Colby, KS
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COLBY 1SW, KS US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Colby has an annual average temperature of 51.8°F with about 20.4 inches of precipitation per year and 27.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 91.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 15.1°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.81 in) and January the driest (0.41 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.
Best time to visit Colby
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →97 of 366 (26.5%) of Colby'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.
| 1950s | 10 | |
| 1960s | 50 | |
| 1970s | 23 | |
| 1980s | 37 | |
| 1990s | 45 | |
| 2000s | 67 | |
| 2010s | 72 | |
| 2020s | 62 |
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 | 43.0°F | 15.1°F | 29.0°F | 0.41 in | 5.1 in | 3 |
| February | 45.7°F | 17.4°F | 31.6°F | 0.56 in | 5.8 in | 4 |
| March | 56.2°F | 25.5°F | 40.8°F | 0.92 in | 4.2 in | 5 |
| April | 64.7°F | 34.4°F | 49.5°F | 1.97 in | 2.2 in | 7 |
| May | 74.3°F | 45.9°F | 60.1°F | 2.92 in | 0.7 in | 10 |
| June | 86.4°F | 57.2°F | 71.8°F | 2.62 in | — | 9 |
| July | 91.0°F | 62.3°F | 76.7°F | 3.81 in | — | 9 |
| August | 88.4°F | 59.8°F | 74.1°F | 3.04 in | — | 8 |
| September | 81.3°F | 50.3°F | 65.8°F | 1.44 in | 0.2 in | 6 |
| October | 68.3°F | 36.2°F | 52.2°F | 1.56 in | 1.6 in | 6 |
| November | 54.3°F | 24.7°F | 39.5°F | 0.63 in | 3.5 in | 4 |
| December | 44.1°F | 16.4°F | 30.2°F | 0.51 in | 3.9 in | 3 |
Climate twins of Colby
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).