 99 complete years from 1898 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.4°F per century (+0.08°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00145744; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Newton's climate compare?
Newton is warmer than 109 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 79. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.2°F is warmer than 64%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Newton 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 Newton 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.
- Hesston, KS3,482 people · 9 mi NW
- Halstead, KS2,144 people · 8 mi W
- North Newton, KS1,798 people · 4 mi N
- Sedgwick, KS1,582 people · 8 mi SW
- Whitewater, KS652 people · 12 mi E
- Bentley, KS574 people · 13 mi SW
- Goessel, KS552 people · 15 mi N
- Elbing, KS220 people · 13 mi E
- Walton, KS218 people · 8 mi NE
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 Newton's climate
What is the coldest month in Newton?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Newton?
Yes: 9 inches in a normal year, falling on 6 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (3.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Newton?
June, with 5.01 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.80 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Newton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Newton in zone 6b in ZIP code 67117, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Newton's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Newton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 14; in one year in ten it comes after April 27. Waiting until April 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wichita Jabara Airport, KS21 miles from this station, 57.0°F a year
- Wichita, KS26 miles from this station, 57.7°F a year
- Hutchinson, KS27 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Florence, KS28 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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