Emporia, KS
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from EMPORIA 3 NW, KS US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Emporia has an annual average temperature of 53.8°F with about 35.8 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 88.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.39 in) and January the driest (0.80 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →85 of 366 (23.2%) of Emporia'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.
| 1970s | 2 | |
| 1980s | 57 | |
| 1990s | 60 | |
| 2000s | 76 | |
| 2010s | 116 | |
| 2020s | 55 |
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 | 39.3°F | 18.2°F | 28.8°F | 0.80 in | — | 4 |
| February | 44.3°F | 21.8°F | 33.1°F | 1.21 in | — | 5 |
| March | 55.2°F | 31.0°F | 43.1°F | 2.30 in | — | 7 |
| April | 64.8°F | 40.9°F | 52.9°F | 3.40 in | — | 9 |
| May | 73.8°F | 52.2°F | 63.0°F | 5.39 in | — | 11 |
| June | 83.5°F | 62.2°F | 72.9°F | 4.83 in | — | 9 |
| July | 88.5°F | 66.8°F | 77.7°F | 4.61 in | — | 9 |
| August | 87.3°F | 64.6°F | 76.0°F | 4.05 in | — | 8 |
| September | 79.4°F | 55.7°F | 67.6°F | 3.21 in | — | 7 |
| October | 67.6°F | 43.5°F | 55.6°F | 2.89 in | — | 8 |
| November | 54.0°F | 31.5°F | 42.7°F | 1.77 in | — | 5 |
| December | 42.5°F | 22.4°F | 32.5°F | 1.36 in | — | 5 |
Climate twins of Emporia
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).