Overland Park, KS

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from OLATHE 3E, KS US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Overland Park has an annual average temperature of 55.1°F with about 40.7 inches of precipitation per year and 13.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 88.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 20.0°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.26 in) and January the driest (1.28 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
49.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,728
Cooling need
1,164

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

0 of 366 (0%) of Overland Park'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
25
1900s
20
1910s
93
1920s
27
1930s
72
1940s
14
1950s
38
1960s
19
1970s
12
1980s
15
1990s
10
2000s
21

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 38.7°F 20.0°F 29.3°F 1.28 in 3.9 in 6
February 44.3°F 23.9°F 34.1°F 1.73 in 3.3 in 6
March 54.9°F 33.7°F 44.3°F 2.48 in 1.4 in 8
April 65.1°F 43.9°F 54.5°F 4.12 in 0.3 in 10
May 74.5°F 55.5°F 65.0°F 5.26 in 12
June 83.6°F 64.9°F 74.3°F 5.23 in 10
July 88.2°F 69.4°F 78.8°F 4.75 in 9
August 86.8°F 66.9°F 76.9°F 4.46 in 8
September 79.1°F 58.4°F 68.8°F 4.25 in 8
October 67.7°F 46.7°F 57.2°F 3.05 in 0.3 in 8
November 54.3°F 34.6°F 44.5°F 2.37 in 1.2 in 7
December 42.5°F 24.6°F 33.5°F 1.75 in 3.4 in 6

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