Hill City, KS

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from HILL CITY MUNI AP, KS US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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).

Annual swing
49.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,157
Cooling need
1,170

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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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