Yates Center, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Yates Center's normal year runs from 21°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 41.8 inches of precipitation and 9 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.3°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,062 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationYates Center
- Station IDUSC00149080
- Location37.88°N 95.73°W
- Elevation1,112 ft (339 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population1,315
On October 14, the normal high in Yates Center is 70°F and the normal low 47°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Yates Center.
- Jan 42° 21°
- Feb 47° 24°
- Mar 57° 33°
- Apr 67° 43°
- May 75° 55°
- Jun 85° 64°
- Jul 89° 68°
- Aug 89° 66°
- Sep 81° 58°
- Oct 70° 46°
- 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 Yates Center each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 21°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.89 in), the least in January (1.07 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 21°F | 31.3°F | 1.07 | 3.1 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 47°F | 24°F | 35.8°F | 1.63 | 1.8 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 57°F | 33°F | 45.2°F | 2.67 | 1.0 | 7 | <1 | 14 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 43°F | 55.0°F | 4.12 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 55°F | 64.8°F | 5.89 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 85°F | 64°F | 74.2°F | 5.47 | 0.0 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 89°F | 68°F | 78.8°F | 5.04 | 0.0 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 89°F | 66°F | 77.6°F | 3.75 | 0.0 | 7 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 58°F | 69.5°F | 4.37 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 46°F | 57.8°F | 3.73 | 0.2 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 34°F | 45.4°F | 2.26 | 0.6 | 5 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 45°F | 25°F | 34.9°F | 1.81 | 2.3 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 45°F | 55.9°F | 41.81 | 9.0 | 81 | 41 | 108 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −6°C | −0.4°C | 27 mm | 8 cm |
| February | 9°C | −4°C | 2.1°C | 41 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 14°C | 1°C | 7.3°C | 68 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 19°C | 6°C | 12.8°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 24°C | 13°C | 18.2°C | 150 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 18°C | 23.4°C | 139 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 19°C | 25.3°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 14°C | 20.8°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 8°C | 14.3°C | 95 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 14°C | 1°C | 7.4°C | 57 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 7°C | −4°C | 1.6°C | 46 mm | 6 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00149080; 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 Yates Center?
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 USC00149080.
When is the last frost in Yates Center?
In Yates Center, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 10 in half of years and after April 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 28 in half of years and before October 13 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 101 year in 10 after April 26; 9 in 10 after March 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 281 year in 10 before October 13; 9 in 10 before November 9
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 198 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 217 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 1 in half of springs and before November 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Yates Center in zone 6b in ZIP code 66783, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Yates Center's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°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 USC00149080; 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 Yates Center?
In a normal year in Yates Center, 41 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 108 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 81 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 41a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 108a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 19high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 81a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 111°F, on July 17, 1980; the lowest is −28°F, on February 12, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1973, with 64.27 in; the snowiest season is 1987–88, with 39.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00149080; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00149080. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Yates Center?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Yates Center, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.4 |
| February | 70% | 3.1 |
| March | 70% | 4.1 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 74% | 5.8 |
| June | 83% | 6.7 |
| July | 84% | 6.6 |
| August | 83% | 5.9 |
| September | 82% | 4.9 |
| October | 77% | 3.6 |
| November | 76% | 2.6 |
| December | 72% | 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 Yates Center need?
A normal year in Yates Center brings 4,726 heating degree days, 12% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,430 cooling degree days, 58% 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 4,175 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,045 | 0 |
| February | 818 | 0 |
| March | 616 | 3 |
| April | 313 | 15 |
| May | 100 | 96 |
| June | 5 | 283 |
| July | 0 | 428 |
| August | 1 | 390 |
| September | 44 | 181 |
| October | 258 | 35 |
| November | 591 | 2 |
| December | 935 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,726 | 1,430 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00149080. 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 Yates Center been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 56.9°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 55.9°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.5°F | +0.6°F | 52.12 | 9.9 |
| 2023 | 58.3°F | +2.4°F | 31.72 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 58.9°F | +3.0°F | 40.21 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 56.9°F | +1.0°F | 38.16 | 12.1 |
Over 52 complete years from 1958 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.9°F per century (+0.22°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00149080; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Yates Center's climate compare?
Yates Center is warmer than 101 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 126. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.9°F is warmer than 63%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Yates Center 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 Yates Center 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.
- Toronto, KS205 people · 13 mi SW
- Virgil, KS47 people · 17 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 Yates Center's climate
What is the coldest month in Yates Center?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 21°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Yates Center?
Yes: 9 inches in a normal year, falling on 6 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (3.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Yates Center?
May, with 5.89 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 1.07 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Yates Center in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Yates Center in zone 6b in ZIP code 66783, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Yates Center's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −1°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Yates Center?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 10; in one year in ten it comes after April 26. Waiting until April 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Humboldt, KS16 miles from this station, 56.2°F a year
- Iola, KS17 miles from this station, 55.9°F a year
- Chanute, KS20 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- Fredonia, KS25 miles from this station, 56.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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