Osage City, 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 Osage City's primary NOAA station, OSAGE CITY.
The climate verdict for Osage City
Osage City, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 38.9"
- annual precipitation · 10" snow
- 196 days
- frost-free growing season
Osage City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00146076 · Osage City, KS 54°F mean · 38.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Great Bend
- PRCP-MID 38.9"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,184 HDD
- STN-1 USC00146076
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Great Bend, 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.
- Osage City (this station) 54°F
- Cold Clinton Lake, KS 54°F
- Hot Clarksville L&d, MO 54°F
- Near Great Bend, KS 54°F
- Near Garden City, KS 54°F
Climate Living Index · Osage City
Osage City: 63/100 · grade C
Osage City publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Osage City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 38.9 in · 3.9 from 35 in | 86/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 10.4 inches/year | 63/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 196 days/year | 61/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.3°F · 13.2° from 67.5°F | 57/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 137 calendar days | 55/100 · C |
Osage City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Osage City is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 29.1°F and warmest-month mean 78.4°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
- 78.4°F
- Coldest month
- 29.1°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 Osage City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Osage City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 58th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 56th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 79%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Osage City is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Osage City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Osage City's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 0.8" | 2.4" | 28.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.7" | 3.7" | 24.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 2.6" | 1.5" | 16.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.0" | 0.1" | 5.4 | 0.1 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 5.6" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.8 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.8 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| October | 69°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 3.2" | 0.1" | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 2.4" | 0.6" | 16.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 43°F (6°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.6" | 2.0" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Osage City works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 90°F by July 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 14 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 123 dates, bottoming at 18°F around January 8.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 21 through August 3, covering 14 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 4 to October 13.
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 16, then returns to freezing around November 15, 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 9, when 31% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 25 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 73 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Osage City.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 2.4"
4.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.7"
4.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.5"
6.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
8.0 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
4.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
4.0 days with precipitation
Osage City spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 35% of the annual total and December through February 11%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Osage City has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 49.3°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.6" and January 0.8". The three wettest months together take 38% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Osage City, it arrives in quantity
38.9" of precipitation falls across only about 73 wet days here, averaging 0.53 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 73 a year, 20% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.53 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- January, about 4
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Snow reaches Osage City, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 10.4 inches of snow a year here, most likely in February. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 6 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 13
50% probability date
Growing Season
196 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,184
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,316
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Osage City 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 (54°F here).
- Battle Mountain, NV 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Bedford, IN 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Caesars Head, SC 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Campo, CO 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (38.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Francesville, IN 38.9" · 0.0" off
- Columbus Junction, IA 38.8" · 0.0" off
- Blackwell, OK 38.8" · 0.0" off
- Princeville, IL 38.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Osage City's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Osage City's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,184 annual heating degree days against 1,316 for cooling. Its 49.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Osage City's frost-free season lasts about 196 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 Osage City's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 49.3°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Osage City's 38.9 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Annual snowfall totals 10.4 inches. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Osage City'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 Osage City, 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 Osage City's primary station: OSAGE CITY (USC00146076). 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 2053200). Match rule for Osage City: 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 Osage City 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.