West Mineral, KS
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COLUMBUS, KS US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
West Mineral has an annual average temperature of 57.2°F with about 46 inches of precipitation per year and 7.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 89.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 23.3°F). May is typically the wettest month (7.10 in) and January the driest (1.67 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
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All-time records →24 of 366 (6.6%) of West Mineral'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 | 19 | |
| 1900s | 16 | |
| 1910s | 64 | |
| 1920s | 17 | |
| 1930s | 75 | |
| 1940s | 14 | |
| 1950s | 58 | |
| 1960s | 29 | |
| 1970s | 10 | |
| 1980s | 10 | |
| 1990s | 14 | |
| 2000s | 15 | |
| 2010s | 8 | |
| 2020s | 17 |
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 | 43.6°F | 23.3°F | 33.4°F | 1.67 in | 2.3 in | 7 |
| February | 48.8°F | 27.4°F | 38.1°F | 1.99 in | 1.1 in | 6 |
| March | 58.1°F | 36.1°F | 47.1°F | 3.41 in | 1.3 in | 10 |
| April | 67.6°F | 45.5°F | 56.6°F | 5.07 in | — | 10 |
| May | 75.8°F | 55.5°F | 65.7°F | 7.10 in | — | 12 |
| June | 85.0°F | 64.9°F | 74.9°F | 5.17 in | — | 10 |
| July | 89.6°F | 69.3°F | 79.5°F | 4.15 in | — | 8 |
| August | 89.3°F | 67.7°F | 78.5°F | 3.81 in | — | 7 |
| September | 81.4°F | 59.3°F | 70.3°F | 4.45 in | — | 8 |
| October | 70.3°F | 47.5°F | 58.9°F | 3.77 in | — | 9 |
| November | 57.5°F | 36.3°F | 46.9°F | 2.98 in | 0.2 in | 8 |
| December | 46.8°F | 27.5°F | 37.1°F | 2.43 in | 2.3 in | 7 |
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