Kensington, KS
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from KIRWIN DAM, KS US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Kensington has an annual average temperature of 52.1°F with about 25.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 92.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 12.8°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.19 in) and January the driest (0.53 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →56 of 366 (15.3%) of Kensington'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.
| 1950s | 59 | |
| 1960s | 55 | |
| 1970s | 34 | |
| 1980s | 49 | |
| 1990s | 31 | |
| 2000s | 39 | |
| 2010s | 60 | |
| 2020s | 39 |
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 | 39.8°F | 12.8°F | 26.3°F | 0.53 in | — | — |
| February | 44.5°F | 15.6°F | 30.1°F | 0.76 in | — | — |
| March | 56.4°F | 24.8°F | 40.6°F | 1.40 in | — | — |
| April | 66.1°F | 35.4°F | 50.8°F | 2.24 in | — | — |
| May | 75.4°F | 47.6°F | 61.5°F | 4.19 in | — | — |
| June | 87.4°F | 59.5°F | 73.5°F | 3.29 in | — | — |
| July | 92.2°F | 64.5°F | 78.4°F | 3.96 in | — | — |
| August | 89.5°F | 61.4°F | 75.5°F | 3.35 in | — | — |
| September | 81.9°F | 51.7°F | 66.8°F | 2.17 in | — | — |
| October | 68.8°F | 37.0°F | 52.9°F | 1.88 in | — | — |
| November | 54.3°F | 24.6°F | 39.5°F | 1.06 in | — | — |
| December | 42.3°F | 15.9°F | 29.1°F | 0.85 in | — | — |
Climate twins of Kensington
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).