What is the hottest month in El Dorado?

July is the warmest month in El Dorado, with an average high of 91.3°F.

What is the coldest month in El Dorado?

January is the coldest month in El Dorado, with an average low of 20.2°F.

What month does El Dorado get the most rain?

May is typically the wettest month in El Dorado, with about 5.77 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is El Dorado in?

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

Has the climate in El Dorado changed recently?

12% of El Dorado'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.

El Dorado, KS

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from EL DORADO, KS US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

El Dorado has an annual average temperature of 56.5°F with about 38.7 inches of precipitation per year and 4.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 91.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 20.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.77 in) and January the driest (0.89 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

47.9°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

4,398

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,347

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

44 of 366 (12%) of El Dorado'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		16
1900s		15
1910s		20
1920s		16
1930s		108
1940s		24
1950s		48
1960s		12
1970s		13
1980s		18
1990s		7
2000s		15
2010s		19
2020s		35

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	44.1°F	20.2°F	32.1°F	0.89 in	1.1 in	5
February	48.9°F	23.4°F	36.1°F	1.45 in	1.4 in	6
March	58.9°F	32.8°F	45.8°F	2.53 in	0.7 in	7
April	68.4°F	43.1°F	55.7°F	3.41 in	—	8
May	76.9°F	54.5°F	65.7°F	5.77 in	—	12
June	86.3°F	64.2°F	75.2°F	5.64 in	—	10
July	91.3°F	68.8°F	80.0°F	4.42 in	—	8
August	90.3°F	66.8°F	78.5°F	4.59 in	—	9
September	82.7°F	58.2°F	70.5°F	3.64 in	—	7
October	71.1°F	45.2°F	58.1°F	3.29 in	—	7
November	57.8°F	33.1°F	45.5°F	1.74 in	0.2 in	6
December	46.4°F	23.7°F	35.1°F	1.30 in	1.1 in	6