Kansas climate: Statewide normals, its places and each month, NOAA 1991-2020

Kansas's statewide normal is 55.0°F a year with 29.0 inches of precipitation (NOAA nClimDiv, 1991-2020); it has warmed 1.4°F per century since 1895, and 2012 was its warmest year.

Statewide normal temperature: 55.0°Fyear, 1991-2020
Statewide normal precipitation: 29.0 inyear, 1991-2020
Last five years against normal: +1.2°F2021-2025 mean 56.2°F
Places with normals: 176137 Census places, 39 other stations

What is Kansas's weather like each month?

Statewide, July is the warmest month and January the coldest. Each month has its own page with the warmest and coolest places that month:

Jan43°19°
Feb47°23°
Mar58°32°
Apr67°41°
May76°51°
Jun87°62°
Jul92°67°
Aug89°65°
Sep82°56°
Oct69°43°
Nov56°31°
Dec44°22°

Kansas statewide normals by month, 1991-2020 (NOAA nClimDiv)
Month	High	Low	Mean	Precip.
January	43°F	19°F	31.1°F	0.72
February	47°F	23°F	35.0°F	0.97
March	58°F	32°F	44.8°F	1.79
April	67°F	41°F	53.9°F	2.68
May	76°F	51°F	63.9°F	4.21
June	87°F	62°F	74.2°F	4.05
July	92°F	67°F	79.0°F	3.85
August	89°F	65°F	77.1°F	3.51
September	82°F	56°F	68.8°F	2.52
October	69°F	43°F	56.2°F	2.32
November	56°F	31°F	43.3°F	1.30
December	44°F	22°F	33.2°F	1.07

Source: NOAA NCEI nClimDiv statewide series (Climate at a Glance); data files. Statewide values are area-weighted from a 5 km grid of station data, so they differ from the simple average of a state's stations.

Has Kansas been warmer than normal?

5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the 1991-2020 statewide normal of 55.0°F. The record since 1895 rises at a fitted 1.4°F per century; the warmest year was 2012 (58.2°F).

Kansas statewide mean temperature in recent years
Year	Mean	Against normal
2021	56.1°F	+1.1°F
2022	55.1°F	+0.1°F
2023	56.3°F	+1.3°F
2024	57.5°F	+2.5°F
2025	56.0°F	+0.9°F

Source: NOAA NCEI nClimDiv statewide annual series.

Where is it warmest, wettest and snowiest in Kansas?

Among the places PlainClimate covers, Coldwater has the warmest year (59.3°F) and Brewster the coolest (50.4°F); Pittsburg is the wettest (47.9 in) and Syracuse the driest (17.0 in), and McDonald gets the most snow (34 in).

Kansas: the places PlainClimate covers by their normal yearly mean temperature: from the coolest place (50.4°F a year, blue) to the warmest (59.3°F, red); each dot is a place's NOAA station.

Kansas: every place PlainClimate covers, with its NOAA 1991-2020 normals (largest first)
Place	Year	July high	January low	Precip.	Snow	Last frost
Wichita	57.7°F	93°F	23°F	34.3	13	April 11
Overland Park	55.1°F	88°F	20°F	40.7	14	April 10
Olathe	55.1°F	88°F	21°F	37.7	–	April 8
Topeka	55.8°F	90°F	20°F	36.5	17	April 12
Lawrence	55.2°F	91°F	18°F	35.6	–	April 21
Manhattan	55.0°F	92°F	18°F	32.2	–	April 21
Salina	55.8°F	93°F	20°F	29.7	–	April 18
Hutchinson	56.1°F	93°F	20°F	28.3	–	April 21
Leavenworth	55.8°F	91°F	21°F	41.3	19	April 12
Garden City	54.4°F	92°F	18°F	18.9	–	April 27
Dodge City	55.9°F	94°F	20°F	22.0	19	April 21
Emporia	55.7°F	90°F	21°F	34.8	–	April 12
Hays	55.6°F	93°F	20°F	24.8	13	April 19
Pittsburg	57.5°F	90°F	24°F	47.9	10	April 7
Liberal	55.8°F	93°F	20°F	21.1	14	April 20
Newton	56.2°F	92°F	20°F	33.8	9	April 14
Great Bend	54.3°F	91°F	18°F	27.3	12	April 24
McPherson	55.7°F	93°F	19°F	33.6	14	April 18
Ottawa	54.5°F	89°F	18°F	39.9	9	April 18
El Dorado	56.5°F	91°F	20°F	38.7	5	April 13
Winfield	58.2°F	92°F	24°F	34.9	–	April 11
Haysville	56.7°F	92°F	21°F	38.3	8	April 14
Atchison	54.2°F	88°F	18°F	36.4	17	April 11
Parsons	58.0°F	91°F	23°F	37.9	–	April 10
Coffeyville	58.8°F	92°F	24°F	40.5	–	April 6
Chanute	58.0°F	92°F	23°F	40.7	–	April 10
Independence	57.6°F	91°F	23°F	45.4	7	April 5
Bonner Springs	53.6°F	87°F	18°F	40.5	17	April 16
Fort Scott	57.0°F	91°F	22°F	44.5	8	April 5
Wellington	56.9°F	92°F	22°F	36.1	9	April 15
Pratt	55.2°F	92°F	19°F	27.6	15	April 20
Abilene	57.5°F	94°F	22°F	34.3	12	April 14
Paola	55.0°F	89°F	19°F	41.4	–	April 13
Ulysses	54.0°F	93°F	16°F	17.8	18	April 28
Colby	51.8°F	91°F	15°F	20.4	27	May 2
Iola	55.9°F	89°F	20°F	42.0	7	April 8
Concordia	54.1°F	90°F	19°F	28.4	19	April 18
Wamego	54.5°F	90°F	18°F	34.7	17	April 18
Goodland	51.7°F	90°F	17°F	19.1	30	May 2
Russell	54.8°F	93°F	19°F	24.8	–	April 22
Osawatomie	55.0°F	89°F	19°F	38.9	8	April 14
Clay Center	54.3°F	91°F	18°F	31.9	11	April 19
Scott City	53.1°F	93°F	16°F	20.2	20	April 30
Larned	55.6°F	91°F	21°F	27.2	–	April 16
Hugoton	55.5°F	92°F	20°F	19.7	13	April 20
Holton	52.5°F	88°F	15°F	37.4	–	April 24
Marysville	53.5°F	90°F	15°F	33.6	16	April 25
Beloit	54.3°F	92°F	17°F	29.1	16	April 19
Garnett	55.2°F	89°F	20°F	40.6	13	April 17
Hiawatha	52.5°F	87°F	15°F	34.7	17	April 14
Ellsworth	54.7°F	93°F	18°F	30.8	16	April 23
Columbus	57.2°F	90°F	23°F	46.0	7	April 5
Kingman	55.9°F	93°F	19°F	33.2	9	April 15
Osage City	54.3°F	89°F	18°F	38.9	10	April 13
Norton	51.6°F	92°F	14°F	26.2	20	May 1
Girard	56.6°F	90°F	22°F	45.6	6	April 4
Sterling	55.5°F	93°F	20°F	29.0	9	April 15
Eureka	55.3°F	90°F	19°F	40.0	9	April 16
Phillipsburg	53.2°F	93°F	16°F	25.6	17	April 26
Herington	54.0°F	90°F	17°F	34.3	13	April 24
Lakin	55.7°F	94°F	20°F	18.8	19	April 18
Council Grove	55.5°F	90°F	20°F	35.0	12	April 11
Fredonia	56.8°F	90°F	22°F	41.8	7	April 12
Anthony	57.4°F	93°F	22°F	33.1	11	April 9
Oakley	51.7°F	92°F	16°F	20.7	26	May 6
Cimarron	55.2°F	93°F	18°F	21.6	17	April 20
Belleville	52.7°F	90°F	16°F	30.6	15	April 22
Minneapolis	55.0°F	93°F	18°F	31.7	18	April 20
Marion	56.6°F	92°F	21°F	33.9	–	April 8
Humboldt	56.2°F	90°F	21°F	42.3	9	April 11
Syracuse	53.4°F	93°F	14°F	17.0	17	May 1
WaKeeney	53.9°F	93°F	17°F	23.9	20	April 23
Elkhart	56.0°F	93°F	21°F	18.4	18	April 19
Medicine Lodge	57.9°F	94°F	22°F	27.8	9	April 13
Plainville	53.3°F	91°F	17°F	26.1	20	April 23
Oberlin	52.1°F	91°F	16°F	21.8	25	April 30
Smith Center	53.1°F	92°F	16°F	26.1	18	April 24
Horton	53.2°F	88°F	16°F	37.9	11	April 18
Meade	55.4°F	94°F	19°F	23.0	17	April 20
Leoti	52.3°F	92°F	16°F	19.3	24	May 2
Chapman	54.5°F	90°F	17°F	33.5	7	April 17
Hill City	53.9°F	93°F	17°F	21.5	–	April 27
Kinsley	55.5°F	93°F	18°F	26.8	15	April 20
Sublette	56.9°F	94°F	20°F	18.3	15	April 23
Yates Center	55.9°F	89°F	21°F	41.8	9	April 10
Ness City	53.9°F	93°F	16°F	22.6	15	April 29
St. Francis	52.0°F	92°F	15°F	17.6	20	April 30
Atwood	51.9°F	92°F	15°F	22.1	29	May 2
Hoxie	53.5°F	90°F	19°F	22.0	24	April 20
Washington	52.8°F	90°F	15°F	32.4	14	April 24
Oskaloosa	54.5°F	90°F	18°F	38.3	16	April 16
Valley Falls	54.8°F	91°F	18°F	37.6	14	April 10
Montezuma	55.0°F	93°F	19°F	21.7	16	April 23
Sedan	57.3°F	92°F	22°F	40.5	9	April 9
Troy	53.1°F	87°F	17°F	36.8	21	April 19
Quinter	52.4°F	90°F	17°F	23.5	20	April 24
Pomona	56.2°F	91°F	22°F	38.6	–	April 8
Kiowa	57.8°F	94°F	21°F	30.1	–	April 8
Perry	53.8°F	87°F	18°F	39.2	12	April 13
Wilson	54.8°F	92°F	19°F	26.2	10	April 21
Cottonwood Falls	54.7°F	90°F	18°F	38.0	11	April 19
Mankato	51.7°F	91°F	14°F	28.3	25	April 30
Jetmore	54.6°F	94°F	18°F	23.7	21	April 25
Ashland	56.9°F	95°F	19°F	23.0	12	April 21
Sharon Springs	52.9°F	91°F	17°F	19.9	21	April 28
Greensburg	54.8°F	92°F	19°F	26.0	16	April 21
Frankfort	52.0°F	88°F	15°F	33.2	–	April 20
Tribune	52.2°F	91°F	16°F	18.4	22	May 2
Coldwater	59.3°F	95°F	24°F	25.3	17	April 13
Mound City	55.1°F	89°F	20°F	41.3	–	April 13
Howard	55.8°F	90°F	20°F	38.6	6	April 17
Centralia	53.7°F	89°F	17°F	35.9	33	April 19
Eskridge	53.8°F	89°F	18°F	37.3	18	April 16
Kanopolis	54.8°F	92°F	19°F	29.6	12	April 19
Healy	53.9°F	93°F	17°F	22.4	22	April 28
Norwich	56.8°F	93°F	21°F	33.1	7	April 12
Milford	54.7°F	89°F	19°F	32.9	–	April 12
Florence	54.9°F	91°F	18°F	34.3	–	April 22
Glen Elder	52.8°F	93°F	14°F	26.3	–	April 29
Mound Valley	56.0°F	89°F	21°F	46.5	8	April 15
Melvern	55.9°F	90°F	20°F	38.1	–	April 8
Courtland	54.8°F	92°F	18°F	29.9	–	April 17
Brewster	50.4°F	92°F	14°F	20.3	17	May 9
Winona	53.1°F	91°F	18°F	19.5	17	April 29
Bison	53.5°F	92°F	16°F	26.5	14	April 30
Smolan	54.7°F	94°F	18°F	–	–	April 27
Burr Oak	51.1°F	88°F	14°F	27.5	24	April 30
Kirwin	52.1°F	92°F	13°F	25.7	–	April 30
Hillsdale	54.8°F	88°F	19°F	39.9	–	April 9
Cassoday	55.0°F	90°F	19°F	36.9	–	April 18
Alton	53.2°F	93°F	14°F	28.6	18	April 29
Hudson	56.4°F	94°F	21°F	28.7	18	April 18
Baileyville	51.5°F	87°F	15°F	30.5	–	April 22
Wallace	52.4°F	92°F	15°F	20.7	23	April 30
Richfield	55.5°F	95°F	19°F	17.7	18	April 27
Russell Springs	52.6°F	93°F	16°F	18.2	22	April 30
Brownell	53.5°F	93°F	16°F	–	–	April 29

Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.

What are Kansas's all-time weather records?

The official state records, reviewed by NOAA's State Climate Extremes Committee: from 121°F to −40°F.

Kansas: official all-time records (NOAA State Climate Extremes Committee)
Record	Value	Where	When
Highest temperature	121°F	Alton (tied 2 times; the latest shown)	July 24, 1936
Lowest temperature	−40°F	Lebanon	February 13, 1905
Most precipitation in 24 hours	0 in	Under Review	–
Most snow in 24 hours	30 in	Pratt	March 28, 2009
Deepest snow on the ground	40 in	Syracuse	December 31, 1918

Source: NOAA NCEI State Climate Extremes Committee records.

Which large cities in Kansas have no climate record of their own?

These 3 cities of 50,000 or more have no NOAA record with 1991-2020 normals under their own name; each page compares the nearest records, with their distance and elevation.

Kansas City156,752 people
Shawnee69,724 people
Lenexa59,427 people

Which other NOAA stations in Kansas keep normals?

39 stations in Kansas that are not a town's own record keep 1991-2020 normals too: reservoirs and dams, parks and forests, research farms, remote sites and the second stations of towns (those are shown on the town's page). Each with its normal yearly mean:

Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station.