Wellington, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Wellington's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 36.1 inches of precipitation and 9 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.8°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 33°C, 918 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWellington
- Station IDUSC00148670
- Location37.27°N 97.42°W
- Elevation1,224 ft (373 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population7,561
On October 23, the normal high in Wellington is 68°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Wellington.
- Jan 44° 22°
- Feb 49° 25°
- Mar 59° 34°
- Apr 68° 43°
- May 77° 54°
- Jun 87° 65°
- Jul 92° 69°
- Aug 91° 68°
- Sep 83° 59°
- Oct 71° 47°
- Nov 57° 34°
- Dec 45° 25°
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 Wellington each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.27 in), the least in January (0.96 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 22°F | 32.9°F | 0.96 | 2.6 | 4 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 49°F | 25°F | 36.9°F | 1.34 | 2.0 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 59°F | 34°F | 46.5°F | 2.48 | 1.5 | 7 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 43°F | 55.4°F | 3.14 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 54°F | 65.6°F | 5.27 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 87°F | 65°F | 75.6°F | 5.19 | 0.0 | 9 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 92°F | 69°F | 80.5°F | 4.03 | 0.0 | 8 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 91°F | 68°F | 79.1°F | 4.25 | 0.0 | 8 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 59°F | 71.0°F | 3.09 | 0.0 | 7 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 47°F | 58.8°F | 3.28 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 34°F | 45.7°F | 1.78 | 0.3 | 5 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 45°F | 25°F | 35.3°F | 1.33 | 2.8 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 46°F | 56.9°F | 36.14 | 9.2 | 82 | 67 | 108 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −6°C | 0.5°C | 24 mm | 7 cm |
| February | 9°C | −4°C | 2.7°C | 34 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 15°C | 1°C | 8.1°C | 63 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 20°C | 6°C | 13.0°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 12°C | 18.7°C | 134 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 18°C | 24.2°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 20°C | 26.2°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 15°C | 21.7°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 8°C | 14.9°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | 1°C | 7.6°C | 45 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 7°C | −4°C | 1.8°C | 34 mm | 7 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00148670; 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 Wellington?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, 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 USC00148670.
When is the last frost in Wellington?
In Wellington, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 15 in half of years and after April 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 29 in half of years and before October 14 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 151 year in 10 after April 30; 9 in 10 after March 29
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 291 year in 10 before October 14; 9 in 10 before November 10
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 195 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 214 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 3 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wellington in zone 7a in ZIP code 67152, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Wellington's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (25 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 USC00148670; 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 Wellington?
In a normal year in Wellington, 67 days a year reach 90°F (13 of them 100°F or more), 108 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 82 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 67a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 13a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 108a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 15high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 82a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1894) is 120°F, on July 18, 1936; the lowest is −20°F, on February 12, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 58.79 in; the snowiest season is 1948–49, with 33.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00148670; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00148670. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Wellington?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Wellington, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (86%) and February the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.6 |
| February | 74% | 3.3 |
| March | 74% | 4.4 |
| April | 75% | 5.4 |
| May | 76% | 6.0 |
| June | 85% | 7.0 |
| July | 86% | 6.8 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 83% | 5.0 |
| October | 80% | 3.8 |
| November | 80% | 2.8 |
| December | 74% | 2.2 |
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 Wellington need?
A normal year in Wellington brings 4,543 heating degree days, 15% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,642 cooling degree days, 81% 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 4,429 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 997 | 0 |
| February | 788 | 0 |
| March | 575 | 3 |
| April | 307 | 19 |
| May | 96 | 113 |
| June | 6 | 324 |
| July | 0 | 482 |
| August | 1 | 438 |
| September | 37 | 217 |
| October | 234 | 44 |
| November | 580 | 2 |
| December | 922 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,543 | 1,642 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00148670. 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 Wellington been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 58.0°F, 1.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.9°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57.6°F | +0.8°F | 30.91 | 8.7 |
| 2022 | 57.3°F | +0.4°F | 32.34 | 16.1 |
| 2023 | 58.6°F | +1.7°F | 32.19 | 6.6 |
| 2024 | 60.2°F | +3.3°F | – | 2.7 |
| 2025 | 58.0°F | +1.1°F | 49.80 | 11.7 |
Over 80 complete years from 1916 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.2°F per century (+0.07°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00148670; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wellington's climate compare?
Wellington is warmer than 119 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 92. 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, Wellington is Cfa: temperate, 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 Wellington share this climate record?
2 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.
- Mayfield, KS73 people · 7 mi W
- Milan, KS52 people · 14 mi W
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 Wellington's climate
What is the coldest month in Wellington?
January, with a normal high of 44°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Wellington?
Yes: 9 inches in a normal year, falling on 6 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (2.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Wellington?
May, with 5.27 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.96 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wellington in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wellington in zone 7a in ZIP code 67152, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Wellington's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Wellington?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 15; in one year in ten it comes after April 30. Waiting until April 30 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Haysville, KS18 miles from this station, 56.7°F a year
- Winfield, KS22 miles from this station, 58.2°F a year
- Wichita, KS27 miles from this station, 57.7°F a year
- Norwich, KS27 miles from this station, 56.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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