What is the hottest month in Ulysses?

July is the warmest month in Ulysses, with an average high of 92.8°F.

What is the coldest month in Ulysses?

January is the coldest month in Ulysses, with an average low of 16.2°F.

What month does Ulysses get the most rain?

July is typically the wettest month in Ulysses, with about 2.88 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Ulysses in?

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

Has the climate in Ulysses changed recently?

8.7% of Ulysses'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.

Ulysses, KS

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Ulysses has an annual average temperature of 54°F with about 17.8 inches of precipitation per year and 17.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 16.2°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.88 in) and February the driest (0.32 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Annual swing

47.2°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,040

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,080

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Ulysses

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

32 of 366 (8.7%) of Ulysses'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		45
1900s		33
1910s		27
1920s		15
1930s		21
1940s		25
1950s		27
1960s		15
1970s		26
1980s		45
1990s		18
2000s		23
2010s		25
2020s		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	45.6°F	16.2°F	30.9°F	0.43 in	4.2 in	3
February	49.8°F	19.3°F	34.6°F	0.32 in	3.1 in	3
March	59.7°F	27.1°F	43.4°F	1.08 in	3.8 in	4
April	68.2°F	36.0°F	52.1°F	1.51 in	1.4 in	6
May	78.2°F	47.0°F	62.6°F	1.96 in	0.1 in	7
June	88.6°F	58.6°F	73.6°F	2.59 in	—	8
July	92.8°F	63.4°F	78.1°F	2.88 in	—	8
August	90.4°F	61.8°F	76.1°F	2.87 in	—	8
September	83.5°F	52.9°F	68.2°F	1.34 in	—	5
October	70.8°F	38.7°F	54.7°F	1.60 in	0.1 in	4
November	57.2°F	26.2°F	41.7°F	0.49 in	1.3 in	3
December	46.5°F	17.5°F	32.0°F	0.69 in	3.8 in	3