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United States › Kansas › Chase County › Climate Station COTTONWOOD FALLS, KS US Distance 5.5 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Chase County home comfortable runs roughly $498 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Chase County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

90.0°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 17.9°F.

Chase County gets 37.99" of precipitation a year and 10.6" of snow, and 40% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 41.2° 17.9° 0.87" 4.0"
February 46.1° 21.5° 1.42" 1.3"
March 57.0° 30.7° 2.67" 1.3"
April 66.8° 41.3° 3.54" 0.2"
May 75.4° 53.0° 5.61" 0.0"
June 84.9° 62.6° 4.72" 0.0"
July 90.0° 67.3° 5.00" 0.0"
August 89.0° 65.1° 4.37" 0.0"
September 81.3° 56.0° 3.53" 0.0"
October 69.4° 42.9° 2.83" 0.3"
November 55.8° 30.9° 2.04" 0.4"
December 43.9° 21.6° 1.39" 3.1"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 40% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 0.87"
February 1.42"
March 2.67"
April 3.54"
May 5.61"
June 4.72"
July 5.00"
August 4.37"
September 3.53"
October 2.83"
November 2.04"
December 1.39"
Annual total 37.99"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 1,380
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 5,116
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.71¢/kWh, Kansas average $217
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $281

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Chase County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Chase County?

Chase County averages a high of 90.0°F in July and a low of 17.9°F in January. Annual precipitation is 37.99 inches, including 10.6 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Chase County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 40% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Chase County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 90.0°F. That drives 1,380 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Chase County?

Yes. Chase County averages 10.6 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station COTTONWOOD FALLS, KS US (USC00141858), 5.5 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Kansas residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.