Quinter, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Quinter's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 23.5 inches of precipitation and 20 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.3°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 32°C, 597 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationQuinter
- Station IDUSC00146637
- Location39.07°N 100.24°W
- Elevation2,672 ft (814 m)
- Population919
On October 23, the normal high in Quinter is 63°F and the normal low 37°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Quinter.
- Jan 41° 17°
- Feb 44° 20°
- Mar 55° 28°
- Apr 64° 37°
- May 74° 48°
- Jun 85° 59°
- Jul 90° 65°
- Aug 87° 63°
- Sep 80° 54°
- Oct 66° 40°
- Nov 53° 28°
- Dec 42° 20°
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 Quinter each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.84 in), the least in January (0.48 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F | 17°F | 29.1°F | 0.48 | 3.7 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 44°F | 20°F | 31.9°F | 0.73 | 5.2 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 55°F | 28°F | 41.3°F | 1.30 | 3.9 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 64°F | 37°F | 50.5°F | 1.97 | 0.8 | 8 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 74°F | 48°F | 61.0°F | 3.84 | 0.2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 85°F | 59°F | 72.2°F | 3.04 | 0.0 | 8 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 90°F | 65°F | 77.4°F | 3.57 | 0.0 | 8 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 87°F | 63°F | 74.9°F | 3.21 | 0.0 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 80°F | 54°F | 66.7°F | 1.83 | 0.0 | 6 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 40°F | 53.2°F | 1.85 | 0.7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 53°F | 28°F | 40.5°F | 0.86 | 1.6 | 4 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| December | 42°F | 20°F | 30.8°F | 0.83 | 4.1 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 40°F | 52.4°F | 23.51 | 20.2 | 73 | 56 | 141 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −8°C | −1.6°C | 12 mm | 9 cm |
| February | 7°C | −7°C | −0.1°C | 19 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 13°C | −2°C | 5.2°C | 33 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 18°C | 3°C | 10.3°C | 50 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 23°C | 9°C | 16.1°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 29°C | 15°C | 22.3°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 18°C | 25.2°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 17°C | 23.8°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 12°C | 19.3°C | 46 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 47 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 12°C | −2°C | 4.7°C | 22 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 6°C | −7°C | −0.7°C | 21 mm | 10 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00146637; 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 Quinter?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, October 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 USC00146637.
When is the last frost in Quinter?
In Quinter, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 24 in half of years and after May 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 18 in half of years and before October 3 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 241 year in 10 after May 7; 9 in 10 after April 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 181 year in 10 before October 3; 9 in 10 before October 29
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 176 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 195 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 13 in half of springs and before October 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Quinter in zone 6a in ZIP code 67752, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Quinter's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (29 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 USC00146637; 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 Quinter?
In a normal year in Quinter, 56 days a year reach 90°F (8 of them 100°F or more), 141 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 73 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 56a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 141a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 27high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 73a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1894) is 113°F, on July 24, 1936; the lowest is −25°F, on March 11, 1948.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1961, with 39.53 in; the snowiest season is 1957–58, with 60.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00146637; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00146637. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Quinter?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Quinter, 4.7 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% | 2.5 |
| February | 76% | 3.3 |
| March | 78% | 4.6 |
| April | 77% | 5.6 |
| May | 78% | 6.4 |
| June | 86% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.1 |
| August | 86% | 6.2 |
| September | 84% | 5.1 |
| October | 80% | 3.8 |
| November | 80% | 2.8 |
| December | 77% | 2.2 |
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 Quinter need?
A normal year in Quinter brings 5,691 heating degree days, 6% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,148 cooling degree days, 26% 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 3,542 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,114 | 0 |
| February | 928 | 0 |
| March | 734 | 0 |
| April | 442 | 6 |
| May | 184 | 60 |
| June | 21 | 237 |
| July | 2 | 385 |
| August | 6 | 312 |
| September | 83 | 133 |
| October | 379 | 14 |
| November | 735 | 0 |
| December | 1,062 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,691 | 1,148 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00146637. 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 Quinter been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 54.9°F, 2.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 52.4°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.8°F | +1.4°F | 17.66 | 14.1 |
| 2022 | 52.8°F | +0.4°F | 10.47 | 29.3 |
| 2023 | 53.5°F | +1.1°F | 20.95 | 21.2 |
| 2024 | 54.9°F | +2.5°F | 25.25 | 17.7 |
Over 74 complete years from 1931 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -0.5°F per century (−0.03°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00146637; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Quinter's climate compare?
Quinter is warmer than 15 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 32. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.4°F is warmer than 51%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Quinter 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 Quinter share this climate record?
4 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.
- Grainfield, KS310 people · 13 mi W
- Park, KS112 people · 7 mi NW
- Collyer, KS94 people · 7 mi E
- Gove City, KS76 people · 15 mi SW
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 Quinter's climate
What is the coldest month in Quinter?
January, with a normal high of 41°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in Quinter?
Yes: 20 inches in a normal year, falling on 11 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (5.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Quinter?
May, with 3.84 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.48 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Quinter in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Quinter in zone 6a in ZIP code 67752, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Quinter's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Quinter?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 24; in one year in ten it comes after May 7. Waiting until May 7 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- WaKeeney, KS20 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Hoxie, KS23 miles from this station, 53.5°F a year
- Hill City, KS30 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Cedar Bluff Dam, KS34 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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