Ensign, KS

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Ensign has an annual average temperature of 55°F with about 21.7 inches of precipitation per year and 15.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 93.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.5°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.46 in) and February the driest (0.55 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
46.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,743
Cooling need
1,137

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

174 of 366 (47.5%) of Ensign'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.

1990s
23
2000s
87
2010s
153
2020s
103

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 46.5°F 18.5°F 32.5°F 0.56 in 3.7 in 2
February 50.4°F 20.9°F 35.7°F 0.55 in 2.8 in 3
March 60.1°F 29.0°F 44.6°F 1.27 in 3.1 in 4
April 68.6°F 37.5°F 53.0°F 1.81 in 1.0 in 6
May 78.2°F 48.8°F 63.5°F 2.78 in 0.1 in 8
June 87.7°F 59.7°F 73.7°F 3.46 in 7
July 93.3°F 64.6°F 79.0°F 3.20 in 7
August 90.4°F 62.7°F 76.5°F 3.04 in 8
September 83.3°F 54.2°F 68.7°F 1.39 in 5
October 71.1°F 40.8°F 55.9°F 2.01 in 0.5 in 5
November 58.1°F 28.2°F 43.2°F 0.75 in 1.0 in 3
December 46.9°F 20.0°F 33.5°F 0.91 in 3.6 in 3

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