Cottonwood Falls, KS
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COTTONWOOD FALLS, KS US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Cottonwood Falls has an annual average temperature of 54.7°F with about 38 inches of precipitation per year and 10.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 90.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.9°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.61 in) and January the driest (0.87 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Cottonwood Falls
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →19 of 366 (5.2%) of Cottonwood Falls'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.
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 35 | |
| 1920s | 14 | |
| 1930s | 88 | |
| 1940s | 18 | |
| 1950s | 59 | |
| 1960s | 27 | |
| 1970s | 20 | |
| 1980s | 34 | |
| 1990s | 13 | |
| 2000s | 15 | |
| 2010s | 20 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
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 | 41.2°F | 17.9°F | 29.5°F | 0.87 in | 4.0 in | 4 |
| February | 46.1°F | 21.5°F | 33.8°F | 1.42 in | 1.3 in | 5 |
| March | 57.0°F | 30.7°F | 43.9°F | 2.67 in | 1.3 in | 7 |
| April | 66.8°F | 41.3°F | 54.0°F | 3.54 in | 0.2 in | 8 |
| May | 75.4°F | 53.0°F | 64.2°F | 5.61 in | — | 11 |
| June | 84.9°F | 62.6°F | 73.8°F | 4.72 in | — | 9 |
| July | 90.0°F | 67.3°F | 78.7°F | 5.00 in | — | 9 |
| August | 89.0°F | 65.1°F | 77.0°F | 4.37 in | — | 8 |
| September | 81.3°F | 56.0°F | 68.6°F | 3.53 in | — | 7 |
| October | 69.4°F | 42.9°F | 56.1°F | 2.83 in | 0.3 in | 7 |
| November | 55.8°F | 30.9°F | 43.4°F | 2.04 in | 0.4 in | 5 |
| December | 43.9°F | 21.6°F | 32.8°F | 1.39 in | 3.1 in | 5 |
Climate twins of Cottonwood Falls
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