Speed, KS

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PHILLIPSBURG #2, KS US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Speed has an annual average temperature of 53.2°F with about 25.6 inches of precipitation per year and 17 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 16.3°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.34 in) and January the driest (0.49 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
51.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,412
Cooling need
1,152

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Climate change signal

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0 of 366 (0%) of Speed'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
75
2000s
285
2010s
6
2020s
0

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 39.8°F 16.3°F 28.1°F 0.49 in 3.4 in 3
February 43.5°F 19.1°F 31.3°F 0.86 in 6.6 in 4
March 55.7°F 28.1°F 41.9°F 1.52 in 1.5 in 5
April 65.2°F 37.0°F 51.1°F 2.44 in 0.5 in 7
May 75.3°F 49.1°F 62.2°F 4.34 in 9
June 87.3°F 60.7°F 74.0°F 3.02 in 9
July 92.5°F 66.0°F 79.3°F 4.04 in 8
August 90.2°F 64.0°F 77.1°F 3.13 in 7
September 81.9°F 54.1°F 68.0°F 1.69 in 5
October 68.0°F 40.4°F 54.2°F 2.09 in 0.7 in 6
November 53.9°F 27.8°F 40.8°F 1.08 in 1.1 in 4
December 41.8°F 18.2°F 30.0°F 0.93 in 3.2 in 4

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