Abilene, KS
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ABILENE, KS US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Abilene has an annual average temperature of 57.5°F with about 34.3 inches of precipitation per year and 12.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 94.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.7°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.20 in) and January the driest (0.86 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Abilene
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All-time records →48 of 366 (13.1%) of Abilene's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1890s | 48 | |
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 21 | |
| 1920s | 22 | |
| 1940s | 11 | |
| 1950s | 47 | |
| 1960s | 11 | |
| 1970s | 16 | |
| 1980s | 31 | |
| 1990s | 31 | |
| 2000s | 44 | |
| 2010s | 44 | |
| 2020s | 29 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43.2°F | 21.7°F | 32.5°F | 0.86 in | 4.1 in | 4 |
| February | 48.6°F | 25.2°F | 36.9°F | 1.43 in | 2.8 in | 4 |
| March | 59.7°F | 34.9°F | 47.3°F | 2.23 in | 1.7 in | 7 |
| April | 69.7°F | 44.7°F | 57.2°F | 3.26 in | 0.2 in | 8 |
| May | 78.9°F | 54.7°F | 66.8°F | 5.20 in | — | 10 |
| June | 89.4°F | 64.8°F | 77.1°F | 4.18 in | — | 8 |
| July | 94.4°F | 69.4°F | 81.9°F | 4.75 in | — | 9 |
| August | 92.1°F | 67.4°F | 79.8°F | 4.27 in | — | 8 |
| September | 84.2°F | 58.9°F | 71.6°F | 2.54 in | — | 6 |
| October | 71.2°F | 46.4°F | 58.8°F | 2.47 in | 0.2 in | 6 |
| November | 57.1°F | 34.1°F | 45.6°F | 1.59 in | 1.0 in | 5 |
| December | 45.4°F | 24.5°F | 35.0°F | 1.50 in | 2.2 in | 4 |
Climate twins of Abilene
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