Carbondale, KS
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TOPEKA FORBES FLD, KS US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Carbondale has an annual average temperature of 55.4°F with about 36.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 90.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 19.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.18 in) and January the driest (0.80 in).
Best time to visit Carbondale
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →117 of 366 (32%) of Carbondale'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.
| 1940s | 1 | |
| 1950s | 65 | |
| 1960s | 43 | |
| 1970s | 8 | |
| 1990s | 11 | |
| 2000s | 63 | |
| 2010s | 114 | |
| 2020s | 61 |
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 | 40.5°F | 19.2°F | 29.9°F | 0.80 in | — | 5 |
| February | 45.9°F | 23.3°F | 34.6°F | 1.23 in | — | 6 |
| March | 57.4°F | 33.3°F | 45.3°F | 2.28 in | — | 9 |
| April | 67.2°F | 43.1°F | 55.1°F | 3.94 in | — | 11 |
| May | 76.3°F | 53.8°F | 65.0°F | 5.18 in | — | 13 |
| June | 85.8°F | 64.2°F | 75.0°F | 4.74 in | — | 12 |
| July | 90.5°F | 68.6°F | 79.6°F | 4.56 in | — | 9 |
| August | 89.5°F | 66.2°F | 77.8°F | 4.45 in | — | 10 |
| September | 80.9°F | 56.9°F | 68.9°F | 3.46 in | — | 10 |
| October | 68.7°F | 44.7°F | 56.7°F | 2.83 in | — | 10 |
| November | 55.1°F | 32.6°F | 43.9°F | 1.81 in | — | 6 |
| December | 43.7°F | 23.3°F | 33.5°F | 1.39 in | — | 5 |
Climate twins of Carbondale
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).