Scott City, KS

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Scott City has an annual average temperature of 53.1°F with about 20.2 inches of precipitation per year and 19.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 15.9°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.16 in) and January the driest (0.44 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
48.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,292
Cooling need
1,017

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

39 of 366 (10.7%) of Scott 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
6
1900s
14
1910s
57
1920s
25
1930s
33
1940s
36
1950s
33
1960s
19
1970s
17
1980s
26
1990s
22
2000s
26
2010s
28
2020s
24

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 43.9°F 15.9°F 29.9°F 0.44 in 4.5 in 3
February 47.3°F 18.7°F 33.0°F 0.52 in 4.0 in 4
March 57.8°F 26.7°F 42.2°F 1.13 in 3.9 in 5
April 66.6°F 35.4°F 51.0°F 1.88 in 1.8 in 6
May 76.5°F 46.9°F 61.7°F 2.65 in 8
June 87.7°F 58.3°F 73.0°F 3.16 in 8
July 92.5°F 63.4°F 78.0°F 3.06 in 8
August 89.8°F 61.4°F 75.6°F 3.05 in 8
September 82.3°F 52.3°F 67.3°F 1.45 in 6
October 69.3°F 38.4°F 53.8°F 1.53 in 1.2 in 5
November 55.5°F 26.0°F 40.8°F 0.64 in 1.1 in 3
December 44.9°F 17.5°F 31.2°F 0.67 in 3.1 in 3

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