Goodland, KS

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Goodland has an annual average temperature of 51.7°F with about 19.1 inches of precipitation per year and 30 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 90.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 16.9°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.08 in) and January the driest (0.32 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.

Annual swing
45.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,550
Cooling need
771

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

49 of 366 (13.4%) of Goodland'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
7
1900s
9
1910s
22
1920s
22
1930s
71
1940s
23
1950s
27
1960s
30
1970s
16
1980s
20
1990s
17
2000s
32
2010s
38
2020s
32

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 43.4°F 16.9°F 30.2°F 0.32 in 4.7 in 4
February 45.8°F 18.9°F 32.3°F 0.47 in 6.3 in 5
March 56.3°F 26.5°F 41.4°F 0.88 in 4.8 in 6
April 64.0°F 34.6°F 49.3°F 1.69 in 3.2 in 8
May 73.6°F 45.5°F 59.6°F 2.81 in 0.3 in 10
June 85.2°F 56.2°F 70.7°F 2.96 in 9
July 90.4°F 61.7°F 76.1°F 3.08 in 10
August 87.5°F 59.8°F 73.6°F 3.06 in 9
September 80.1°F 50.6°F 65.3°F 1.40 in 0.2 in 6
October 66.6°F 37.1°F 51.8°F 1.41 in 2.0 in 6
November 53.7°F 25.5°F 39.6°F 0.54 in 3.3 in 4
December 43.8°F 17.8°F 30.8°F 0.47 in 5.2 in 4

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