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United States › Kansas › Clark County › Climate Station ASHLAND, KS US Distance 3.9 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Clark County home comfortable runs roughly $526 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Clark County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

95.2°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 18.5°F.

Clark County gets 23" of precipitation a year and 11.6" of snow, and 44% 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 47.7° 18.5° 0.66" 2.3"
February 51.4° 22.0° 0.73" 3.6"
March 61.6° 31.3° 1.39" 1.8"
April 70.6° 40.4° 1.83" 0.1"
May 80.0° 52.9° 3.19" 0.0"
June 89.7° 63.6° 3.96" 0.0"
July 95.2° 67.7° 2.94" 0.0"
August 93.2° 65.8° 2.98" 0.0"
September 85.5° 56.2° 1.60" 0.0"
October 73.2° 41.8° 1.79" 0.1"
November 59.6° 29.3° 0.93" 0.5"
December 48.5° 20.1° 1.00" 3.2"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 44% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 0.66"
February 0.73"
March 1.39"
April 1.83"
May 3.19"
June 3.96"
July 2.94"
August 2.98"
September 1.60"
October 1.79"
November 0.93"
December 1.00"
Annual total 23"

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 1,727
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 4,640
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.71¢/kWh, Kansas average $271
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $255

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 Clark County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Clark County?

Clark County averages a high of 95.2°F in July and a low of 18.5°F in January. Annual precipitation is 23 inches, including 11.6 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Clark County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 44% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Clark County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 95.2°F. That drives 1,727 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Clark County?

Yes. Clark County averages 11.6 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station ASHLAND, KS US (USC00140365), 3.9 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.