What is the hottest month in Dodge City?

July is the warmest month in Dodge City, with an average high of 93.7°F.

What is the coldest month in Dodge City?

January is the coldest month in Dodge City, with an average low of 20.3°F.

What month does Dodge City get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Dodge City, with about 3.29 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Dodge City in?

Dodge City is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Dodge City changed recently?

19.7% of Dodge City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Dodge City, KS

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DODGE CITY, KS US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Dodge City has an annual average temperature of 55.9°F with about 22 inches of precipitation per year and 19.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 93.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 20.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.29 in) and January the driest (0.60 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

47.1°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

4,557

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,299

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

72 of 366 (19.7%) of Dodge City'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		0
1910s		0
1920s		0
1930s		0
1940s		2
1950s		40
1960s		31
1970s		34
1980s		59
1990s		36
2000s		51
2010s		69
2020s		44

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	45.6°F	20.3°F	33.0°F	0.60 in	3.9 in	4
February	49.4°F	23.0°F	36.2°F	0.62 in	4.7 in	4
March	59.6°F	31.3°F	45.4°F	1.35 in	3.7 in	6
April	68.5°F	40.1°F	54.3°F	1.99 in	0.8 in	7
May	78.3°F	51.2°F	64.8°F	2.99 in	—	9
June	88.6°F	61.6°F	75.1°F	3.29 in	—	9
July	93.7°F	66.4°F	80.1°F	3.08 in	—	8
August	91.4°F	64.7°F	78.1°F	2.99 in	—	9
September	83.8°F	56.2°F	70.0°F	1.31 in	—	5
October	70.8°F	42.9°F	56.8°F	2.02 in	0.6 in	6
November	57.1°F	30.2°F	43.7°F	0.80 in	1.4 in	4
December	45.9°F	22.0°F	33.9°F	0.96 in	4.0 in	4