Sublette, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Sublette's normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 18.3 inches of precipitation and 15 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.8°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 35°C, 465 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSublette (7 mi WSW)
- Station IDUSC00147922
- Location37.44°N 100.98°W
- Elevation2,949 ft (899 m)
- Population1,339
On October 23, the normal high in Sublette is 71°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 12%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Sublette.
- Jan 49° 20°
- Feb 54° 23°
- Mar 63° 31°
- Apr 72° 39°
- May 81° 50°
- Jun 90° 60°
- Jul 94° 65°
- Aug 92° 63°
- Sep 86° 55°
- Oct 74° 42°
- Nov 60° 30°
- Dec 49° 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 Sublette each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in June (2.96 in), the least in February (0.36 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 20°F | 34.5°F | 0.44 | 2.5 | 2 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 54°F | 23°F | 38.3°F | 0.36 | 2.5 | 2 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 31°F | 47.4°F | 1.09 | 3.6 | 4 | <1 | 19 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 39°F | 55.5°F | 1.60 | 0.8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 81°F | 50°F | 65.2°F | 2.28 | 0.1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 90°F | 60°F | 75.2°F | 2.96 | 0.0 | 7 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 94°F | 65°F | 79.5°F | 2.72 | 0.0 | 6 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 92°F | 63°F | 77.6°F | 2.69 | 0.0 | 7 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 86°F | 55°F | 70.5°F | 1.30 | 0.0 | 4 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 42°F | 58.1°F | 1.64 | 0.7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 30°F | 45.0°F | 0.58 | 1.4 | 3 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 49°F | 22°F | 35.6°F | 0.64 | 3.4 | 3 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 42°F | 56.9°F | 18.30 | 15.0 | 52 | 72 | 133 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −7°C | 1.4°C | 11 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 12°C | −5°C | 3.5°C | 9 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 17°C | 0°C | 8.6°C | 28 mm | 9 cm |
| April | 22°C | 4°C | 13.1°C | 41 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 27°C | 10°C | 18.4°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 16°C | 24.0°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 18°C | 26.4°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 17°C | 25.3°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 13°C | 21.4°C | 33 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 6°C | 14.5°C | 42 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 16°C | −1°C | 7.2°C | 15 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 10°C | −5°C | 2.0°C | 16 mm | 9 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00147922; 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 Sublette?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USC00147922.
When is the last frost in Sublette?
In Sublette, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 23 in half of years and after May 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 21 in half of years and before October 5 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 231 year in 10 after May 5; 9 in 10 after April 7
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 211 year in 10 before October 5; 9 in 10 before November 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 179 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 199 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 12 in half of springs and before October 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sublette in zone 6b in ZIP code 67877, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Sublette's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (16 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 USC00147922; 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 Sublette?
In a normal year in Sublette, 72 days a year reach 90°F (12 of them 100°F or more), 133 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 52 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 72a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 12a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 133a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 16high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 52a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1918) is 112°F, on June 24, 1953; the lowest is −24°F, on January 19, 1984.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 31.03 in; the snowiest season is 1992–93, with 56.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00147922; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00147922. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Sublette?
Over a year 83% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Sublette, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and February the cloudiest (77%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 2.7 |
| February | 77% | 3.5 |
| March | 79% | 4.8 |
| April | 79% | 5.9 |
| May | 82% | 6.8 |
| June | 88% | 7.4 |
| July | 89% | 7.2 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 87% | 5.3 |
| October | 82% | 4.0 |
| November | 82% | 3.0 |
| December | 79% | 2.4 |
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 Sublette need?
A normal year in Sublette brings 4,463 heating degree days, 17% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,530 cooling degree days, 69% 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 4,296 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 945 | 0 |
| February | 746 | 0 |
| March | 551 | 4 |
| April | 304 | 18 |
| May | 104 | 110 |
| June | 9 | 314 |
| July | 1 | 452 |
| August | 2 | 391 |
| September | 39 | 204 |
| October | 251 | 36 |
| November | 601 | 1 |
| December | 910 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,463 | 1,530 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00147922. 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 Sublette been warmer than normal lately?
Over 51 complete years from 1922 to 2016, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.9°F per century (+0.11°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Sublette's climate compare?
Sublette is warmer than 119 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 5. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.9°F is warmer than 66%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Sublette is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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 Sublette share this climate record?
Satanta has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Satanta, KS1,042 people · 1 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 Sublette's climate
What is the coldest month in Sublette?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in Sublette?
Yes: 15 inches in a normal year, falling on 8 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (3.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Sublette?
June, with 2.96 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.36 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Sublette in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Sublette in zone 6b in ZIP code 67877, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Sublette's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Sublette?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 23; in one year in ten it comes after May 5. Waiting until May 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Ulysses, KS21 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Hugoton, KS27 miles from this station, 55.5°F a year
- Liberal, KS29 miles from this station, 55.8°F a year
- Montezuma, KS32 miles from this station, 55.0°F a year
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