Smolan, KS Climate: Temperature by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Smolan's primary NOAA station, SMOLAN 1NE.
The climate verdict for Smolan
Smolan, Kansas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 55°F. July is the warmest month at 80°F and January the coldest at 30°F.
- 55°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 172 days
- frost-free growing season
Smolan: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00147551 · Smolan, KS 55°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 55°F
- RANK-MID #4,048
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ellsworth
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 5,192 HDD
- STN-1 USC00147551
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ellsworth, 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.
- Smolan (this station) 55°F
- Cold Jetmore, KS 55°F
- Hot Wilson Lake, KS 55°F
- Near Ellsworth, KS 55°F
- Near Russell, KS 55°F
Climate Living Index · Smolan
Smolan: 38/100 · grade F
Smolan publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Smolan, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 54.7°F · 12.8° from 67.5°F | 58/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 172 days/year | 43/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 194 calendar days | 17/100 · F |
Smolan · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Smolan sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Smolan are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 59th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 82%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Smolan is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | N/A | 30.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 20°F (-6°C) | 33°F (1°C) | N/A | 25.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | N/A | 19.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 67°F (19°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | N/A | 6.9 | 0.7 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | N/A | 1.0 | 3.2 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| July | 94°F (34°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 80°F (27°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 22.9 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 78°F (25°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 20.1 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.1 | 7.8 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | N/A | 5.8 | 1.3 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | N/A | 18.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | N/A | 29.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Smolan works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 94°F by July 11 and hold at or above 90°F on 63 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 131 dates, bottoming at 18°F around January 24.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 21 through August 22, covering 63 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 27 to October 15.
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 20, then returns to freezing around November 11, covering 131 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.
The widest day
September 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Smolan.
Where Smolan Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 63 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Smolan earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 16
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 27
50% probability date
Growing Season
172 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,192
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,488
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside KS closest to Smolan 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 (55°F here).
- Abingdon, VA 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Cranford, NJ 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Front Royal, VA 55°F · 0.0°F off
- Iuka, IL 55°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Smolan's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Smolan's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,192 annual heating degree days against 1,488 for cooling. Its 50.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Smolan's frost-free season lasts about 172 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 Smolan's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 50.4°F. The annual average is 55°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Smolan's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Smolan'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 Smolan, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Smolan's climate
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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 Smolan's primary station: SMOLAN 1NE (USC00147551). 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 2066100). Match rule for Smolan: 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 Smolan 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.