What is the hottest month in Smith Center?

July is the warmest month in Smith Center, with an average high of 92.1°F.

What is the coldest month in Smith Center?

January is the coldest month in Smith Center, with an average low of 15.7°F.

What month does Smith Center get the most rain?

July is typically the wettest month in Smith Center, with about 4.39 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Smith Center in?

Smith Center is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Smith Center changed recently?

16.1% of Smith Center's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Smith Center, KS

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SMITH CTR, KS US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Smith Center has an annual average temperature of 53.1°F with about 26.1 inches of precipitation per year and 18.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 15.7°F). July is typically the wettest month (4.39 in) and January the driest (0.59 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

51.8°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,412

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,125

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

59 of 366 (16.1%) of Smith Center'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.

1910s		47
1920s		27
1930s		0
1940s		0
1950s		32
1960s		48
1970s		34
1980s		45
1990s		27
2000s		23
2010s		44
2020s		39

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	38.9°F	15.7°F	27.3°F	0.59 in	4.4 in	4
February	43.7°F	18.8°F	31.2°F	0.70 in	5.9 in	4
March	55.4°F	27.9°F	41.6°F	1.45 in	2.3 in	7
April	65.7°F	37.9°F	51.8°F	2.12 in	0.7 in	8
May	75.7°F	50.2°F	63.0°F	4.00 in	—	11
June	87.1°F	61.0°F	74.1°F	3.64 in	—	10
July	92.1°F	66.1°F	79.1°F	4.39 in	—	10
August	89.1°F	63.4°F	76.3°F	3.42 in	—	9
September	81.7°F	54.4°F	68.0°F	1.98 in	—	6
October	68.1°F	40.7°F	54.4°F	1.86 in	0.5 in	6
November	53.4°F	27.7°F	40.5°F	1.16 in	1.5 in	5
December	40.9°F	18.6°F	29.8°F	0.79 in	3.0 in	4