Pratt, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Pratt's normal year runs from 19°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 27.6 inches of precipitation and 15 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.9°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 33°C, 702 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPratt (3 mi NW)
- Station IDUSC00146549
- Location37.67°N 98.78°W
- Elevation1,942 ft (592 m)
- Population6,587
On October 23, the normal high in Pratt is 67°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 14%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Pratt.
- Jan 43° 19°
- Feb 48° 22°
- Mar 58° 31°
- Apr 67° 41°
- May 77° 52°
- Jun 87° 63°
- Jul 92° 67°
- Aug 90° 65°
- Sep 82° 57°
- Oct 70° 43°
- Nov 56° 31°
- Dec 45° 22°
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 Pratt each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.10 in), the least in January (0.64 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F | 19°F | 31.1°F | 0.64 | 3.6 | 2 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 48°F | 22°F | 35.0°F | 0.99 | 3.9 | 3 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 58°F | 31°F | 44.3°F | 1.97 | 4.1 | 4 | <1 | 17 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 41°F | 53.6°F | 2.67 | 0.4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 52°F | 64.3°F | 3.80 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 87°F | 63°F | 74.6°F | 4.10 | 0.0 | 7 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 92°F | 67°F | 79.2°F | 3.25 | 0.0 | 6 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 90°F | 65°F | 77.5°F | 3.36 | 0.0 | 6 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 82°F | 57°F | 69.3°F | 2.32 | 0.0 | 5 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 43°F | 56.6°F | 2.23 | 0.1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 56°F | 31°F | 43.4°F | 1.18 | 0.4 | 3 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 45°F | 22°F | 33.1°F | 1.11 | 2.6 | 3 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 43°F | 55.2°F | 27.62 | 15.1 | 57 | 66 | 123 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −7°C | −0.5°C | 16 mm | 9 cm |
| February | 9°C | −5°C | 1.7°C | 25 mm | 10 cm |
| March | 14°C | 0°C | 6.8°C | 50 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 19°C | 5°C | 12.0°C | 68 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 25°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 17°C | 23.7°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 19°C | 26.2°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 19°C | 25.3°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 14°C | 20.7°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 6°C | 13.7°C | 57 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | −1°C | 6.3°C | 30 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 7°C | −6°C | 0.6°C | 28 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00146549; 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 Pratt?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00146549.
When is the last frost in Pratt?
In Pratt, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 20 in half of years and after May 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 20 in half of years and before October 4 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 201 year in 10 after May 2; 9 in 10 after April 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 201 year in 10 before October 4; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 183 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 201 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 9 in half of springs and before October 30 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pratt in zone 6b in ZIP code 67124, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Pratt's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (24 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 USC00146549; 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 Pratt?
In a normal year in Pratt, 66 days a year reach 90°F (13 of them 100°F or more), 123 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 57 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 66a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 123a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 18high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 57a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1895) is 115°F, on June 25, 1911; the lowest is −25°F, on February 12, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 40.90 in; the snowiest season is 1992–93, with 37.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00146549; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00146549. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Pratt?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Pratt, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 2.6 |
| February | 75% | 3.4 |
| March | 76% | 4.5 |
| April | 77% | 5.6 |
| May | 79% | 6.3 |
| June | 86% | 7.1 |
| July | 87% | 7.0 |
| August | 86% | 6.1 |
| September | 84% | 5.1 |
| October | 81% | 3.9 |
| November | 81% | 2.9 |
| December | 77% | 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 Pratt need?
A normal year in Pratt brings 4,989 heating degree days, 7% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,442 cooling degree days, 59% 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 4,077 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,051 | 0 |
| February | 839 | 0 |
| March | 643 | 1 |
| April | 354 | 12 |
| May | 116 | 96 |
| June | 7 | 295 |
| July | 1 | 441 |
| August | 2 | 389 |
| September | 51 | 180 |
| October | 287 | 27 |
| November | 650 | 1 |
| December | 989 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,989 | 1,442 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00146549. 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 Pratt been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 58.9°F, 3.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 55.2°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.2°F | +4.0°F | 20.39 | 4.9 |
| 2022 | 57.5°F | +2.3°F | 15.04 | 11.9 |
| 2023 | 58.9°F | +3.7°F | 23.30 | 15.8 |
Over 74 complete years from 1896 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.5°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 USC00146549; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Pratt's climate compare?
Pratt is warmer than 80 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 51. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.2°F is warmer than 61%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pratt 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 Pratt share this climate record?
6 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.
- Iuka, KS152 people · 5 mi NE
- Preston, KS118 people · 13 mi NE
- Sawyer, KS89 people · 13 mi SE
- Cullison, KS84 people · 8 mi SW
- Coats, KS67 people · 12 mi S
- Byers, KS37 people · 9 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 Pratt's climate
What is the coldest month in Pratt?
January, with a normal high of 43°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Pratt?
Yes: 15 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (4.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Pratt?
June, with 4.10 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.64 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pratt in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pratt in zone 6b in ZIP code 67124, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Pratt's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Pratt?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 20; in one year in ten it comes after May 2. Waiting until May 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Greensburg, KS29 miles from this station, 54.8°F a year
- Medicine Lodge, KS30 miles from this station, 57.9°F a year
- Hudson, KS30 miles from this station, 56.4°F a year
- Kingman, KS35 miles from this station, 55.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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