WaKeeney, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
WaKeeney's normal year runs from 17°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 23.9 inches of precipitation and 20 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.2°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 34°C, 608 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWakeeney
- Station IDUSC00148495
- Location39.01°N 99.87°W
- Elevation2,445 ft (745 m)
- Population1,766
On October 23, the normal high in WaKeeney is 66°F and the normal low 37°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for WaKeeney.
- Jan 42° 17°
- Feb 46° 20°
- Mar 57° 29°
- Apr 66° 38°
- May 76° 49°
- Jun 88° 60°
- Jul 93° 66°
- Aug 90° 63°
- Sep 82° 54°
- Oct 69° 41°
- Nov 55° 28°
- Dec 44° 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 WaKeeney each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in May (3.98 in), the least in January (0.57 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 17°F | 29.8°F | 0.57 | 4.3 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 46°F | 20°F | 33.1°F | 0.85 | 4.3 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 57°F | 29°F | 42.9°F | 1.32 | 3.2 | 5 | <1 | 19 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 66°F | 38°F | 52.0°F | 2.04 | 1.3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 76°F | 49°F | 62.7°F | 3.98 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 88°F | 60°F | 74.0°F | 3.09 | 0.0 | 8 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 93°F | 66°F | 79.2°F | 3.80 | 0.0 | 8 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 90°F | 63°F | 76.7°F | 3.04 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 82°F | 54°F | 68.2°F | 1.83 | 0.0 | 6 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 41°F | 54.8°F | 1.64 | 1.1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 55°F | 28°F | 41.8°F | 0.88 | 1.8 | 4 | <1 | 19 | 10 h |
| December | 44°F | 20°F | 31.6°F | 0.88 | 4.3 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 40°F | 53.9°F | 23.92 | 20.3 | 72 | 66 | 134 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −8°C | −1.2°C | 14 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 8°C | −7°C | 0.6°C | 22 mm | 11 cm |
| March | 14°C | −2°C | 6.1°C | 34 mm | 8 cm |
| April | 19°C | 3°C | 11.1°C | 52 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 24°C | 10°C | 17.1°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 16°C | 23.3°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 19°C | 26.2°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 17°C | 24.8°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 12°C | 20.1°C | 46 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 5°C | 12.7°C | 42 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 13°C | −2°C | 5.4°C | 22 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 6°C | −7°C | −0.2°C | 22 mm | 11 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00148495; 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 WaKeeney?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00148495.
When is the last frost in WaKeeney?
In WaKeeney, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 23 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 2 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 7; 9 in 10 after April 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 181 year in 10 before October 2; 9 in 10 before October 30
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 175 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 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts WaKeeney in zone 6a in ZIP code 67672, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, WaKeeney's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (30 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Kansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00148495; 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 WaKeeney?
In a normal year in WaKeeney, 66 days a year reach 90°F (14 of them 100°F or more), 134 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 72 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 66a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 14a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 134a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 25high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 72a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 115°F, on July 24, 1936; the lowest is −25°F, on January 12, 1912.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1993, with 37.25 in; the snowiest season is 1957–58, with 76.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00148495; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00148495. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is WaKeeney?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around WaKeeney, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and February the cloudiest (75%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 2.4 |
| February | 75% | 3.3 |
| March | 77% | 4.5 |
| April | 76% | 5.5 |
| May | 78% | 6.3 |
| June | 86% | 7.1 |
| July | 87% | 7.0 |
| August | 85% | 6.1 |
| September | 84% | 5.0 |
| October | 80% | 3.7 |
| November | 81% | 2.7 |
| December | 77% | 2.1 |
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 WaKeeney need?
A normal year in WaKeeney brings 5,380 heating degree days, 0% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,374 cooling degree days, 51% 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 3,892 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,090 | 0 |
| February | 893 | 0 |
| March | 686 | 1 |
| April | 399 | 11 |
| May | 155 | 82 |
| June | 16 | 284 |
| July | 2 | 442 |
| August | 3 | 367 |
| September | 67 | 164 |
| October | 337 | 22 |
| November | 698 | 0 |
| December | 1,035 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,380 | 1,374 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00148495. 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 WaKeeney been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 55.0°F, 1.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.9°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54.8°F | +0.9°F | 22.95 | 14.0 |
| 2022 | 54.0°F | +0.1°F | 10.52 | 32.0 |
| 2023 | 55.0°F | +1.1°F | 14.00 | 22.5 |
| 2024 | 56.1°F | +2.2°F | 26.41 | 11.5 |
| 2025 | 55.0°F | +1.1°F | 21.79 | 22.0 |
Over 121 complete years from 1890 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.6°F per century (+0.09°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00148495; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does WaKeeney's climate compare?
WaKeeney is warmer than 41 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 34. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.9°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, WaKeeney 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 WaKeeney share this climate record?
Ogallah 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.
- Ogallah, KS12 people · 8 mi E
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 WaKeeney's climate
What is the coldest month in WaKeeney?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in WaKeeney?
Yes: 20 inches in a normal year, falling on 13 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (4.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in WaKeeney?
May, with 3.98 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.57 in.
What plant hardiness zone is WaKeeney in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts WaKeeney in zone 6a in ZIP code 67672, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at WaKeeney's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in WaKeeney?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 23; 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
- Cedar Bluff Dam, KS17 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Quinter, KS20 miles from this station, 52.4°F a year
- Brownell, KS24 miles from this station, 53.5°F a year
- Hill City, KS25 miles from this station, 53.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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