Scott City, KS Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Scott City's primary NOAA station, SCOTT CITY.
The climate verdict for Scott City
Scott City, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 53°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 53°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 20.2"
- annual precipitation · 20" snow
- 168 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Scott City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00147271 · Scott City, KS 53°F mean · 20.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,705
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lamar
- PRCP-DRY 20.2"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,518 HDD
- STN-1 USC00147271
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lamar, CO (+ 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.
- Scott City (this station) 53°F
- Hot Oakley, KS 53°F
- Near Lamar, CO 53°F
- Near Cottonwood Weir, UT 53°F
- Near Grand Junction…, CO 53°F
Climate Living Index · Scott City
Scott City: 37/100 · grade F
Scott 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 Scott City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 53.1°F · 14.4° from 67.5°F | 53/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 19.6 inches/year | 49/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 20.2 in · 14.8 from 35 in | 48/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 168 days/year | 40/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 209 calendar days | 9/100 · F |
Scott City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Scott City's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 78.0°F
- Coldest month
- 29.9°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 Scott City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Scott City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 54th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 72%
- Scott City's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Scott City is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Scott City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Scott City's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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
Scott City's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 93 complete annual observations from 1907 to 2025, SCOTT CITY warmed at a fitted rate of 0.04°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Scott City primary station fitted change +0.04 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F (7°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.4" | 4.5" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (8°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.5" | 4.0" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 1.1" | 3.9" | 23.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 67°F (19°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 1.9" | 1.8" | 10.7 | 0.7 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 1.3 | 4.0 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.2 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 21.3 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.3 |
| September | 82°F (28°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 8.3 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.5" | 1.2" | 7.7 | 1.4 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.6" | 1.1" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 45°F (7°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 0.7" | 3.1" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Scott City works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by July 15 and hold at or above 90°F on 53 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 156 dates, bottoming at 16°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 24 through August 15, covering 53 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 30 to October 14.
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 April 3, then returns to freezing around October 31, covering 156 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 28, when 28% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 29 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 67 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Scott City.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 4.5"
3.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.0"
3.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.9"
4.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
6.2 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.1"
3.0 days with precipitation
Scott City runs a summer-peaked wet season
46% of Scott City's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is June at 3.2", on a wide 48.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: June, July, August, taking 46% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.4".
- Winter share: 8% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
How Scott City's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 66 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 20.2" between them, or roughly 0.30 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Scott City
Scott City averages 19.6 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 10 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 19.6 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 10 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 10% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 15
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
168 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,518
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,225
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Scott 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 (53°F here).
- Allentown, PA 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Dallas, OR 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Danville, IL 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Decatur, IL 53°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (20.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Gettysburg, SD 20.2" · 0.0" off
- Floydada, TX 20.2" · 0.0" off
- Bellemont, AZ 20.2" · 0.0" off
- Ipswich, SD 20.2" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Scott City
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Scott City's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,518 annual heating degree days against 1,225 for cooling. Its 48.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Scott City's frost-free season lasts about 168 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Scott City coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 30°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Scott City typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Scott City snow peak
January
Scott City averages 19.6 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Scott City's primary station: SCOTT CITY (USC00147271). 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 2063600). Match rule for Scott 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 Scott 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.