Parsons Tri City, KS Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Parsons Tri City's primary NOAA station, PARSONS TRI CITY AP.
The climate verdict for Parsons Tri City
Parsons Tri City, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 58°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 58°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 37.9"
- yearly precipitation total
- 199 days
- frost-free growing season
Parsons Tri City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00003998 · Parsons Tri City, KS 58°F mean · 37.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,734
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Coffeyville Wtr…
- PRCP-MID 37.9"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,224 HDD
- STN-1 USW00003998
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Coffeyville Wtr Wks, 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.
- Parsons Tri City (this station) 58°F
- Cold Phila Franklin…, PA 58°F
- Hot Bartlesville F…, OK 58°F
- Near Coffeyville Wtr…, KS 58°F
- Near Follett, TX 58°F
Climate Living Index · Parsons Tri City
Parsons Tri City: 64/100 · grade C
Parsons Tri City publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Parsons Tri City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 37.9 in · 2.9 from 35 in | 89/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 58.0°F · 9.5° from 67.5°F | 70/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 199 days/year | 64/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 156 calendar days | 42/100 · D |
Parsons Tri City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Parsons Tri City is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 34.1°F and warmest-month mean 80.5°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 80.5°F
- Coldest month
- 34.1°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 Parsons Tri City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Parsons Tri City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 69th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 53rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 66th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Parsons Tri City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Parsons Tri City's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 45°F (7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.0" | 25.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.5" | 21.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 60°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 2.4" | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 4.0" | 3.0 | 0.1 |
| May | 78°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 5.3" | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| June | 87°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 10.0 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 19.5 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| October | 72°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.4" | 2.4 | 0.4 |
| November | 59°F (15°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.3" | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 1.9" | 23.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Parsons Tri City works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by August 2 and hold at or above 90°F on 55 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 101 dates, bottoming at 23°F around January 13.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 2 through August 25, covering 55 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 18 to October 20.
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 3, then returns to freezing around November 24, covering 101 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 18, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 10 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 92 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 21 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 Parsons Tri City.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
4.4 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
12.8 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
Parsons Tri City spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 11%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Parsons Tri City has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.4°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 5.3" and January 1.0". The three wettest months together take 37% 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 Parsons Tri City, it arrives in quantity
37.9" of precipitation falls across only about 92 wet days here, averaging 0.41 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 92 a year, 25% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.41 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 13
- 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
199 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,224
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,691
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Parsons Tri 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 (58°F here).
- Bartlesville, OK 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbia, TN 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Disputanta, VA 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Hot Springs, NC 58°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (37.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Flatonia, TX 37.9" · 0.0" off
- Marshalltown, IA 37.9" · 0.0" off
- Chicago, IL 37.9" · 0.0" off
- Lockport, NY 37.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Parsons Tri City's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Parsons Tri City's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,224 annual heating degree days against 1,691 for cooling. Its 46.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Parsons Tri City's frost-free season lasts about 199 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 Parsons Tri City's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.4°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Parsons Tri City's 37.9 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 Parsons Tri 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 Parsons Tri 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 Parsons Tri City's primary station: PARSONS TRI CITY AP (USW00003998). 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 Parsons Tri City; 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 Parsons Tri 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.