What is the hottest month in Kanopolis?

July is the warmest month in Kanopolis, with an average high of 92.7°F.

What is the coldest month in Kanopolis?

January is the coldest month in Kanopolis, with an average low of 17.5°F.

What month does Kanopolis get the most rain?

May is typically the wettest month in Kanopolis, with about 4.94 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Kanopolis in?

Kanopolis is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Kanopolis changed recently?

8.7% of Kanopolis's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Kanopolis, KS

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

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Kanopolis has an annual average temperature of 54.7°F with about 30.8 inches of precipitation per year and 16.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.5°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.94 in) and January the driest (0.83 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

50.1°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

4,944

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,251

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Kanopolis

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

32 of 366 (8.7%) of Kanopolis'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		14
1910s		50
1920s		22
1930s		100
1940s		24
1950s		23
1960s		16
1970s		23
1980s		33
1990s		5
2000s		12
2010s		25
2020s		19

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	42.2°F	17.5°F	29.9°F	0.83 in	3.8 in	4
February	46.6°F	20.3°F	33.5°F	1.16 in	4.7 in	4
March	57.4°F	29.6°F	43.5°F	1.94 in	1.3 in	6
April	67.5°F	39.1°F	53.3°F	2.51 in	0.4 in	7
May	76.8°F	51.6°F	64.2°F	4.94 in	—	9
June	87.6°F	62.5°F	75.0°F	3.86 in	—	7
July	92.7°F	67.4°F	80.0°F	3.88 in	—	8
August	90.4°F	64.9°F	77.6°F	4.43 in	—	7
September	82.3°F	55.9°F	69.1°F	2.70 in	—	5
October	70.1°F	41.9°F	56.0°F	2.13 in	0.4 in	5
November	56.1°F	29.4°F	42.7°F	1.30 in	1.2 in	4
December	44.0°F	20.1°F	32.1°F	1.16 in	4.4 in	4