Lawrence, KS
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LAWRENCE, KS US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Lawrence has an annual average temperature of 54.9°F with about 39.4 inches of precipitation per year and 10.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 88.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 19.4°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.69 in) and January the driest (0.96 in). Snow typically falls from October through March.
Best time to visit Lawrence
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All-time records →20 of 366 (5.5%) of Lawrence'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.
| 1850s | 0 | |
| 1860s | 0 | |
| 1870s | 0 | |
| 1880s | 2 | |
| 1890s | 12 | |
| 1900s | 4 | |
| 1910s | 25 | |
| 1920s | 26 | |
| 1930s | 120 | |
| 1940s | 23 | |
| 1950s | 38 | |
| 1960s | 19 | |
| 1970s | 11 | |
| 1980s | 34 | |
| 1990s | 10 | |
| 2000s | 8 | |
| 2010s | 21 | |
| 2020s | 13 |
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 | 38.3°F | 19.4°F | 28.8°F | 0.96 in | 2.1 in | 5 |
| February | 43.6°F | 23.0°F | 33.3°F | 1.54 in | 3.3 in | 6 |
| March | 54.6°F | 33.1°F | 43.9°F | 2.32 in | 0.8 in | 8 |
| April | 64.6°F | 43.9°F | 54.3°F | 4.13 in | 0.1 in | 10 |
| May | 74.1°F | 55.9°F | 65.0°F | 5.13 in | — | 11 |
| June | 83.9°F | 65.3°F | 74.6°F | 5.69 in | — | 10 |
| July | 88.6°F | 69.8°F | 79.2°F | 4.28 in | — | 8 |
| August | 87.3°F | 67.6°F | 77.5°F | 4.63 in | — | 8 |
| September | 79.0°F | 58.7°F | 68.9°F | 3.95 in | — | 7 |
| October | 67.0°F | 46.6°F | 56.8°F | 3.20 in | 0.3 in | 7 |
| November | 53.5°F | 33.9°F | 43.7°F | 1.96 in | 0.9 in | 5 |
| December | 41.8°F | 24.2°F | 33.0°F | 1.61 in | 2.9 in | 5 |
Climate twins of Lawrence
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).