Ness City, KS

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Ness City has an annual average temperature of 53.9°F with about 22.6 inches of precipitation per year and 15.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 93.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 15.7°F). July is typically the wettest month (3.83 in) and January the driest (0.56 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
49°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,139
Cooling need
1,137

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

23 of 366 (6.3%) of Ness 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.

1890s
7
1900s
31
1910s
1
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
31
1950s
68
1960s
17
1970s
26
1980s
52
1990s
29
2000s
48
2010s
53
2020s
3

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 44.3°F 15.7°F 30.0°F 0.56 in 3.2 in 3
February 47.9°F 18.5°F 33.2°F 0.74 in 3.5 in 3
March 58.5°F 27.3°F 42.9°F 1.40 in 3.3 in 5
April 67.5°F 36.3°F 51.9°F 1.93 in 0.4 in 6
May 77.2°F 47.9°F 62.6°F 2.99 in 0.1 in 8
June 88.2°F 59.3°F 73.8°F 2.83 in 8
July 93.2°F 64.8°F 79.0°F 3.83 in 7
August 90.9°F 62.6°F 76.7°F 3.07 in 7
September 83.6°F 53.3°F 68.4°F 1.84 in 5
October 70.5°F 39.0°F 54.8°F 1.76 in 0.4 in 4
November 56.8°F 26.3°F 41.6°F 0.76 in 1.3 in 3
December 45.5°F 17.9°F 31.7°F 0.88 in 3.2 in 3

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