Tuttle Creek Lake, Kansas climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Tuttle Creek Lake's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 33.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.0°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 32°C, 859 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTuttle Creek Lake
- Station IDUSC00148259
- Location39.25°N 96.60°W
- Elevation1,058 ft (323 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Tuttle Creek Lake is 65°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Tuttle Creek Lake.
- Jan 39° 16°
- Feb 44° 20°
- Mar 55° 30°
- Apr 66° 41°
- May 75° 52°
- Jun 85° 62°
- Jul 90° 67°
- Aug 88° 65°
- Sep 81° 55°
- Oct 68° 42°
- Nov 54° 30°
- Dec 43° 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 at Tuttle Creek Lake each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.25 in), the least in January (0.58 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F | 16°F | 27.7°F | 0.58 | 3 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 44°F | 20°F | 31.8°F | 1.15 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 55°F | 30°F | 42.8°F | 1.88 | 5 | <1 | 19 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 41°F | 53.2°F | 3.30 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 52°F | 63.5°F | 5.11 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 85°F | 62°F | 73.5°F | 5.25 | 10 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 90°F | 67°F | 78.3°F | 4.32 | 9 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 88°F | 65°F | 76.3°F | 4.20 | 9 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 81°F | 55°F | 67.8°F | 2.83 | 7 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 42°F | 55.2°F | 2.44 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 54°F | 30°F | 42.1°F | 1.60 | 5 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| December | 43°F | 20°F | 31.4°F | 1.17 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 42°F | 53.6°F | 33.83 | 85 | 45 | 134 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −9°C | −2.4°C | 15 mm |
| February | 7°C | −7°C | −0.1°C | 29 mm |
| March | 13°C | −1°C | 6.0°C | 48 mm |
| April | 19°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 84 mm |
| May | 24°C | 11°C | 17.5°C | 130 mm |
| June | 29°C | 17°C | 23.1°C | 133 mm |
| July | 32°C | 19°C | 25.7°C | 110 mm |
| August | 31°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 107 mm |
| September | 27°C | 13°C | 19.9°C | 72 mm |
| October | 20°C | 6°C | 12.9°C | 62 mm |
| November | 12°C | −1°C | 5.6°C | 41 mm |
| December | 6°C | −7°C | −0.3°C | 30 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Manhattan station (4 miles away), gets 18 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00148259; 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.
Which months are mildest at Tuttle Creek Lake?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00148259.
When is the last frost at Tuttle Creek Lake?
In Tuttle Creek Lake, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 22 in half of years and after May 5 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 221 year in 10 after May 5; 9 in 10 after April 8
- 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 179 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 198 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 10 in half of springs and before October 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Tuttle Creek Lake in zone 6a in ZIP code 66506, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (26 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 USC00148259; 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 at Tuttle Creek Lake?
In a normal year in Tuttle Creek Lake, 45 days a year reach 90°F (6 of them 100°F or more), 134 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 85 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 45a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 134a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 26high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 85a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1959) is 111°F, on June 28, 1980; the lowest is −28°F, on December 24, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1993, with 51.97 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 35.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00148259; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00148259. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Tuttle Creek Lake?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Tuttle Creek Lake, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and March the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.3 |
| February | 73% | 3.1 |
| March | 71% | 4.0 |
| April | 73% | 5.1 |
| May | 74% | 5.9 |
| June | 82% | 6.7 |
| July | 84% | 6.5 |
| August | 83% | 5.8 |
| September | 82% | 4.8 |
| October | 78% | 3.5 |
| November | 77% | 2.5 |
| December | 73% | 2.0 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Tuttle Creek Lake record?
A normal year at Tuttle Creek Lake brings 5,426 heating degree days, 1% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,317 cooling degree days, 45% 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 3,862 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,156 | 0 |
| February | 930 | 0 |
| March | 691 | 3 |
| April | 371 | 16 |
| May | 134 | 87 |
| June | 13 | 268 |
| July | 1 | 413 |
| August | 3 | 353 |
| September | 68 | 154 |
| October | 326 | 23 |
| November | 690 | 1 |
| December | 1,043 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,426 | 1,317 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00148259. 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.
Have recent years at Tuttle Creek Lake been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 56.7°F, 3.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.6°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56.7°F | +3.1°F | 36.17 |
Over 46 complete years from 1961 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.1°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00148259; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Tuttle Creek Lake's climate compare?
Tuttle Creek Lake is warmer than 37 of the 137 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 80. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.6°F is warmer than 55%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Tuttle Creek Lake 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 Tuttle Creek Lake share this climate record?
3 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.
- Riley, KS955 people · 13 mi W
- Olsburg, KS226 people · 13 mi N
- Randolph, KS158 people · 15 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 Tuttle Creek Lake's climate
What is the coldest month at Tuttle Creek Lake?
January, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow at Tuttle Creek Lake?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Manhattan station (4 miles away), records 18 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Tuttle Creek Lake?
June, with 5.25 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.58 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Tuttle Creek Lake in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Tuttle Creek Lake in zone 6a in ZIP code 66506, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come at Tuttle Creek Lake?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 22; 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
- Manhattan, KS9 miles from this station, 55.0°F a year
- Wamego, KS12 miles from this station, 54.5°F a year
- Milford, KS20 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Chapman, KS30 miles from this station, 54.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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