Hill City, KS
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from HILL CITY MUNI AP, KS US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Hill City has an annual average temperature of 53.9°F with about 21.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 93.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.1°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.61 in) and January the driest (0.33 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →56 of 366 (15.3%) of Hill 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 | 4 | |
| 1910s | 38 | |
| 1920s | 29 | |
| 1930s | 76 | |
| 1940s | 36 | |
| 1950s | 25 | |
| 1960s | 23 | |
| 1970s | 18 | |
| 1980s | 7 | |
| 1990s | 6 | |
| 2000s | 28 | |
| 2010s | 42 | |
| 2020s | 34 |
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 | 42.8°F | 17.1°F | 30.0°F | 0.33 in | — | 3 |
| February | 46.3°F | 19.9°F | 33.1°F | 0.45 in | — | 4 |
| March | 57.4°F | 28.7°F | 43.0°F | 1.08 in | — | 5 |
| April | 66.3°F | 37.9°F | 52.1°F | 1.97 in | — | 8 |
| May | 76.3°F | 49.5°F | 62.9°F | 3.34 in | — | 10 |
| June | 88.0°F | 60.4°F | 74.2°F | 2.79 in | — | 10 |
| July | 93.3°F | 66.1°F | 79.7°F | 3.61 in | — | 9 |
| August | 90.0°F | 63.6°F | 76.8°F | 2.95 in | — | 9 |
| September | 82.6°F | 54.0°F | 68.3°F | 2.06 in | — | 7 |
| October | 69.0°F | 40.0°F | 54.5°F | 1.60 in | — | 7 |
| November | 55.1°F | 27.1°F | 41.1°F | 0.66 in | — | 4 |
| December | 43.9°F | 19.0°F | 31.4°F | 0.66 in | — | 3 |
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