Medicine Lodge, KS
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MEDICINE LODGE, KS US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Medicine Lodge has an annual average temperature of 57.9°F with about 27.8 inches of precipitation per year and 9.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 94.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 22.0°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.93 in) and January the driest (0.80 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
Best time to visit Medicine Lodge
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →160 of 366 (43.7%) of Medicine Lodge'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.
| 1990s | 18 | |
| 2000s | 102 | |
| 2010s | 131 | |
| 2020s | 115 |
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 | 46.2°F | 22.0°F | 34.1°F | 0.80 in | 2.1 in | 4 |
| February | 50.4°F | 25.6°F | 38.0°F | 1.03 in | 4.0 in | 6 |
| March | 60.2°F | 34.7°F | 47.5°F | 2.03 in | 0.8 in | 7 |
| April | 70.0°F | 43.8°F | 56.9°F | 2.43 in | 0.1 in | 8 |
| May | 79.3°F | 54.6°F | 67.0°F | 3.65 in | — | 9 |
| June | 90.1°F | 65.0°F | 77.6°F | 3.93 in | — | 9 |
| July | 94.4°F | 69.5°F | 82.0°F | 3.13 in | — | 7 |
| August | 92.4°F | 67.6°F | 80.0°F | 3.51 in | — | 9 |
| September | 84.4°F | 59.1°F | 71.7°F | 2.61 in | — | 6 |
| October | 71.8°F | 45.2°F | 58.5°F | 2.44 in | — | 7 |
| November | 58.3°F | 32.9°F | 45.6°F | 1.10 in | 0.3 in | 4 |
| December | 47.0°F | 24.0°F | 35.5°F | 1.09 in | 2.1 in | 5 |
Climate twins of Medicine Lodge
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