The Highlands, KS
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from HUTCHINSON, KS US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
The Highlands has an annual average temperature of 56.6°F with about 32.9 inches of precipitation per year and 6.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 93.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 19.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.52 in) and January the driest (0.84 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.
Best time to visit The Highlands
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All-time records →157 of 366 (42.9%) of The Highlands'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.
| 1970s | 13 | |
| 1980s | 2 | |
| 1990s | 28 | |
| 2000s | 64 | |
| 2010s | 167 | |
| 2020s | 92 |
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 | 45.1°F | 19.2°F | 32.1°F | 0.84 in | 1.4 in | 5 |
| February | 49.9°F | 22.6°F | 36.3°F | 1.25 in | 2.4 in | 5 |
| March | 60.1°F | 31.6°F | 45.9°F | 2.34 in | 0.9 in | 7 |
| April | 69.8°F | 41.2°F | 55.5°F | 2.65 in | 0.3 in | 9 |
| May | 78.6°F | 52.8°F | 65.7°F | 5.52 in | — | 10 |
| June | 89.0°F | 62.9°F | 76.0°F | 4.46 in | — | 9 |
| July | 93.6°F | 67.7°F | 80.7°F | 4.03 in | — | 8 |
| August | 91.8°F | 65.6°F | 78.7°F | 4.11 in | — | 8 |
| September | 84.2°F | 57.3°F | 70.7°F | 2.39 in | — | 7 |
| October | 72.3°F | 44.0°F | 58.1°F | 2.50 in | 0.1 in | 7 |
| November | 58.4°F | 31.3°F | 44.9°F | 1.46 in | 0.6 in | 5 |
| December | 46.5°F | 22.5°F | 34.5°F | 1.38 in | 1.2 in | 4 |
Climate twins of The Highlands
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).